by Jennie Hoheisel | Jun 12, 2025 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
Fostering a Culture of Hope During a recent effort to clarify the five core objectives of our work “HOPE” landed at the top of the list, because it is the number one priority for us. Children’s Center aims to foster in our clients the belief that things...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Nov 13, 2024 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
YOU ARE NOT ALONE My copy of child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Ken Duckworth’s book, You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health, is filled with underlining and notes. I’d like to share with you a selection I highlighted that gives a...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Oct 22, 2024 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
“DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE” In my last letter to you I quoted a passage from our friend John Moe’s book, The Hilarious World of Depression, that highlights the power that talking about mental health has to bring about positive change. In...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Nov 1, 2023 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
“IF WE TALK, THINGS GET BETTER” On a visit to Powell’s bookshop last summer, my wife picked up John Moe’s book, The Hilarious World of Depression. Within a few moments of looking at it, she (and I must say shockingly with a great deal of confidence given...
by Jennie Hoheisel | Nov 1, 2023 | Champions of Hope, Donors, Newsletters
Do What You Can With What You Have I have recently been enjoying some of the work of the poet Nikita Gil. The final stanza of her poem “Your Soft Heart” struck me in particular. She writes: “Kindness is the greatest endangered thing. And here you...
