A Well World: Backward and Forward
As 2021 comes to an end, I want to remind you of some incredible highlights from our year and mention tremendously exciting things we look forward to in the year ahead. First, a look backward ...
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A Well World: We Need One Another
No man is an island, No man stands alone, Each man's joy is joy to me, Each man's grief is my own We need one another. So begins Joan Baez’s adaptation of John Donne’s ...
A Well World: In the Shadow of Illness
Health is on our minds a lot these days. With COVID-19, with the delta variant, with RSV continuing to threaten and to scare, we are all evermore aware of the need to protect ourselves and ...
A Well World: Family Needs
I’m guessing at least five times a week I get a call from a parent, sibling, spouse or friend who is looking for help for someone in a mental health crisis. The calls are panicked. ...
A Well World: Reaching out
It’s a bit shocking when you think about it. In a 2021 research project* about individuals living in homelessness, 33 percent of all respondents self-identified as having mental health issues. That means about one out ...
A Well World: Looking Forward
A few weeks ago, right before the to-go lunches were ready to be picked up, one of our staff members heard a great deal of commotion outside the big glass Well doors. She ran to ...