Five on Friday Posts Archive - Kathleen M. Pike, PhD

September 30, 2022

About a decade ago, a large multinational corporation invited me to speak to their employees around the world about mental health. The catch: I could

September 23, 2022

Young people with backpacks, school uniforms, and big yellow buses are once again part of the daily hustle and bustle in towns and cities around

September 16, 2022

My oldest son’s high school basketball jersey was number 24. We bought a house with 24 as the street address. Next, younger siblings picked 24

September 9, 2022

I am generally fascinated by the British royal family, but I am in awe of Queen Elizabeth. When I heard that she had left the

September 2, 2022

Today marks the beginning of Labor Day Weekend in the United States and the end of summer (at least psychologically). This holiday is associated with

August 26, 2022

I love my local hardware store. It is a real hardware store. The kind that has staff mulling about waiting for you to ask them

August 19, 2022

Urgent and sometimes terrifying, time is of the essence when it comes to a mental health crisis. People need to know they are not alone

August 12, 2022

I remember it as if it were yesterday. After gently lowering the needle onto the spinning vinyl record, a brief prelude of static would give

August 5, 2022

A little over a decade ago, I received an inquiry from Emma. A university student interested in learning more about global mental health, Emma was

July 8, 2022

A long-awaited vacation in Ireland fills this week and next. It is the first time for me to visit the homeland of my maternal grandparents.

July 1, 2022

July 1 is the first day of the new academic year. I am in the middle of reading a book with the word “year” in

June 24, 2022

I am a bit breathless. This has been a week chock full of public news and life events that push mental health to the forefront

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