By Rachel Spurlock, NAMI Seattle Intern Summer 2019 Edited by Maddy Noonan Rachel Spurlock, NAMI Seattle Intern. It is not a choice for attention, it is not a cause of hormone overloads. It is not just a normal teenage feeling. It’s called living with depression, and with that comes...
By Marc Anthony CisnerosEdited by Cameron Safai, Mychael Hodges, Sarah Jensen, and Nicolle OsbornUW Bothell School of BusinessEdited by Maddy Noonan Dr. Sunny Chieh Cheng, Board Member. While some struggle to find motivation to pull through each day, Sunny finds her motivation from her clinical practice and...
By Brandt Nickel, William McGinnis, Dominic Bui, Han Lunchou, and Nathan LeasUW Bothell School of BusinessEdited by Maddy Noonan Eli Lieberman, Board Member. “Embrace the uncomfortable” is a favorite mantra of Eli Lieberman, first year board member at NAMI Seattle. Eli, a cheerful professional who is...
Featured in our Summer Newsletter, Maddy Noonan opens up about performance and its role in her mental health. Here is her story. Art by Jenny Vidovic. A long time ago, or so the story goes, an aristocratic family in Cheshire had a lion on their crest. This...
Featured in our Spring and Summer Newsletters, Faarah Misbah attended the 11th Annual Muslim Mental Health Conference in Tempe, Arizona. Here is her story. I’m someone who is very involved in the Muslim community because of my volunteering history. I’ve volunteered a lot in planning social...
By Bryan Shaw Edited by Tyler Mackie, Ashley Dillenbeck, Kimnea Tang and Xiaowei Zhang Bryan Shaw, UW Bothell BBUS 307 student In the third in a series of three blogposts, a UW Bothell business student reflects on the experience of attending a NAMI support group dinner for...
By Heather Agun and Divij Vispute UW Bothell School of Business In the second in a series of three blogposts, two UW Bothell business students reflect on the experience of attending a NAMI support group dinner for the first time. Just before 5:30 PM, we pulled into the parking lot...
Aidan Emmons University of Washington Business School Student In the first in a series of three blogposts, a UW Bothell business student reflects on the experience of attending a NAMI support group dinner for the first time. Most young adults spend a Friday evening with friends and a night on the town....
Chloe Vega, HR Generalist at Gravity Payments Photo credit: Jessica Dho of Gravity Payments By Nidhi Khurana, Sung-Soo Devine, AbdulShakur Ali, Connor Haney, and Daniel Zhuge UW Bothell School of Business In this two-piece series, students from Professor Laura Umetsu’s business writing course at UW Bothell explore what it’s...
James Pratt, VP of People Development at Gravity Payments Photo credit: Jessica Dho of Gravity Payments “Asking the right question at the right time is all it takes to change a life”- James Pratt By Nidhi Khurana, Sung-Soo Devine, AbdulShakur Ali, Connor Haney, and Daniel Zhuge Substance Abuse Despite...