May, 2017

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My Mom Has Depression

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Aedan is Kristen’s 11-year-old son. He has known that his mom has depression for the past three years – ever since a particularly bad episode almost ended her in the hospital. Since then, he has had multiple discussions with both his mom and his dad about mental illness. His dad interviewed him recently about his thoughts on mental illness for this video.

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Great idea: USFCA Day of the Dons

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Gold Star for USFCA. We loved University of San Francisco’s #DayoftheDons fundraising campaign. We think you will too.

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Using Depression for Empowerment

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Sean and Kristen have been together for over fifteen years, and married for most of it. There is no one who has more insight to Kristen’s depression (besides maybe Kristen herself) than Sean. In the past few years, though, he’s seen a different side to the illness – he’s seen her using depression for empowerment. . Down in the valleys.

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Using Crazy Language – A Lesson

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Joe and Kristen have been friends for several years, and met online. While they talk frequently about a number of philosophical theories, one of the things that Joe has learned from Kristen is about the nature of using crazy language – or the language of mental illness. . If there is anything that sticks out amongst the number of lessons that my friendship with Kristen has taught me over the years, it is the aspect of calling things “crazy” in daily conversations.

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Friendship and Mental Illness – An Introduction

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In this #suedle – Sue’s trademark comic illustration – Sue describes what it felt like to meet Kristen for the first time and why their friendship and mental illness is so important to her and to the work they do. Comic Transcript. Kristen and Sue meet for the first time ‘IRL’ Frame 1. {Image description: Cartoon of Sue typing on a computer.

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Helping My Friend Tear Down the Wall of Depression

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What do you do when your friend experiences depression? How can you help? Kassie – one of Kristen’s oldest friends – writes about their friendship while experiencing Kristen’s depression. It feels strange and somehow illicit to write about someone else’s depression. Like I’m wandering into territory that isn’t mine to share or discuss.

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University of Toronto Mississauga celebrates its 50th anniversary with #utm50

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The University of Toronto Mississauga is having an enviable year-long 50th birthday celebration.

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Mental Illness and Higher Education

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Recently, Kristen and Lisa discussed a whole lot about mental illness. They talked being public about it, as well as social media and celebrity status related to mental illness. Anyway, we hope you’ll take a listen and find out more about their discussion about mental illness and higher education. I feel like Kristen has always been a part of my life, and my daily routine.

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Mental Illness as a Higher Education Professional

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As a both a friend and colleague of Kristen’s, Laura Pasquini took a few minutes to share in a podcast how important it is to be open about having mental illness as a higher education professional. Transcript from Laura’s Podcast. At the 2015 ACPA Convention I was impressed how you take and share more about your personal experience in dealing with mental illness in your PechaKucha talk.

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Medium for Higher Ed: Is it really worth my time?

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Another day another social media platform to add to the content strategy mix

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Better late than first: Is Instagram Stories the new Snapchat?

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Keeping track of the winners in Social Media.

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