Juneau-based life coach Brandee Gerke frames her coaching strategies around what she calls a “resilience mindset,” or the capacity to navigate change and adversity.
Mental Health
How to maintain mental wellness — for yourself and others — during social isolation
Psychotherapist Dr. Elaine Schroeder explores ways to maintain mental wellness during the pandemic and social isolation.
Is your Alaska doctor as worried about coronavirus as you are? Maybe not.
At local clinics and hospitals, doctors are fielding lots of questions about coronavirus. Many say they’re counseling patients to take COVID-19 seriously, but not to panic.
Anchorage schools are pioneering a new ‘social-emotional learning’ model. Is it working?
For decades, the Anchorage School District has prioritized social and emotional learning in the classroom. Increasingly, educators say those skills are critical for academic success.
As the Juneau School District responds to online monitoring concerns, student questions remain
In response to concerns about monitoring service Bark for Schools, the Juneau School District is providing options to families.
With art exhibit, former Nome resident addresses the ‘collective trauma’ of indigenous suicide
The gloves and mittens used in the art exhibit “Goodbye” are all handmade and each pair was loaned to the exhibit by an Alaskan or member of the local Whitehorse community.
State seeks new study of Alaska Psychiatric Institute privatization
While Alaska’s state-owned psychiatric hospital has renewed federal certification, it still struggles to recruit staff and increase capacity.
How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder
A trip to the emergency room can be a crucial window to assist people in their recovery. Now some providers are giving patients a medicine to ease the transition so they can seek additional care. Recently, a hospital in Juneau completed one year of this program with encouraging results.
‘Who are the 100?’ If budget vetoes stand, Anchorage shelter says it must choose who stays and who leaves.
As prospects for a veto override look increasingly slim, organizations that provide aid to low-income, homeless and other needy Alaskans say they’re facing increasingly difficult choices.
Alaska state budget vetoes reduce funding for homeless shelters and services
Anchorage homeless shelters and services are bracing for cutbacks and closures after Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced hundreds of millions of dollars in line-item state budget vetoes Friday.