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Neuroscience Sleep Program Free to Any Bullied Youth Who Needs Healing
When Teri Mahaney’s grandson was relentlessly bullied and suffered negative effects, she created an audio program to play while he fell asleep. The positive...
Blogger’s Search for Stranger Who Saved His Life
A video-blogger who was stopped by a stranger from jumping into a river six years ago has launched a campaign to find the man...
The Power of Acknowledgment – Another Reason to Love Thanksgiving
Can you remember how it feels when someone tells you how wonderful you are, or when you receive an unexpected thank-you gift in the...
Solider and Stray Cat Save Each Other in Afghanistan
He's a battle-tested, decorated army sergeant who risked his life to protect our country.
But it's a more personal risk he took that's getting a...
How Letters From Strangers Saved a Teen’s Life
After 13-year-old Noah scheduled a suicide for his birthday, his mother asked friends on Facebook to send letters to her son telling him how...
Marines Studying Mindfulness-Based Training
The U.S. Marine Corps, seeing a record suicide rate and thousands of veterans with post-traumatic stress, is studying how to help its troops by...
Nonprofit Campaigns to Make Boston Happier
A suicide-prevention group is generating smiles to the faces of commuters and pedestrians in Boston with their Happier Boston Campaign, which involves social interventions...
White House Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans
President Obama signed an Executive Order that will help the federal government better meet the current and future demand for mental health services and...
Iraq War Vet Writes Music To Heal Comrades — But Says He’s No ‘Hero’
We call them heroes, but there is a sense among many of today's vets, and those who deal with them, that the public often...
1,900 Mental Health Workers Hired to Bolster Care for Returning US Troops
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced yesterday the hiring of approximately 1,600 mental health clinicians – to include nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers...
Man Wins 2011 Amway Hero Award for Generosity
By the end of this week, twelve families in Guatemala will have a home, a direct result of one man's philanthropic efforts.
For the last...
Lady Gaga Tops List of 20 Celebrities Doing Good in 2011
DoSomething.org, an organizations that helps teens take action on causes they care about, released its fourth annual 'Top 20 Celebs Gone Good' list. Lady...
‘Dog Bless You’ Donates 11 Therapy Dogs to Troubled Vets for Veterans Day
To honor veterans and their commitment to service in the face of sacrifice, Dog Bless You, will donate 11 service dogs to veterans suffering...
In the Company of Animals, Healing Happens for Humans
A six-acre ranch in Santa Clarita, Calif. is a facility that heals and rehabilitates abused farm animals and invites visitors with emotional and physical...
Coffee May Prevent Depression, Scientists Say
A study of 50,000 American women showed that those who drank two or more cups of coffee a day were less likely to get...
Meet the 22 MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winners for 2011, From Science to Music
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Tuesday named 22 new MacArthur Fellows for 2011 who will each receive one half million dollars...
Obama Changes Policy to Honor Service Members Who Kill Themselves in War
President Obama this week decided to change the longstanding policy that until now excluded families of U.S. service members who killed themselves in war...
NFL Stars Rally to Boy Survivor of Hudson Tragedy (Video)
National Football League players are rallying around a ten year-old boy whose mother, in desperation, drove him and his siblings into the river. Now...
From Victim to Survivor: a Foundation for Peace
My 12-year-old son Tim was killed on 20 March 1993 by a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England. He was...
21 Extraordinary Acts of Heroism: Carnegie Medals Announced
21 people were named Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero Fund to receive the Carnegie medal, given to those who risk their lives to an...