Reader Quick Hits: May 1, 2020
Idaho added a combined 20 confirmed and probable cases of the coronavirus May 1, bringing the statewide total to 2,035 since March 12 when reporting began. A total of…
Tagged: Mental health
A grain of salt: The detrimental danger of goal setting
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
There’s a sort of pass/fail culture happening in, well, pretty much everything we do these days. We set lofty intentions and label them as “goals,” …
A grain of salt: Seasonal affect for the resistant
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
When the sadness hits, I know it. It’s different from other kinds of sadness; it’s a kind of tender response to the humdrum of everyday …
Bringing positive change to the table
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Justine Murray has been running into more hummingbirds than normal. While hiking in the mountains. At her home. At friends’ houses. While visiting the site …
PCT hiker taking pledges for North Idaho Crisis Line
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
NAMI Far North Board Member Kim Kempton is hiking 70 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail starting Aug. 18 and is accepting monetary pledges for …
From farm, to table, to community
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
NAMI Far North, the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is taking a unique approach to fundraising, and chapter president Ellie Lizotte …
Living Life: Winter time blues
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
As the time changes and the days get shorter, people often struggle with feeling down or like they have less energy. That often gets compounded …
Living Life:
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Jeff D. was a 15-year-old who, after being declared emotionally disturbed and mildly mentally disabled, was placed in the custody of the state of Idaho. …
Recovery isn’t a destination, it’s a process
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A group of concerned citizens met Wednesday at the Sandpoint Community Hall to discuss North Idaho Crisis, the new 24 hour crisis hotline that will …
NAMI to start crisis hotline
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
If you’re in the midst of a mental health crisis after hours in Sandpoint, you don’t have many places to turn.
You could try the …
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