Vitamins and minerals are crucial to the body for producing energy, fighting illnesses, allowing blood to clot, and countless other functions. For those with less-than-perfect diets, taking vitamins and supplements can seem like a sensible way to bridge the gaps between what their bodies need and what they take in ... Read More
Kristina Robb-Dover
Kristina Robb-Dover
Kristina Robb-Dover is an Atlanta-based writer, editor, and author of two books with publishing houses. She has degrees from Yale College and Princeton Theological Seminary.
How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Who Won’t Take Their Meds
In the United States alone, approximately one in five adults is living with some type of mental illness. Of those people, about a quarter experience a serious mental illness that significantly impacts their ability to lead a healthy, productive life. Making the decision to seek treatment for a mental illness is its ... Read More
5 Mental Health Benefits of Laughter
Laughter is good for you–and that's no joke! Most of us have heard the saying that "laughter is the best medicine," but not everyone is aware that scientific evidence supports that theory. According to research, laughter is good for both the mind and body. If you've ever experienced a long, deep belly laugh, you likely ... Read More
2022 “Hope for Healing” Graduate Recipient Amy Burrell Found Calling from Parolees with Mental Illness
When the call came in, it was about one of Parole Agent Amy Burrell’s clients. He had become extremely agitated and combative in an encounter with the police. Could Burrell come calm him down and de-escalate the situation? Upon arriving, Burrell could see that by now her client was “fighting the police and staff.” ... Read More
The New Mental Health Crisis from Covid Isolation
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced many changes that have impacted mental health. Loneliness was already a major health problem before the enforced isolation of quarantines and social distancing. Now, after a gradual return to pre-pandemic normalcy, there is still cause for concern that COVID-19 isolation may have ... Read More
2022 Scholarship Recipient Jack Mattingly Has an Inspiring Story
One day during eighth-grade football practice, Jack Mattingly “took a step back” and dislocated his knee. What happened next felt like a bigger, more painful step back. The X-rays showed Mattingly didn’t really have a kneecap, or at least what most people have in the way of a round covering of bone over their knee ... Read More
Why Mental Illness Is Not a Sign of Spiritual Weakness
Despite medical and scientific advances in how we understand and treat mental illness, people who live with it continue to face stigmatization. This can occur in various contexts and can take different forms. One example is the notion that mental illness is a sign of “spiritual weakness.” Whether overt or indirect, ... Read More
How to Lean on Spirituality for Help in a Crisis
The nationwide lockdowns that came during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the ways people around the world connected with others, fulfilled school and work obligations and took care of their own mental health. For Philip Baldwin, faith was essential for making it through three months ... Read More
