The Psychology of Aging
Recall that at the psychiatric hospital, I worked with two groups of patients: Adult patients with a mental health diagnosis (usually...


Using mindfulness in mental health
After spending a week observing and participating in patient activities, I started brainstorming what unique skills I could bring to the...
Creating my volunteer identity
The staff at the psychiatric hospital were not used to seeing a bright(blue)-eyed and bushy-(blonde)tailed volunteer wandering the...


Volunteering with a network of NGOs and social entrepreneurs
Working at the psychiatric hospital in Sale is difficult to describe in part because there were so many different entities and...


Taxi
Sweaty thigh rubs sweaty thigh rubs sweaty thigh. Bodies pitch and heave in sync. Arm wrapped around stranger begins to grow tingly with...