The Face of Mental Illness

Hi Everyone!

Which of the following, if any, would you guess is mentally ill?

The Answer?

Could be any one, all of the above or even none of the above and that is the point!

Glenn Close has an article "Mental Illness: The Stigma of Silence" in which she discusses this very point. She discusses from personal experience from having family members who are mentally ill and compares the perception society has from distorted views from media, in particular roles she has even played in Fatal Attraction and other movies. We tend to have an image that someone who is mentally ill is suppose to look like the following picture when this is rarely the case. We think of them as different, a monster or NOT LIKE YOU or your loved ones. Hmmm!

Glenn Close & others are now trying to change this image through an organization called Bring Change 2 Mind. Watch the video below & then there are more on the site!

The Happiest Place on Earth!

Hi Everyone!

When is the last time you were so happy you actually jumped for Joy?! :-)

In Intro we discuss what the research finds makes people happy and what people think will make them happy but really doesn't.

Where do you think the Happiest place on earth is? Nope not Disney! :-)

Oprah's show today looks at Happiness around the world. The show highlights Denmark, which is found as the happiest place on earth. Are you wondering why they were chosen? What is so special about them? Well what if we didn't have poverty, homeless and unemployment? What if we lost our job & the government paid 90% of our salary for four years? What if we got 12 months PAID maternity leave? Free college? Yes, I'm also thinking I could be happy there! :-) Take a look at the link & read more about Denmark & some other countries who are higher than America. Where are we? 23rd! Hmmm...