Season 2, episode 29: in the tunnel
“When we think of depression, we often think that it’ll be obvious, like someone lying in bed and wearing their pajamas all day long.”
—Laura Joyce Davis
When we face mental health struggles, who will help us find our way out? Laura and Shelter in Place apprentice Winnie Shi talk about depression, the secrets they’ve kept hidden, and how they found light in the darkest of times.
Show notes:
Tara Brach’s RAIN technique for emotional management
CDC report on mental health during the pandemic
The National Institutes of Health’s Curriculum Supplement Series on Mental Illness and the Brain
Statistics on Mental Health provided by Our World In Data and the National Institute of Mental Health
Article on China’s Maternal and Infant Health Care Law
The American Psychological Association’s study on Stress in America: Generation Z
The Canadian Mental Health Association’s report on mental health, mental illness, and chronic pain
The intersection between Mental Health and the Juvenile Justice System
Sarah Shourd’s article for The Atlantic about the intersection of mental illness and the prison-industrial complex
Robert Preidt’s report on the minimal link between mental illness and mass shootings
Racial and ethnic disparities in mental health conditions during the pandemic
Yale article on Ecopsychology
Meditation teacher Jeff Warren’s website
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