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Apathy is your brain's way of protecting you from pain

Apathy is your brain's way of protecting you from pain

Rachel Havekost

"I don’t know why I just wake up and cannot bring myself to start anything. I feel like I’m having a mid-life existential crisis but I don’t know if it’s...

Apathy is your brain's way of protecting you from pain

Rachel Havekost

"I don’t know why I just wake up and cannot bring myself to start anything. I feel like I’m having a mid-life existential crisis but I don’t know if it’s...

8 Things That Are Helping My Mental Health

8 Things That Are Helping My Mental Health

Rachel Havekost

I’ve been in therapy for a LONG time. More than half my life. I’m 33.I’m divorced.I’ve been to intensive outpatient therapy for an ED.I’ve been hospitalized for attempts to end...

8 Things That Are Helping My Mental Health

Rachel Havekost

I’ve been in therapy for a LONG time. More than half my life. I’m 33.I’m divorced.I’ve been to intensive outpatient therapy for an ED.I’ve been hospitalized for attempts to end...

Is Global Crisis Care for Mental and Behavioral Health Possible?

Is Global Crisis Care for Mental and Behavioral Health Possible?

Rachel Havekost

I’m a suicide survivor who attended the Crisis Now Summit in Amsterdam this June. Here was my experience.

Is Global Crisis Care for Mental and Behavioral Health Possible?

Rachel Havekost

I’m a suicide survivor who attended the Crisis Now Summit in Amsterdam this June. Here was my experience.

How Breathwork Motivated Me When I Stopped Caring About, Well, Everything

How Breathwork Motivated Me When I Stopped Caring About, Well, Everything

Rachel Havekost

Last week I told my therapist I wasn’t feeling motivated or passionate anymore. She said that often times people with a history of trauma, chronic stress, or mental illness can...

How Breathwork Motivated Me When I Stopped Caring About, Well, Everything

Rachel Havekost

Last week I told my therapist I wasn’t feeling motivated or passionate anymore. She said that often times people with a history of trauma, chronic stress, or mental illness can...

How Storytelling Saves Lives: Moving America's Soul on Suicide

How Storytelling Saves Lives: Moving America's Soul on Suicide

Rachel Havekost

For years I’ve felt the impact of shared stories in safe spaces and I fully believe that because I’ve been able to share my story and hear the stories of...

How Storytelling Saves Lives: Moving America's Soul on Suicide

Rachel Havekost

For years I’ve felt the impact of shared stories in safe spaces and I fully believe that because I’ve been able to share my story and hear the stories of...

3 Questions I Ask Myself When I'm Lost in Life

3 Questions I Ask Myself When I'm Lost in Life

Rachel Havekost

In the last three years, I have had HUNDREDS of impasses where I feel utterly lost. Being a writer/creator/entrepreneur/whatever the fuck my job role is can be liberating. And, the...

3 Questions I Ask Myself When I'm Lost in Life

Rachel Havekost

In the last three years, I have had HUNDREDS of impasses where I feel utterly lost. Being a writer/creator/entrepreneur/whatever the fuck my job role is can be liberating. And, the...

October Community Blog Post

October Community Blog Post

Rachel Havekost

Each month, I will be sharing a guest piece written by someone from my online community. October’s submission is a poetic piece by guest writer and Wounds to Wisdom alumn,...

October Community Blog Post

Rachel Havekost

Each month, I will be sharing a guest piece written by someone from my online community. October’s submission is a poetic piece by guest writer and Wounds to Wisdom alumn,...

Top 5 Mental Health Tips From 18 Years in Therapy

Top 5 Mental Health Tips From 18 Years in Therapy

Rachel Havekost

In honor of World Mental Health Day, I have compiled a list of my favorite practices for wellness.This list has been curated from the 18 years I've been in therapy...

Top 5 Mental Health Tips From 18 Years in Therapy

Rachel Havekost

In honor of World Mental Health Day, I have compiled a list of my favorite practices for wellness.This list has been curated from the 18 years I've been in therapy...

Community Blog Post: Suicide Prevention Month

Community Blog Post: Suicide Prevention Month

Rachel Havekost

Each month, I will be sharing a guest piece written by someone from my online community. September’s submissions included pieces about suicide in honor of Suicide Prevention Month. I’m humbled...

Community Blog Post: Suicide Prevention Month

Rachel Havekost

Each month, I will be sharing a guest piece written by someone from my online community. September’s submissions included pieces about suicide in honor of Suicide Prevention Month. I’m humbled...

Recording My Audiobook is Showing My Growth

Recording My Audiobook is Showing My Growth

Rachel Havekost

On Monday, June 6, we got in a taxi and headed to Puerto Vallarta. We’d booked a studio and AirBnb for a week, and were as ready as we could...

Recording My Audiobook is Showing My Growth

Rachel Havekost

On Monday, June 6, we got in a taxi and headed to Puerto Vallarta. We’d booked a studio and AirBnb for a week, and were as ready as we could...