Celebrate Pride Month with MHC
June is Pride Month, a time to support and celebrate our LGBTQ+ staff, participants and community members. It’s also an opportunity to bring attention to LGBTQ+ issues, recognize the incredible work of advocates and to reaffirm our commitment to health equity for all. Inequity harms mental health. So, while being LGBTQ+ is absolutely NOT a […]
Meet Amy McNamara
#LetsFaceIt Many creators are outcome-focused. Artist Amy McNamara hopes to help people realize that the process itself is potentially just as — perhaps even more — valuable than any end result. McNamara had been creating art for decades before having this epiphany during the pandemic. Her husband of 20+ years had moved out their home and […]
Tell Us About It – YM
Tune in each Tuesday in May for #TellUsAboutIt Tuesday where we will check back in with a few individuals who participated in last year’s Let’s Face It campaign and learn about their experience as well as what they’ve been up to since participating in the campaign. This Tuesday, we’re checking in with Ym, you can […]
Shouting Out a Thank You to CT Voice
#LetsFaceIt Our mission to support the community is only made possible through community support itself. We are feeling extra grateful this #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth for the amazing donors and supporters of our #LetsFaceIt campaign, helping to support the launch of an arts and wellness program at the Hispanic Health Council’s (HHC) Family Wellness and Cultural Heritage Center […]
Practicing Gratitude As Self-Care
“After 15 years of research, we know that gratitude is a key to psychological well-being. Gratitude can make people happier, improve their relationships, and potentially even counteract depression and suicidal thoughts. But might the benefits of gratitude go beyond that? Could gratitude be good for your physical health, too?” Summer Allen, Greater Good Science Center, […]
#FacingItFriday May 26th
For Mental Health Awareness Month 2023, we took to our backyard to asked staff, participants and other members of the community how they face hard things, here’s is what they had to say on our YouTube! We know that a journey to mental wellbeing does not have to be faced alone. We also know that […]
#ThrowbackThursday – Dr. Lillian Comas-Díaz
For Mental Health Awareness Month 2023 we’re partnering with the Connecticut Historical Society and taking it way back every Thursday with #ThrowbackThursday to share a few stories of how people faced life’s challenges throughout history. “I have no doubt you will continue with your strength. If you survived then, you will survive now…. Culture is […]
Meet Sabrina Rivera
#LetsFaceIt Sabrina Rivera has a vision of a world in which people don’t judge others based on their perceived mental or physical capabilities but rather take the time to really know and see the people for who they are. Rivera knows firsthand how tough the ideal might be to create — she is one of […]
Tell Us About It – Vern M.
Tune in each Tuesday in May for #TellUsAboutIt Tuesday where we will check back in with a few individuals who participated in last year’s Let’s Face It campaign and learn about their experience as well as what they’ve been up to since participating. This Tuesday, we’re checking in with Vern Montoute, you can read Vern’s story from […]
Meet Ira Revels
#LetsFaceIt No one would blame Ira Revels for feeling sorry for herself and deciding to step back from full engagement in life. In the last year she has lost several family members, including her birth mother and a beloved uncle, and had a stroke. She also has multiple sclerosis. But Revels decided to take a […]
