Bad News Blues: Navigating Today's Headlines

Woke up this morning, looked around for my shoes. Lord, I had dem mean ole’ bad new blues. - 2023 Dr B riff on Walking Blues song by Son House, 1930

In our world of tailored news, I've identified a rising condition: Bad News Blues, or, clinically speaking, inflammatory NEWS-ITIS. Feeling overwhelmed and scattered? You might have it too. Let's talk about a cure that's more meditation, less medication. 🌐 #BadNewsBlues #Newsitis

Since 2004, wellness advocates across the U.S. have recognized October as National Emotional Wellness Month. Blogger Angus Whyte shares Seven Tips for Improving Emotional Wellness.

Are you a wellness activist looking to support others along their wellness journey? We invite you to join our volunteer Bauman Ambassador’s Team to help facilitate overall visibility of integrative wellness in the wider community.

Global Forgiveness Day emerges as a beacon of hope and an invitation to cultivate understanding, compassion, and reconciliation. This significant day, observed on July 7th each year, holds the power to transform relationships, communities, and even nations. View suggestions from UNESCO on ways to engage in meaningful acts of forgiveness and compassion.

Check out exciting updates from Bauman Wellness, including the list of our summer education offerings!

While the Juneteenth holiday comes just once a year, mental health equity is a year-round cause. Read statistics on racial inequity in mental health care and learn more about how this historical day illuminates the importance of racial equity in mental health care.

Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (June 12-18, 2023) provides an annual opportunity to discuss the importance of babies’ mental health and wellbeing as well as some of the issues that affect it. Access resources from The World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) whose central aim is to promote the mental wellbeing and healthy development of infants throughout the world.

Join the Bauman Wellness Community on Tuesday, June 21st at 5:00pm PT for a virtual celebration of the Summer Solstice. PLUS, hear a very special announcement!

Throughout June, Men’s Health Month aims to encourage boys and men to take charge of their overall health by implementing healthy living decisions. View an infographic for some quick facts about men, mental health, and mental illnesses and access resources from the US Dept of Health and Human Services.

Mental Health Action Day (May 18) was founded to shift our mental health culture from awareness to action! This movement is powered by a growing coalition of more than 1750 nonprofits, brands, government agencies, and influential leaders from more than 32 countries that spread the message that, just like our physical health, we can take actions to improve our mental health.

Each year, National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (May 7) seeks to raise awareness about the importance of children’s mental health and show that positive mental health is essential to a child’s healthy development.

Kells McPhillips, freelance writer for Well+Good, shares these important mental health practices to assist us in realizing our own abilities, coping with the normal stresses of life, working productively and fruitfully, and making a contribution to our community.

As Mental Health Awareness Month, May is a time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, as well as highlighting the ways how mental illness and addiction can affect all of us – patients, providers, families, and our society at large.

Wellness Arts Facilitator, Christina Wright, shares art modalities as a wellness practice.

As part of Global Volunteer Month, Apr 16-22 is National Volunteer Week, an opportunity to recognize the impact of volunteer service and the power of volunteers to tackle society’s greatest challenges, to build stronger communities and be a force that transforms the world. Download toolkits from Points of Light and access resources to encourage volunteerism and civic action, recognize volunteers, and raise awareness.

April is Stress Awareness Month which recognizes the time to spread awareness, but also to increase knowledge on how to better manage or prevent it from affecting your physical and mental well-being. Read the common causes and signs of stress and learn powerful solutions for stress relief.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for our FREE Spring Virtual Lunch & Learns! Join subject matter experts on Fridays from 12pm-1pm PT this April-June for practical presentations and Q&A’s on wellness topics of interest.

March 30th is Take a Walk in the Park Day, which encourages all of us to invest in our health through joyful movement! Taking a walk at a local park is an excellent way to clear one’s mind from the stresses of the day, re-energize, and at the same time, improve health.

Join us on Mondays from Apr 10-May 22, 2023 and learn to engage in creative play to awaken and ignite your inner artist, contributing to physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.