This is the second installment of our monthly VOX-POP series, in which we ask a question relating to our upcoming theme and invite responses via a voicemail box.

Throughout December and January, my mother, Chris, underwent treatment for a cancer diagnosis, consisting of simultaneous radiation and chemotherapy. In the context of this treatment, self-care involved the management of very specific things, including her weight, her diet, her medication, her energy and her various appointments.

In the third and last part of her diary, we shift to healing. Ruby gives us an introductory understanding of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, the most common treatment for BPD. Involving thought chains, radical acceptance, and talk therapy, we realize that anybody, really, could benefit from this therapy.

Individuals with BPD often struggle to maintain healthy relationships. The reasons are manifold: a deep fear of abandonment, the tendency to split between idolization and devaluation of a person, unexpected bursts of emotion, usually anger.

When she was 18, Ruby was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, a diagnosis that she felt helped her contextualize much of the behavior and thought patterns she had been experiencing her whole life.

This month, we asked our audience, "How do you take care of yourself?" Here's what you had to say

Previously incarcerated veteran, Pablo Agrio and ENDPAIN founder, Alison Hersel, shares a conversation on the challenges of civilian life post-active duty.

"Since I was a child, I have had what I would call depression," says, C. Elliot, as he shares what it truly feels like to live with depression through an audio story.

In this podcast, we visit Syracuse, NY to see how a small farm is addressing systemic issues of refugee entry into an American life

By the time I was 14, the tension and arguments were no longer a difficulty we had to just “tolerate”—there was a more serious problem. I saw my parents change, losing weight from stress, not sleeping through the night, and I feared I was losing them both.