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Stress Awareness Week

Credit: MY HERO

International Stress Awareness Week is a major annual event focusing on stress management and campaigning against the stigma associated with stress and mental health issues.

Mental Health Resources

MY HERO Recommends Mental and Emotional Health Support Resources

By: Kitty Richardson
Resources to support mental health.

Get informed! Check out NAMI's information on mental health policies in the US.

https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/Take-Action-on-Advocacy-Issues/Vote4MentalHealth/Learn-the-Issues

Films

My Choice Points

By: Deborah Weiss and Katy Ross
"My Choice Points" is an animated short film exploring the daily battle against stress and anxiety.

Staying Well with Coach West

By: Carolyn Hodge-West, Jessica Ordaz, Emma Garcia, Nicole Petrovsky, Jennifer B...
Coach West helps navigate you through the emotional fallout of COVID-19 with helpful tips.

Mental Health Awareness

By: Andy Crisp
Bringing awareness to mental health in Laguna Beach Unified School District.

Exam Stress, Syrian Style

By: UNICEF
In Syria they take exam stress to a whole new level. This UNICEF commission for the 6th anniversary of the war is an innovative mix of paper models, drawing and CG graphics animated using motion capture.

Nick Vujicic

By: Amanda Molinaro from Irvine

The founder of Life Without Limbs overcame depression, isolation and bullying by creating position change in the world.

Watch these award-winning, inspiring films from the MY HERO International Film Festivals that explore overcoming adversity

BYkids Trailer: FAITH’S WORLD

By: Faith Guilbault
Faith Guilbault (age 16) has cerebral palsy and invites us to experience living with special needs so we can all treat being differently abled with humanity and normalcy.

Do You See Rainbow?

By: Kitty Richardson
An insight into autism from the perspective of someone with autism.

TRANSPARENCY: Becoming Oliver

By: Tessa Grace Morell
Experimental short film made to visually accompany the original poem "Becoming Oliver" written by Oliver Marino.

Building a Shower Trailer for Chico's Houseless on a Budget... of Love!

By: Respectful Revolution
This video is one of the latest from the Respectful Revolution project that is dedicated to documenting humane solutions to our world's many challenges.

The Quiet Classroom

By: Sofia Junco | STEAM Academy
This is a a video poem that depicts the empty feeling of the situation and how eventually we will grow and return to the wonders of education.

The Space Between Us

By: Phil Collis
A radical somatic dialog about race and gender.

As An Asthmatic

By: Alayna DeGraef, Elise DeGraef, and Bailey Revering | In-Progress
A video short about the impact of vaping on youth.

I Have Four Parents

By: Daniel Roy
This video is a magical rendition of the story of my very unique four-parent family. Everything I talk about in the video is true, and these are the answers to the questions I most commonly get asked.

LOTUS

By: Angelika Fürstler, Austin Ahlborg
The Lotus flower is regarded in many cultures as a symbol of rebirth, growth and transformation.

Power of Compassion & Importance of the Work of CCARE

By: CCARE at Stanford University
Dr. James Doty, speaks on the power of compassion and importance of the work of CCARE

Watch this Salon with Ellen Haller, a professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco

Eva Haller Salon (excerpt) - Covid-19 & Mental Health with Ellen Haller

By: Eva Haller
In this Zoom salon, Ellen Haller, a professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco, discusses the impacts of the pandemic on mental health and provides advice for how cope with these challenging times.

Stories

Goldie Hawn and MindUP

By: Abigail Richardson
Hawn, renowned for her Academy Award-winning performances, is also a producer, director, best-selling author, and a passionate advocate for children.

Tiffany Shlain and 'The Teen Brain'

By: Abigail Richardson
Tiffany Shlain & Goldie Hawn will be honored with the 2024 MY HERO Media Award at our 20th Annual Film Festival.

 

These heroes help destigmatize mental illness by sharing their own struggles. They help show those struggling in the shadows that they are not alone.

 

Metta World Peace

By: Jesse Zaragoza
Ron Artest, "Metta World Peace," is a professional NBA player who has been open about receiving support for his mental health.

Lili Reinhart

By: Brittny Barcenas
Lili Reinhart is an American actress who is open about her depression.

Selina Ren Jia Xuan

By: Lau612

Demi Lovato

By: Brittny Barcenas
Demi Lovato is a singer and actress who speaks up about mental health issues.

Clara Hughes

By: Alexa from Calgary

"I'm nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out."

Misty Copeland

By: Kyley Brandt

Misty Copeland is the first ever African American principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. Growing up, she struggled with frequent anxiety and panic attacks, feeling out of place in her surroundings.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

By: Jane Wallace

 is a champion for children who bear the invisible scars of tough childhoods


Organizer created on 10/29/2023 9:15:32 AM by Abigail Richardson

Last edited 9/23/2024 2:11:09 PM by Abigail Richardson

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