The Pause

A monthly newsletter curated to inspire, inform, and promote positive mental health awareness and practices.

Kindred’s Komics

Kindred explores the topic of difficult conversations in this month’s Kindred’s Komics. How can you initiate a difficult conversation? What can you do if you find yourself in a difficult conversation to ensure it goes well? Why are difficult conversations still important to have? Each month Kindred breaks down challenging topics with humor and whimsy.

Politics of Mental Health

For this month’s Pause for the Cause, we explore the politics of mental health, not just in the United States but also in our home state of Arkansas. How does the United States stack up to the rest of the world in terms of mental health? How does Arkansas rank in the rest of the United States? What connections are there between mental illness and other issues like being uninsured, substance abuse and suicide? Stacey Digges explores these connections, and asks you to take a pause for the cause to explore them yourself.

City on a hill

In this month’s featured blog from City on a Hill, Andrea shares a current struggle she has finding her path within her purpose. Difficult conversations are a part of our witness, no matter where it is that God leads us on our mission. Navigating the delicate matters of the heart and soul takes careful treading, an awareness of self, support from others, and faith in His bigger purpose.

Overdue Conversations: an Interview with Dan Whitfield

In this month’s Overdue Conversation Stacey talks with Dan Whitfield, an Arkansas Independent candidate that was running a campaign against Republican Tom Cotton. In our interview we talk about ballot issues voters would be seeing in the upcoming election, running a third party candidacy, and how election reforms like ranked choice voting could enable voters to see a wider variety of perspectives in our upcoming elections. We hope you’ll join us.