by Jennie Hoheisel | Nov 13, 2024 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
YOU ARE NOT ALONE My copy of child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Ken Duckworth’s book, You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health, is filled with underlining and notes. I’d like to share with you a selection I highlighted that gives a...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Oct 22, 2024 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
“DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE” In my last letter to you I quoted a passage from our friend John Moe’s book, The Hilarious World of Depression, that highlights the power that talking about mental health has to bring about positive change. In...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Nov 1, 2023 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
“IF WE TALK, THINGS GET BETTER” On a visit to Powell’s bookshop last summer, my wife picked up John Moe’s book, The Hilarious World of Depression. Within a few moments of looking at it, she (and I must say shockingly with a great deal of confidence given...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Nov 1, 2023 | Champions of Hope, Donors, Newsletters
Do What You Can With What You Have I have recently been enjoying some of the work of the poet Nikita Gil. The final stanza of her poem “Your Soft Heart” struck me in particular. She writes: “Kindness is the greatest endangered thing. And here you...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Aug 17, 2022 | Champions of Hope, Donors, Newsletters
DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE While chatting with a couple of our therapists recently I lamented that I’d like to be back to how things were before the pandemic — fully staffed so we can meet the high demand for our services! My skilled colleagues gave me some...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Aug 17, 2022 | Champions of Hope, Donors, Newsletters
Hope is the Antidote to Fear This month our twins, Callie and Connor, turn 18. As I reflect, amid the memories of sleepless nights and lots (and lots) of diapers, one experience on the day of their birth repeatedly comes to mind. My wife, Michelle, went into labor at...
