Awareness has a short shelf life when it isn't paired with action. As Mental Health Awareness Month draws to a close, this post recaps a five-week series on stigma, the continuum model, relational wellbeing, and organizational mental health — and makes the case for treating mental health not as a problem to solve, but as a practice to return to.

Parental stress is not a personal failing or a scheduling problem — it is a public health concern with documented downstream effects on children and families. This workshop examines the evidence on physical activity and stress, identifies gaps in the research, and proposes an inclusive framework built around integration, dose flexibility, social embeddedness, and self-compassion.