Writing MindSite News newsletters has made me a better parent
For two years now, I’ve been privileged to write newsletters for MindSite News. The opportunity has influenced my life in ways I didn’t anticipate. It pushes me to search publications all over the nation for mental health news that can educate, inform, and inspire readers to action on issues related to mental health.
Dear reader,
For two years now, I’ve been privileged to write newsletters for MindSite News. The opportunity has influenced my life in ways I didn’t anticipate. It pushes me to search publications all over the nation for mental health news that can educate, inform, and inspire readers to action on issues related to mental health.
MindSite News presented a chance for me to explore the vast world of mental health, and the reporting I’ve encountered – both the stories I aggregate and those that come from our investigative reporting team – has grown me in profound ways.
Most notably, I’m a better parent. Two years ago, I was a toddler mom feeling loved yet lonely on the journey. One of my closest friends has children but they’re much older than my child. He gives me some heads up about what to expect, but there’s something different about feeling connected to people at the same level of development. Building the parenting newsletter each week helps me engage with reporting that lets me know I’m not alone – and the reader responses I’ve received in 2023 remind me that real people with real lives are on the other side of my screen.
Thank you for contributing to my development as a parent, even if you didn’t know you were doing so.
These 2 years have shown me how needed our work at MindSite News is.
As a reader, you know what we’re facing in America: an unprecedented mental health crisis. Adults and children are struggling. Our mental health infrastructure is unable to meet the needs of everyone seeking help. Someone reading today may (like me) have just secured the therapist they need after 12 months of trying. While they wait, they need evidence-based strategies to stay mentally and emotionally afloat. Citizens need to know what policies their elected officials support to make informed decisions at the ballot box. Psychedelics are rising in popularity; people want to know if they’re safe.
This newsletter has a hand in getting information to everyone with access to the internet. MindSite News has to keep doing the work — but doing it without you isn’t an option.
Thank you for reading and sharing our work. Your engagement is critical to our ability to keep reporting. And your financial support makes it possible to fund the execution of the work – the research, the time to interview, the factchecking, the writing, the editing – everything that makes MindSite News go.
As we prepare to enter 2024, make a gift to guarantee that the quality of the journalism we provide to you gets better and better.
It’s my honor to be in touch with you throughout so much of your work week. I’m looking forward to next year.
With appreciation,
Courtney Wise
The name “MindSite News” is used with the express permission of Mindsight Institute, an educational organization offering online learning and in-person workshops in the field of mental health and wellbeing. MindSite News and Mindsight Institute are separate, unaffiliated entities that are aligned in making science accessible and promoting mental health globally.
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