World Mental Health Day

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"Your child can achieve great things". A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they could be true. Among them were Esther Okwir in rural Uganda, where the infant mortality rate is among the highest in the world; Jessica Saldana, a high school student in a violence-scarred Chicago neighborhood; Shyamkali, the mother of four girls in a low-caste village in India; and Maria Estella, in Guatemala's western highlands, where most people are riddled with parasites and moms can rarely afford the fresh vegetables they farm.

Adolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms' major new biography shows, Hitler's main preoccupation was not, as widely believed, the threat of Bolshevism but that of international capitalism and Anglo-America. These two fears drove both his anti-Semitism and his determination to secure the 'living space' necessary to survive in a world dominated by the British Empire and the United States.

Sigmund Freud's Psychopathology of Everyday Life is surely the most approachable and enjoyable of all his works. By turning the spotlight of his ideas about the nature and function of the unconscious mind onto simple and easily understandable incidents that we have all experienced, such as slips of the tongue, forgetfulness, and the like, he shows us, often in rather humorous ways, just how our unconscious minds have a powerful influence on everything we do.

It's completely valid to still feel a bit lost, a bit disoriented, and a bit overwhelmed post-Covid. In fact, 40 percent of US adults have reported feeling the same. But what if you could turn your anxieties and fears into stepping stones toward personal growth? This therapeutic guide takes you on a transformative journey from post-pandemic stress to a resilient, empowered mindset, helping you overcome your fears and equipping you with the tools to thrive in this new normal.

In a world filled with uncertainty and evolving challenges, one instinct remains paramount—self-preservation. From the simplest organisms to the sophisticated humans we are today, the drive to defend ourselves and secure survival is deeply ingrained in our nature. Self-preservation encompasses a multitude of elements that profoundly influence our daily lives. In this groundbreaking exploration, we delve into the roots of self-preservation and its myriad manifestations across various facets of life.

Life is a battleground, and it's all because of our boundaries; the physical, emotional, and mental ones we have or, all too often, don't have. And they're fluid too because we relax them for people we trust and want to let in and assert them for those we're not so sure about. They're also dependent on how we see ourselves; if we're low in confidence, self-esteem or self-worth, then our boundaries can quite often be flimsy. If we've been hurt, our boundaries can become impenetrable, which can lead to us feeling alone, isolated and worthless.