There’s a myth that those of us who are productive, competent people can’t possibly be struggling with mental illness. But it’s important...

The last time I wrote a piece for our Cypress newsletter, I had received my second round of rejection letters for graduate school. I was...

In the past year or so Cypress has been fielding more and more requests for workshops focused on toxic stress management, avoiding...

The Cypress team has been waiting for July, 2022 since we heard that 988 is coming. Now finally it is here and ready to launch on July...

The Cypress Resilience Project Team is celebrating Dads everywhere this Father's Day! We know that there are lots of different kinds of...

We were recently invited to be guests on the "Am I Krazy" podcast, hosted by Robert Silver. Brooke Briggance and Jasmine Nakagawa-Wong...

Our team is constantly talking about accessibility. Accessibility means a lot of different things when we are considering the work we do...

When I teach our workshop on “Supporting People who are Grieving” – I often tell the story of my sweet dog, Honey. Honey died when she...

When we teach about managing toxic stress at Cypress, one of the things we talk about is how our experience of toxic stress is often...

When we teach our workshops on grief, one of the things we talk about is that we can’t compare losses. Each life event and person’s...

For the 8th year in a row, Mental Health America (MHA) released its annual State of Mental Health in America Report, which ranks all 50...

As we enter 2022, it could be easy to feel overwhelmed. We are dealing with another COVID surge and soon, we will mark the second...

Listening without judgment is a key step in the Mental Health First Aid action plan and it sounds deceptively simple to do. And yet being...

Cypress Resilience Project was proud to present at the October, 2021 American Public Health Association conference in partnership with...

Cypress Resilience Project is excited to be featured in a poster presentation at APHA 2021. The theme of this year's meeting is "Creating...

A couple of weeks ago, while teaching a class for Cypress, I made a mistake. We were just starting the class on Zoom, doing a silly...

We are haunted by the images from Afghanistan. Families fleeing, bombs taking lives and shattering futures – people in the midst of a...

Recently I watched with the rest of the country as Simone Biles pulled out of gymnastic events at the 2021 Olympics in Japan. Before...

As many of you know, May is Mental Health Awareness month so Cypress Resilience Project is in full swing! We are posting resources on our...

When we teach Mental Health First Aid and we get to the section on supporting someone experiencing thoughts of suicide, we always take a...