Category: Health and Wellness
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
By Heather Riemer Mental Health America started Mental Health Awareness Month in 1949. This was to bring awareness to the fact that there are many many people living with mental health challenges. Mental Health Awareness month has a different campaign theme each year. Some of the most recent years were these: 2020-Tools 2 thrive 2019-4…
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Finding healing through peer support groups
PEERS staff member Kivi shares their story of recovery and how it led them to join PEERS and further the organization’s mission By Kivi Neimi I am the Human Resource Manager at PEERS. I grew up in a large extended family of immigrants from Finland. We are part of a subculture called Inari Saami. My…
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How to Be an Ally to AANHPI Communities
By Leah Harris This month, we spotlight the intersection of Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. While AANHPI groups are by no means the same, having vastly different cultural histories and a wide variety of lived experiences, the traumatic impact of historic and recent hate crimes and…
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Oakland’s MACRO Program Pilots Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response
The new program aims to improve the treatment of individuals going through mental health crises in Oakland By Leah Harris On March 23, Oakland moved closer towards implementing a pilot program for mental health crisis response that does not involve law enforcement. The program has been named Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland, or MACRO.…
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Women’s History Month: Five Women Changemakers in Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
By Leah Harris In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we highlight five innovative women advocating powerfully in mental health and suicide prevention. Each one of them leads from an authentic place of lived experience in their work for social change. Please follow, support, and amplify the work of these women who are changing…
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Statement of Solidarity with the Asian Community
For over a year, Americans have been coping with a health emergency of unprecedented impact. This upheaval has added to the institutionalized crisis of racism and racial oppression, and has created an alarming spike in anti-Asian violence in the Bay Area and beyond. The PEERS community unequivocally stands in solidarity with those who are directly…
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Affirmation for the Weekend: Be Grateful
This Week’s Affirmation was contributed by PEERS Outreach Coordinator, Kozi Arrington. Thanks Kozi!
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PEERS Perspectives: Rethinking New Year’s Resolutions
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash By Leah Harris One of the most painful, chaotic years any of us can remember has drawn to a close. How on earth to mark the transition to 2021? Social media feeds filled with “New Year, New You” memes can trigger a sense of inadequacy and hopelessness. Such proclamations…
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Wellness Tool- My Balance Plan
For even more support, visit PEERS’ WRAP® Program webpage, download the WRAP® app, and find out more about WRAP® online. written by PEERS community participant Kai My Balance Plan is an extension of what the WRAP® Program refers to as one’s Daily Maintenance List. It is simply a list of activities that we engage in…
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Affirmation for the Weekend: Today
This week’s Affirmation was contributed by Joshua Walters. Thanks Joshua.