May 8th, 2008
Last Thursday, Chato B. Stewart rocked our funny bones with his mental health humor. This Thursday, Ken Jensen puts us through psychiatric boot camp with his system for surviving bipolar disorder.
As if my nauseatingly incessant play on words didn’t give it away, 39-year-old Ken Jensen is a former soldier – not just any soldier, but […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 10 comments
May 1st, 2008
Wow, May is going to be a busy month here at Mental Health Notes, huh? Not only is it Mental Health Awareness Month and my blirthday (as Angelique called it!), but it’s also the month for the This Is Why I ROCK! series, which is what we’re beginning right now!
The smiling face you see to […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 8 comments
April 25th, 2008
So…I’m going through the entries for This Is Why I ROCK!, and I’m a little disheartened. The series hasn’t quite turned out the response for which I was hoping.
Don’t get me wrong - I’m thrilled that anyone has responded, and will most certainly feature those who did enter! I had just hoped more people with […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments
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 13th, 2008
Marijke Durning is currently hosting Ergonomic Week over at Help My Hurt - and holding a two-week long contest to win an ergonomic mousepad!
I’ve always wanted one of those things.
To enter, all you have to do is share a story about your experience(s) with a repetitive stress injury (or, repetitive strain injury, as I’ve also […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 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 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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