I’ve been a social worker my entire adult life. I grew up in a household and a culture where talking about mental health was not allowed and mental well-being was not acknowledged or supported. The stigma was strong, but it only made me more determined to shed light on these issues and let people know…
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Ricki Lake says she is within the ‘happiest position in my existence’ after remarrying following the dying of her ex-husband. The tv host, 54, used to be married to jewellery dressmaker Christian Evans from 2012 till 2015. Christian, who suffered from bipolar dysfunction, died via suicide on February 11, 2017. Moved on: Ricki Lake says she…
On the last Sunday morning in August, with the temperature outside headed to 101 degrees, a thick flow of wildfire smoke moves through the quiet streets of Knights Landing, a farming town of 1,117 people northwest of Sacramento. Inside the Family Resource Center, Aury Gutierrez-Zavala leads a group that includes staff who run the center’s…
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