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Calm Collective Picks: Mental Health Memoirs and Non-Fiction Reads
The beauty of memoirs lies in seeing your own experiences mirrored in a text, or being able to gain insight to and learn about another’s. Non-fiction, on the other hand, teaches, elucidates, and elicits that “aha” moment. To YY, seeing her thoughts and feelings articulated so beautifully in a book, made her feel more informed about why we sometimes think the way we do. In this article, she shares her good reads and recommendations.
How to deal with job interview anxiety
Heart palpitations. Sweaty palms. Overwhelming thoughts about your impending rejection. Sound familiar? If they do, you’re not alone. Many people feel the same way about job interviews, and if you’d like to appear as a confident, capable candidate, you will need to learn how to control your nerves before they control you.
Gaming & Mental Health
Is gaming always bad? Gaming has been an interesting field of study for researchers in recent years. In this article, Ibrahim gives a holistic view of how gaming affects the brain while emphasising on the need to go beyond the dichotomy of gaming presented as a good or bad thing.
Rhythms of grace: How to build intentional community in a post-pandemic world
As the pattern of global reopenings unfolds, how have our friendships and community shifted throughout the pandemic? For one group of millennials, it's about being anchored in a faith-based community that helps them flourish. Find out how they've found creative ways to (re)connect, as they've faced challenges and boldly stepped out to create community.
Calm Collective Picks: Mental Health Podcast Recommendations
Reading may not be everyone’s cup of tea. And if reading isn’t for you, no worries - we got you covered. Podcasts are an excellent and accessible way to learn about mental health. Here are six podcast recommendations that will help you find the purpose of your life and enable you to become a better version of yourself.
What is it like to take medication for your mental health?
The stigma associated with taking psychiatric medication continues to persist, posing a barrier for people to seek mental health treatment. In this article, we asked two members in our volunteer community about their experience with medication, in hopes of demystifying concerns and questions that you might be having around the effects and effectiveness of medication on mental health.
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