In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Beth slows things down and checks in with a dear friend: Harmonics Executive Producer and BGS Co-Founder Amy Reitnouer Jacobs!

While the pandemic is beginning to subside here in the U.S. (and what a wonderful thing it is) let's be real: it's a weird time right now. Folks are getting vaccinated (within so many different timelines, might we add) and some are immediately diving head-first back into society and socialization - six feet be damned. With everyone at varying levels of anxiety - and comfortable speeds of fully returning to the ways of the "before" times - and after a year-plus of having our mental health hit at from every possible direction, we think it's important to take this month of May - Mental Health Awareness Month - to give ourselves and others some grace and set some boundaries. Our mental health is worth it.

Links Mentioned:

On "Languishing" (The New York Times) (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html)

Team Yes vs. Team Couch (The Atlantic) (https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/04/post-pandemic-socializers-two-types/618678/)

Do We Even Know How To Socialize Anymore? (NPR Life Kit) (https://www.npr.org/2021/04/04/983855924/do-we-even-know-how-to-socialize-anymore)

You can find resources for Mental Health Month here. (https://www.mhanational.org/mental-health-month)

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