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Archives: mental health awareness Mondays

Mental Health Awareness Monday — Sing the Songs That Bring You Joy

Today’s guest post shares personal reflections about mental health awareness, the importance of boundaries, and routines you can employ to embrace balance.

  • By Anna Jester, Sylvia Izzo Hunter
  • Feb 23, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — The Courage to Be Uncertain: A New Approach to Impostor Feelings

Today’s guest bloggers reflect on the experience of “imposter syndrome” and how we might adopt a new approach to moments of uncertainty and change.

  • By Holly Koppel, Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • Jan 26, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Balancing Work and Caregiving: Flexibility That Works for Everyone

Today, nearly one in four adults serves as a caregiver. Because of this, work-life flexibility isn’t just a nicety it’s a game-changer, for individuals and organizations alike.

  • By Kristal Gerdes
  • Nov 24, 2025
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The Death of the LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Line

In today’s post, Teodoro (Teo) Pulvirenti and Marianne Calilhanna join Randy Townsend to unpack the disturbing topic of suicide among the LGBTQ+ community.

  • By Randy Townsend, Teodoro Pulvirenti, Marianne Calilhanna
  • Sep 29, 2025
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Leading with Heart: The Transformative Power of Empathetic Leadership

Research suggests that empathy is a skill that can be honed and is beneficial to all. Empathetic leadership is an art form to convey to your team that you value them as individuals, all while maintaining a keen focus on the organization’s success.

  • By Damita Snow, Rebecca McLeod, Dana Compton, Jeff Mahony, Gladys Alejandra López Morales
  • Mar 24, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Revisiting Mental Health Mondays 

A look back, highlighting posts with helpful information on supporting workplace mental wellbeing

  • By Dianndra Roberts
  • Feb 24, 2025
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — An Introduction to Psychological Safety

Before we are scholarly publishers — or employees, or managers, or colleagues — we are humans. Fostering psychological safety in the workplace respects this basic truth and paves the way for business success.

  • By Sarah Bay
  • Dec 16, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Supporting our people at IOP Publishing: A Strategic Imperative in a Changing Publishing Landscape

Dr. Mikka Lene Pers discusses how a company can prioritize the health and happiness of its employees to not only enhance individual wellbeing but also contribute to the overall success and resilience of the organization.  

  • By Mikka Lene Pers
  • Nov 18, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays – SSP Launches the Mental Health Awareness and Action Community of Interest Group

The Society for Scholarly Publishing is launching the Mental Health Awareness and Action Community of Interest (CoIN) Group.

  • By Randy Townsend
  • Nov 4, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays: The Mental Health Effects of Bullies in the Scholarly Publishing Workplace

We often think of bullying as a childhood issue, but people can take that behavior to the workplace. The scourge of workplace bullying, and its harmful effects on mental health, needs to be recognized and addressed.

  • By Jonathan Schultz
  • Oct 7, 2024
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Ask the Mental Health Editors: Part Two

Part Two in this series of posts where editors within the mental health and psychiatry sector offer their thoughts on the current landscape of scholarly publishing and how it is impacting our discussions and actions around mental health.

  • By Charlene Chuquillanqui, Ryan Reeh, Dianndra Roberts, Adrian Stanley
  • Sep 17, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Ask the Mental Health Editors: Part One

We asked Editors within the mental health and psychiatry sector their thoughts on the current landscape of scholarly publishing and how it is impacting our discussions and actions around mental health. Part One of Two.

  • By Charlene Chuquillanqui, Ryan Reeh, Dianndra Roberts, Adrian Stanley
  • Sep 16, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Unlocking Your Institution’s Collective Genius: Cognitive Inclusion Improves Wellness and Maximizes your Societal Impact

In today’s Mental Health Awareness Monday post, Lisa Colledge shows how your research culture can be an asset that boosts mental health and innovation.

  • By Lisa Colledge
  • Aug 19, 2024
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post – Mental Health Awareness Mondays: It’s OK to Talk ‘Mental Health’, Isn’t it? Two Founders, Two Opinions

Mental health affects everyone across an organization.  Today we explore insights on mental health with the founders and leaders of two industry organizations. What are the challenges of starting your own business and keeping it running?

  • By Lou Peck, Sowmya Mahadevan
  • Jul 15, 2024
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 14 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Better Mental Health through Embodiment

In this Mental Health Mondays post, we look at the construct of embodiment and practices within it that create a symbiotic relationship between embodied experiences and psychological flourishing.

  • By Danielle Feger, Briony Fane
  • May 28, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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