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Inspiring Hope: A Q&A with Iyanla Vanzant

January 23, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

This content was originally from an interview iFred founder Kathryn Goetzke conducted with Iyanla Vanzant for her book “Peace from Broken Pieces” and has been reedited for this post. Vanzant isContinue Reading

Filed Under: Hope Stories, iFred, Inspiration, Uncategorized Tagged With: depression, finding hope, healing from depression, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, Iyanla Vanzant, Iyanla: Fix My Life, Peace from Broken Pieces, suicide prevention, teach hope

Sharing Hope with Others this Holiday Season

December 2, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

#GivingTuesday, a global event held each year, inspires us to give back to others and provides a day to show support for the causes that are dear to our hearts.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Children, Depression, Depression Foundation, Education, Events, Health, iFred, Inspiration, Mental Health, Military, Movement for Global Mental Health, PTSD, Research, Schools for Hope, Suicide Prevention, Teens, Uncategorized, Veterans, Volunteers, Youth Tagged With: Color Therapy, depression advocacy, end stigma, eradicating suicide, finding hope, Fundamental SDG, global mental health, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, IMAlive, Military Family Lifestyle Charitable Organization, Motivating the Teen Spirit, schools for hope, suicide prevention, teach hope

Gratitude for Health

November 24, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, there will inevitably be a lot of talk about thankfulness and appreciation of life and all they have to offer. Aside from the goodnessContinue Reading

Filed Under: Brain Nutrition, Children, Depression, Education, Events, Gratitude, Health, iFred, Inspiration, Mental Health, Research, Schools for Hope, Tips and Tools, Uncategorized Tagged With: anxiety, Bidushi Dhungel, depression, Education, finding hope, global mental health, Gratitude, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, mental health, schools for hope, suicide prevention, teach hope, Thanksgiving

Teaching Hope: A Powerful Lesson

November 4, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

iFred’s recent project, Schools for Hope, launched this fall with fifth graders in the Chicagoland area. The curriculum aims to teach hope to students as a result of the dishearteningContinue Reading

Filed Under: Artwork for Hope, Children, Depression, Education, Health, iFred, Inspiration, Meditation, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Research, Schools for Hope, Suicide Prevention, Sunflowers, Teens, Uncategorized, Youth Tagged With: Choices Magazine, depression, depression advocacy, end stigma, finding hope, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, mental health, Penny Tate, Scholastic, schools for hope, suicide prevention, Sunflowers, teach hope

10 years of #GrandChallenges, #innovativesolutions and its significance for #globalmentalhealth

October 22, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Last week, from the 6th to the 10th of October, I got the opportunity to attend the #GrandChallenges in #globalhealth annual meeting in Seattle. This year’s anniversary event, attended byContinue Reading

Filed Under: Events, Health, Jagannath Lamichhane, Movement for Global Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Uncategorized, Women's Health Tagged With: Bill Gates, global mental health, Grand Challenges, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, Jagannath Lamichhane, Melinda Gates, movement for global mental health, suicide prevention, teach hope

Community care in mental health

September 30, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

#communitycare #communitymentalhealth #globalinnovations2014 If ever there was a need for innovation in mental health, it is now. Perhaps that is why we see growing global commitment to develop, evaluate, andContinue Reading

Filed Under: Field for Hope, iFred, Jagannath Lamichhane, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Uncategorized, Youth Tagged With: depression advocacy, field for hope, global mental health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, Jagannath Lamichhane, mental health, Mental Health Innovation Network, schools for hope, suicide prevention, teach hope