Here’s an excellent article written by Douglas Todd for Religion News Service about Archbishop Roussin’s depression and how he is fighting for better understanding of mental illness within religious communities. Once again, Roussin is my hero! Archbishop Raymond Roussin remembers the shame he felt when he first admitted to himself and others he was clinically…

I mentioned in my “Celebrity Depression, Spiritual Lessons” gallery how Brooke Shields’ memoir, “Down Came the Rain,” gave me permission to cry all I wanted, especially in the months after I started breastfeeding Katherine, when I started to sink into a very severe depression. This prologue is a beautiful explanation of how life unfolds often…

Gretchen Rubin and I are on the same mission: to find peace and happiness for ourselves and to spread it to others. The only difference between us, I think, is that 1) I couldn’t find the part where she has a mental breakdown on her blog (the idea for her “Happiness Project” came to her…

Every Wednesday is Tip Day on Gretchen’s blog. I might actually start a similar feature myself, but on Tuesday’s (“Tuesday’s Tips” sounds catchy, no?). Let me know if you’d like to see a regular feature like this on Beyond Blue. I asked Gretchen for her favorite “Wednesday is Tip Day” post. Here it is!Seven tips…

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