Stephen Durant, Inspiring Belief in Others
How do you go from believing that your life, your being, is controlled by unspeakable childhood trauma, to being a person in recovery and an inspirer of belief to others that they too can change their lives? ITE/MH Ambassador Stephen Durant, of Erie, Pennsylvania, points to the [...]Read more
Belief…the Placebo Effect
I’m the Evidence….for how Belief Inspires The ITE poem opens with Belief. For so many people, recovery from mental illness begins with—and is strongly supported by —the belief that things will get better. Or, that despite ongoing symptoms, one’s life can have meaning and purpose. [...]Read more
The Evidence of a Good Year—Looking Back at 2014 and Ahead to 2015!
As 2014 comes to a close, there is a barrage of reporting from media outlets on the top stories of the year. Politics, disease, violence…it can be overwhelming and disheartening to think about the year behind through this negative focus, particularly when we all have experienced [...]Read more
Kindness Today and Every Day
Many people have commented that taking action on the values of the ITE poem is really about being kind to one another. And they’re right. It is that simple. For many, this time of year spurs the seemingly simple action of kindness to one another that somehow seems to get lost in [...]Read more
Rocky: Mascot for Hope, by Shelley Bishop
Taking action on the values represented in the ITE poem is at the core of the ITE/MH Campaign, and to me it seems like the process of recovery usually starts with feeling connected…to another person, or in the case of Kate Longest, to an incredible dog named Rocky. I met Kate [...]Read more
Recovery Story: Recovery’s Aerodynamics
By Kyle, B.S., CPS While still a High School Senior at Southern Wells High School, Poneto, Indiana, back in 1977, I enlisted for serving in the US Navy. Due to my high achievement on ASVAB test scores I qualified for Submarine Service and it thrilled me to go through all [...]Read more
Evolution to Recovery
The Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania (MHAPA) supports and promotes principles that facilitate the recovery and resiliency of individuals and their families. All too often stigma and discrimination are barriers to opportunities—employment, community engagement, housing, [...]Read more
Thanksgiving Recipe from The Lodge
For Bethlehem, PA, residents, The Lodge is friendly café that serves great food—the Cuban sandwiches are a local hit—and offers free live music. With the motto Friends Celebrate Greatness in Self and Others, The Lodge is much more to the people who work there. And to the ITE/MH [...]Read more
Brilliant Ideas
The ITE/MH Campaign appreciated the opportunity to be a part of this year’s annual Copeland Center Summit in State College, PA by exhibiting and presenting the ITE/MH Campaign workshop. It was truly inspiring to be with attendees of this conference, who are supporting individuals [...]Read more
Spotlight On: Make the Connection
Derek, a U.S. Army combat Veteran, began to notice symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and even had thoughts of harming himself after he returned home from Iraq. Yesterday, we honored the men and women who served in our armed forces. Today, we are sharing stories of [...]Read more