I'm a mother of a three and a half yearear-old. And when we conceive, you know, what do we say? What do we pray for? What does our spouse, our family, you know, what do they pray for? A healthy baby. What does a healthy baby mean? What does a healthy baby mean? Anyone? A baby without a disability? Correct. The problem is not that there are 70 million persons with disability in India and over a billion across the world. That's not the problem. That statistics is not the problem. You know what the problem is? ...

Am I audible. Yes. How are we feeling.A little strange. I know it's not every day that you see a man, an overgrown man walking in a sari on the stage. Um, I'm Pushbot Sen. I'm 30 years old.Mentally, I am Zenaya. In reality, I'm Janea. I work as a fashion creative director.Long story short, I make fashion films for brands. Uh they're not your regular at films. They have a little bit of story.I'm extremely technologically challenged, so I don't know. Uh I couldn't uh play them here. I couldn't put them on my ...

When it comes to homelessness, we've been asking ourselves the wrong question for a long time. We've asked, "How do we solve homelessness. " But what if the real question is, "How do we return people to themselves. " Because if we're honest, we've built housing. But what we haven't built were places where people can be returned to themselves with stability, healing, and belonging. The state of homelessness in the United States is dire. Today, we have over 770,000 people experiencing homelessness in the Unit ...

First of all, I just want to say that English is not my native language. So, please bear with me and please travel with this story. This is very important story for thousands of women.Each of us identifies with a name. A name which was specially given to us with love at our birth. It's what our teachers call us. It's on our ID card. And it even shows up on our to go coffee.But what if that name was erased at a very young age. When young girl or woman is married and then her name is replaced with a label, on ...

[music] [music] [applause] Have you ever looked at something so ordinary that your mind almost skipped over it. We all do. We overlook the familiar.We underestimate what's simple. And we dismiss what seems to be common. But one day that ordinary thing for me was Kong Kong.Just a vegetable, cheap, common, nothing special. That's what I thought. But one day I caught myself asking what if it's ordinary is because no one bothered to look closer.And that question never left me. I'm frank. I never meant to be the ...

[applause] Do you know what an orphanage sounds like. When every baby is fed and they're changed and they're medically cared for, but they're not held or nurtured or emotionally seen. silence, not peace, but a haunting quiet.In early orphanages where there were too many babies and not enough caretakers, babies who cried and received no response eventually stopped crying altogether. Their medical needs were met, but their need to be seen was not. Our humanity requires reading in the gaze of one another.Witho ...

Once upon a time, many years ago from today, there lived a young girl who believed in everything magical. magical. So, here I am just coming back from school and it was pouring that afternoon and those little eyes, those twinkling eyes which were wondering here and there glimpsed upon this one auntie, old auntie on the road. I went back home that day. I got a bag, an oversized bag, filled it with every possible goodie that I had, caught hold of an umbrella and told my mother, "Take me, take me to that aunti ...

A public-relations expert makes the case for putting dignity at the center of our social world. https://t.co/X9Rn8pmAv2 ...

Core Argument - The mental health field should move beyond diagnosis and consider the individual's context, history, and societal influences [6][11][18] - Mental health diagnoses are valuable tools but should not overshadow the individual's unique experiences and the broader societal factors contributing to their distress [7][8] - Systemic oppression, societal expectations, and cultural realities significantly impact mental health, particularly for marginalized communities [5][12][13] Societal Impact on Mental Health - Societal structures and policies, such as discrimination and lack of inclusive education, contribute to mental health challenges [3][12][13] - The mental health field needs to understand the intersection of societal structures and individual experiences to provide effective treatment [14] - Stigma associated with mental health labels can perpetuate misunderstanding and reduce individuals to a set of symptoms [10] Holistic Approach to Mental Health - Mental health professionals, educators, families, and society should see the whole person, considering their context, culture, and history [11][18] - A compassionate and effective approach to mental health involves honoring the fullness of an individual's experience and recognizing their strengths [16][17] - Encourages a shift from asking "what is wrong with you" to "what happened to you" to understand the individual's pain and help them reclaim their strengths [19] Resilience and Empowerment - Despite challenges, individuals and communities demonstrate resilience in the face of adversity [14][15] - Empowering individuals by exploring their identity, community, and history can help them overcome mental health challenges [15][16] - Recognizing and honoring the strengths of individuals, such as creativity and meticulousness, can be an effective approach to mental health care [17]

Every morning before the meetings begin and the phone starts ringing, I ask myself the same question. What can I do today to make my country and the world a little bit better? It's a simple question, but it grounds me in intention rather than routine. I didn't always ask myself that question. Years ago, I began my morning with a different question. How will I get through this day? Deadlines were heavy. Change felt slow. Everything felt urgent. But that day, in a small moment, everything changed. In 2022, du ...