Category: Mental Health Matters

Chelsea Cutler Opens Up About Her Depression on “Devil on My Shoulder”

Chelsea Cutler lays her hand on the table with the vulnerable “Devil on My Shoulder,” a piano-led lament dedicated to her struggles with mental health. Tinged with descriptive details that give the message more depth, the song offers a very real, immersive depiction of what those who live with depression experience on a daily basis.…

A Story for the Heartbroken

This is a story written for a broken heart. This is a story that will give you hope. *** This is a story for you who thinks you are not good enough. You who look in the mirror and see nothing but the words they call themselves. A blackened reflection of what was. This is…

How NOT to Portray High-Support Autistic People

The autism spectrum is incredibly vast, with each person displaying a distinct number of traits where no two are alike. It can be hard to put any group of autistics in a box, as there are some who can’t bathe themselves but can remember every fact about the solar system, or someone who is the…

Growing Pains

Growing is a painful yet remarkable experience.

Organ Breaker

Dear Organ Breaker, I think you need to know about the path of destruction you leave in your wake. I walk outside and see the piles of weeping bodies you leave behind. They are stuck in perpetual motion of attempting to pick up the pieces of their now broken vitality. Even when they are able…

Mirrors

Mirrors, the windows to one’s self, people say. I’ve always wondered what that meant as I stare at myself because I don’t like what I see every time I look through it. The scars, acne, stretch marks, folds of my stomach, and all my insecurities scream at such a high pitch it be-comes unbearable. I…

Black Business Content Is On The Rise, The Black Podcasting Awards Sat Down With Tahyira Savanna To Chat About Visibility, Garnering Black Resources, and Giving Flowers To Creators In Real-time

In America, the words Black and Business are becoming more synonymous with building black wealth outside of the housing market. Black Americans are heading to platforms, like the Chinese owned Tik Tok, to develop, promote, and sustain their online business ventures. We found that business discovery is easier on social media where smaller brands struggle to financially…

Meet TREMG Writer Charlene: Vulnerable Without Question

I’m going to be vulnerable. It’s no longer a question this time, but a clear, definite statement. When you begin to lack inspiration, you can’t help but become vulnerable within your own writing, even when you don’t want to be. It becomes inevitable almost, your fingertips itching and seething to write what needs to be…

21 Kind Things to Do for Born This Way Foundation’s #BeKind21

Start your fall on the right note by participating in the Lady Gaga-created Born This Way Foundation’s fourth (and biggest yet) #BeKind21 initiative, a project dedicating to spreading positivity and kindness to both yourself and those around you. From September 1st to 21st, try your best to stay positive and make healthy choices while focusing…

We Don’t Need You

One of the worst things a man can do is underestimate the capabilities of a woman. Some men despise a woman’s ability to call them out on their bullshit. They shrink like little boys at a rally because their ego can’t handle the truth. But in order not to let the truth be told, they…

Review: We’re Not Broken by Eric Garcia

Since Temple Grandin made headlines in the 1980s as the first openly autistic adult to be recognized in the media, many autistics have made memoirs about their personal experiences. However, most just cover one perspective of autism but don’t highlight the rest of the spectrum. We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia achieves what…

Gravity

I keep writing bits and pieces, leave a story unfinished, unpolished by man, a woman at her best. I believe this to be a metaphor, and a good one at that. I’m being rewritten at the dome, reconstructed by the bell, become a narrative unfinished at the workings of God, polishing my beauty with grace.…

Managers Account for 70% of Variance in Employee Engagement – research for article “So now that we survived, I’m not working for shitty Business owners”

The Talent to Achieve Excellence If great managers seem scarce, it’s because the talent required to be one is rare. Talents are innate and are the building blocks of great performance. Knowledge, experience and skills develop our talents into strengths, but unless people possess the right innate talents for our job, no amount of training…

NYC Mental Health Pilot Program Creates More Space For Criminal Justice Change

NYC piloted a program that sends behavioral health specialists to respond to mental health calls. Early data shows these non-police teams were more successful at getting patients medical assistance. The data also shows that these behavioral health teams turned to hospitals for treatment less often.

24 and Single With No Desire to Mingle

Unless you are a book boyfriend from any of the books I am reading, or Manny Montana or William Levy or Sebastian Stan or Jay Ellis or any of the hot men from HBO’s “Insecure,” please do not enter my vicinity. My department is closed, this mansion is unavailable. No, sir. No, thank you. Not…

MindTravel Brings an Immersive Musical Experience to Central Park

If you’re looking for something to do in New York City this week, MindTravel has just the thing: a relaxing evening in Central Park accompanied by gentle piano music. Musician Murray Hidary founded MindTravel after music helped him heal from witnessing his sister’s death, and aims to help others through his meditative piano pieces. A…

I Did It Again

I did it again. One of the things I can’t seem to forgive myself for is how easy it is for men to fall romantically out of love for me. I use to believe that I was easy to love, harder to leave. But I was lied to. The truth is harder to hear. I…

The Child in Need

I’m restless. I’m breathing. I’m crying. I’m restless. I’m breathing. I’m dying. I’m restless. Uncomfortable. I think being alone…this alone…forces me to grieve. It forces me to dive into darkness, confront the fears, the irrevocable silence. I’ve been staring at this white screen for hours, days, weeks…and I’ll begin to write something, type a letter,…

Mark Rober: Please Reconsider Where You’re Donating

On April 30, YouTuber Mark Rober and Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting a livestreamed fundraiser event for NEXT for Autism, called Color the Spectrum, which will be accompanied by A-list celebrities like Chris Rock and John Oliver. It is a kind and noble gesture for celebrities to be supporting autistic people, but the cause they’re…

Meet TREMG Writer Charlene: “Can I Be Vulnerable to You?”

Can I be vulnerable to you? Do you know when you are beginning to lack inspiration, that suddenly you can’t help but become vulnerable within your own writing, even when you don’t want to be? It becomes inevitable almost, your fingers itching to write what needs to be written. Lately, if my readers haven’t noticed…

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