Mental Health Campaigns Can Do More Harm Than Good

A year ago, I questioned whether we were overdoing Mental health awareness. Since then, the evidence has only strengthened: The answer is yes. To be clear, conversations about Mental health remain vital in the right context. The danger lies in how broadcast and social networks amplify this messaging in ways that frequently cause more harm […]

How to Move From Harm to Healing in Schools

It’s Friday afternoon, and as you watch the last students file onto the bus, your mind races. There’s talk of an off-campus fight involving several of your students—a conflict that began long before you met them, but now intrudes on your classroom, your lessons, and even your sense of safety in certain moments. You’ve tried […]

Why Baby Sleep Books Can Harm Maternal Mental Health

When I was seven months pregnant, someone handed me a copy of Twelve Hours by Twelve Weeks, a bestselling baby sleep manual. I devoured it like scripture. Everyone had warned me that the sleep deprivation would be brutal. This book promised salvation, if I just followed the rules: stretch feedings, track ounces, ignore midnight cries. […]