“Five things” is the second in our somatic series, this time hosted by seven-year-old Emi, who reminds us of how simple it can be to check in with our senses and be grateful for the world surrounding us.

Melodic intonation therapy (MIT) is helping stroke survivors to regain speech and can be done remotely.

In the Philippines, mental health remains a taboo subject, leading to increased suicide rates and limited access to mental health services. However, technology is playing a crucial role in breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness.

Cinema therapy can actually improve your health by helping people to find catharsis in laughter and tears, hope and encouragement from the experiences of others, and a rediscovery of one’s own strengths.

Anger is often a repressed emotion, but music can provide therapy and catharsis.

Spoonies around the world have found something online that they don’t get often enough offline: the ability to feel seen.

There’s something particularly playful about jazz that appeals to children.

Movies and mental health: the connection between the two is, largely, thanks to the connections they cultivate.

What would it feel like if hospitals sounded less alarming?

Can comics help people to learn, connect, and grow together? The graphic medicine movement thinks so.

Breathing with the trees is our first somatic exercise. Find a quiet moment for yourself and with seven-year-old Rudy as he guides you through a peaceful, grounding exercise in the trees he loves so much.

Social media is helping to expand resources for those on the autism spectrum

Poetry is everywhere if you’re looking for it, which is helpful because poetry might also support your mental health.

Teaching children important interpersonal skills in an academic setting just doesn’t work as well as engaging storytelling.

Self-care at its finest might just be the five stages of sleep that harmonize to give your body and mind a chance to heal, regenerate, and strengthen immunity.

Interstellar’s real hero never gets the credit he deserves.

Not feeling comfortable in your own skin is a painful way to live. Tammy Rabideau writes about an app that’s helped with body image and self-critical thoughts.

How the media can misrepresent a medical disorder that traps many people in an exhausting, distressing cycle.

Scientists now know that dance doesn’t just feel good — it can literally heal the body and help it to grow, right down to the brain’s pathways.

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