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World mental health day: Creating a culture of wellness in the workplace
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Monday, October 10th is World Mental Health Day, a global day of awareness designed to start conversations and mobilize around the topic of mental health. Championed by the World Health Organization, World Mental Health Day has become more important than ever as people around the world work to reduce biases surrounding discussions of mental well-being and grapple with challenges of living through times of unrest. It’s no secret that CBD is taking the wellness world by storm. The non-psychoactive cannabis compound has been widely popularized due to its calming effects and potential health benefits. Specifically, it has been studied as a potential treatment for chronic pain, stress, anxiety, and insomnia, and more. To coincide with World Mental Health Day and help you in your quest for self-...
Pardyalone is Building a Mental Health Community Around His Music
For Pardyalone (born Kalvin Beal in Eden Prarie, Minnesota), music is a form of expression to work through struggles with depression, anxiety, and the gamut of negative emotions that plague so many people in our ever-chaotic world. He’s participated in other solitary endeavors, like skateboarding and creative writing — or any other outlet that didn’t involve the self-described quiet kid speaking up at school or to his parents, friends or a therapist about his problems. But all of the resources Pardy would use to work through these down periods were for him and him only. With his music career, the production and behind-the-scenes work were certainly solitary tasks. As soon as he uploaded his first song, “No More,” on Spotify, he discovered a group of people to share these feelings and emoti...
LAUV on Existential Crises, Inner Child Therapy, and His Meditation Club Hotline
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS LAUV joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his latest album, All 4 Nothing, as well as his recent tour and new meditation hotline. Advertisement Related Video The alt-pop musician tells us about the existential crisis that led to the record, using inner child therapy and meditation, and being able to talk to his younger self through the songs. He also discusses how he approached writing about his drug use, as well as LAUV’s Meditation Club, a hotline that fans can call to get guided meditations from him regularly. Listen to LAUV on the Kyle Meredith With… podcast above, or watch the chat via the YouTube...
REECE Found His Voice in Supporting Others
REECE’s style of self-described “kitchen sink pop” comes into full focus on his new project, It Boy, which moves from acoustic-rap head-nodders to two-step inspired dance workouts. With inspirations ranging from Lady Gaga to Frank Ocean to FKA Twigs, REECE’s music sprawls towards each of these influences with its own unique spin. His knack for melodies is immediately apparent, but the subtle nuances of experimental flexes reveal themselves with repeat listens. While the arrangements and melodic flourishes give the album unpredictability, REECE decided to hone in on a few specific themes with his lyrics. Born out of the pandemic, the album obviously grapples with what so many have experienced — but on It Boy, REECE gets extremely vulnerable in examining what happiness means and why he’s so ...
Ex-Association for Electronic Music Manager Aims to Change ADHD Visibility With New Coaching Service
A former Association for Electronic Music (AFEM) manager has launched a coaching service for those in music who have or may have ADHD. Tristan Hunt recently stepped down from his position as the regional manager at AFEM to launch the new service after struggling with ADHD himself. However, he wasn’t aware of it over the past two decades of his career. “I spent most of my twenty-year music industry career not knowing I had ADHD,” Hunt told Music Ally. “So I know firsthand the struggles that artists and my industry colleagues face when working in the music business with the condition—both pre- and post-ADHD diagnosis.” Tristan Hunt Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Hunt hopes that his advice and coaching will lead musicians and other creatives across the m...
Disclosure’s Howard Lawrence Announces Hiatus From Touring: “I’ve Hit a Breaking Point”
Howard Lawrence, one half of brother-producer duo Disclosure, has announced he has “hit a breaking point” and will not be performing on their upcoming Australian tour. “I really need to take some time to look after myself,” Lawrence wrote on social media. “Guy [Lawrence] (absolute soldier) will still be coming with the rest of our amazing team to deliver bangers to all you lovely ravers down under.” According to the statement, Lawrence has been “really struggling” with being back on the road again despite trying his “absolute best” to push through for Disclosure’s fans. It’s unclear at this time when or if he will return to performing alongside his brother. But, Lawrence, promised, he’ll be...
