May 1st, 2008
Guess what amigos! Not only does today begin Mental Health Awareness Month, but it’s Mental Health Notes’s first birthday!
That’s right - exactly one year ago today b5media and I gave birth to Mental Health Notes, the lovely vessel of information you read each day (well, at least I hope you read it each day…every other […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 8 comments
April 30th, 2008
Oh, snap!
Thanks to Newscom, I now have access to a delicious cornucopia of Wentworth Miller pictures I can use here at Mental Health Notes - legally. Good thing, too, because I have some equally delicious - and inspiring - Wenti-related news.
I know, I know - you’re probably feeling as suspicious about my motives as my […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 9 comments
April 26th, 2008
Let’s glance back at some of the topics I covered this week here at Mental Health Notes. I shared pictures during Sunday’s Brain Break, mused on the mental health repercussions for the FLDS religious sect children, explained why being kind to the earth (and not just on Earth Day!) was good for our minds, offered […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments
April 23rd, 2008
Did you know April is Cancer Control Month? It’s true, it’s true, and in honor of that we bloggers here at the b5media Health & Wellness Channel have decided this month’s theme day should focus on cancer.
Rather than try to choose just one topic pertaining to cancer and mental health - or going the obvious […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment
April 19th, 2008
I’m really enjoying the new layout of Saturday Sanity. I think it’s doing a much better job of providing more Saturday Sanity-worthy links, don’t you?
Anyway…
First, let’s take a look back at some of the things that have gone on here at Mental Health Notes this week. We kicked off the stress-busting Goin’ to the Chapel […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment
April 17th, 2008
Hmm…some of the post titles here at Mental Health Notes almost seem as if someone else has taken over this blog, haha. This is brain-related, I promise.
Anyway, ladies: If you’ve been keeping up with the Mental Health Notes Goin’ to the Chapel series to get some help reducing stress while you plan - and carry […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments
April 16th, 2008
Unless you’re willing to pay a $71,000-fine and spend up to three years in prison, it’s best to avoid encouraging “extreme thinness” in France.
According to two Yahoo! News articles, the lower house of the French parliament adopted a bill on Tuesday that would apply these punishments to anyone who incites extreme thinness. “Anyone,” more specifically, […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments
April 12th, 2008
I’m trying a bit of a different style for Saturday Sanity. Let me know what you think!
First up, let me refresh your memory regarding some of the more interesting things that went on at Mental Health Notes this week: The Lolcats paid us a visit, Boston Legal made me proud, the folks opposing the postpartum […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments
April 11th, 2008
If you’re anything like me, you surely didn’t miss American Idol’s elimination episode last night. (That show is so awesome. I mean, really, what other show on television today does such great things for the contestants and the entire world? Certainly not that nefarious Moment of Truth.)
And, if you’re anything like me, Michael John’s shocking […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 5 comments
April 10th, 2008
As you may or may not should know, May is Mental Health Month. Last year, May was the first month Mental Health Notes was live (how appropriate, huh?), and in honor of Mental Health Month I posted information about mental health-related tips and resources on each of the 31 days.
This year, I’m still focusing on […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 26 comments
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