Bloom Vol. 26: Privilege
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matthew 7:12). Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is a gift. It is a marvel when you can bask in its light as you look backward toward the vast expanse you had arrived from. We show people the easiest way to make it through a crowd at a concert. We make space so people can feel the music. Guides. A guide for the tens of thousands at night who go out is often a DJ. Time for a small story. A local DJ hides a song away from the world that they’ve discovered. It’s made people cry. It’s brought people together. It’s opened up their eyes to ways they could change. This gem might be a song that would set a soul free if heard alone in their room. It might be a record that would take feet and remove fear through its beat. Perhaps this song...
Sam Fender Cancels Remaining US Tour Dates to “Look After” Mental Health
English singer-songwriter Sam Fender has canceled his remaining 2022 US tour dates to take care of his mental health. This includes a trio of headlining shows, gigs in support of Florence + the Machine, and an appearance at Las Vegas’ Life Is Beautiful. “It seems completely hypocritical of me to advocate discussion on mental health and write songs about it if I don’t take the time to look after my own mental health,” Fender wrote in a statement posted to social media. “I’ve neglected myself for over a year now and haven’t dealt with things that have deeply affected me. It’s impossible to do this work on myself while on the road, and it’s exhausting feigning happiness and wellness for the sake of business. My friends and colleagues have been worried about me for a while and it’s not going t...
Fall Out Boy’s Joe Trohman Excavates His Inner World in None of This Rocks
When you think of Fall Out Boy, the first name you think of probably isn’t Joe Trohman — and he’s perfectly fine with that. But things weren’t always that way for the heavily tattooed guitarist who co-founded the band with Pete Wentz when he was a teenager and has since spent most of his life in Fall Out Boy as they morphed from a scrappy Chicago punk act to one of the biggest pop-rock bands in the world. While Trohman’s memoir, None of This Rocks, deals with him coming to terms with his role in Fall Out Boy and their obligatory career highlights, the book isn’t a rock biography as much as it is a psychological study of the guitarist. It’s the story of someone who’s dealt with clinical depression for most of his life and had a complex relationship with his mother, who also struggled with s...
Men Who Hosted Drug-Fueled Raves From Psychiatric Hospital Sentenced to Death: Report
Two Vietnamese men convicted of hosting sex- and drug-fueled parties in a psychiatric hospital room have been sentenced to death by the Hanoi People’s Court, VICE reports. 39-year-old Nguyen Xuan Quy and his accomplice, Nguyen Van Ngoc, reportedly hosted parties out of the former’s room in a psychiatric hospital in Vietnam. Patients and staff members were invited to the parties, where MDMA, ketamine and methamphetamines were distributed and used. Local reports state that Quy had free reign while at the hospital. Investigators found that administrators were allowing him to convert a treatment room into a “rave den” outfitted with strobe lights, DJ decks, large speakers and soundproofing materials. According to VICE, Quy was admitted into the hospital in 2018 and...
The Wonder Years’ Dan Campbell Wrests Control of the Noise
The Wonder Years’ lead singer Dan Campbell’s relationship to the noise of the world as it exists around him is different than others. From the range hood of a stove to the bustle of a busy street, the vocalist struggles to deal with noise — except when that noise is due to him. “I’m affected by loud sounds that I’m not in control of,” the Wonder Years’ Dan Campbell explains. “It just starts to overwhelm me and my anxiety starts spiking, but if I stand onstage with a microphone in front of 10,000 people, I will be in command.” With the Wonder Years releasing The Hum Goes On Forever last week, Campbell’s noise control needs to be at an all-time high. The title of their new album itself is a reference to a poem written in the liner notes of their previous record (2018’s Sister Cities) and a s...
