Mental Wellness Stories
@hope · 3:31
RESILIENCE | In The News - The office of wellness and resilience in Hawaii
Welcome to where the light gets in. Each week we pick a different topic and look at it from different perspectives. And this week we're looking at resilience. And on Wednesdays I look at the news or articles or journals that cover the topic and I bumped into something that really inspired me. You ever wonder why you love Hawaii so much? Maybe it's because their governor, pressed and present, created an office of wellness and resilience to strengthen their people
Hi, Hope. Well, let me just preface what I'm about to say by explaining I hope I have your first name correct. I'm assuming that may be your first name as I saw your username, which is at hope. But anyway, my name is Bruno. I just came across your swellcast, which appeared to be very intriguing to me with respect to Hawaii, having this office, the state office of Mental Wellness and Resilience, the whole concept of resilience
Hi there. I just wanted to chime in and say that this is amazing. This is wonderful. And Hawaii is so ahead of the curve with this. It's stunning. And I just wish that other states would take up the mantle with this and really realize that being resilient really does help the people in their states. It really does. And so let Hawaii be an example and a guiding star for the rest of the country and the rest of the world. Thanks
Mental Wellness Stories
@hope · 0:26
Hey, Rich and Bruno. Thank you for replying. Yeah, I'm still in awe of this, and it's really nice to hear both of your feelings about it. I think it ripples out, too. So hopefully we can be making decisions on whatever boards we sit on or whatever votes we cast to make sure that mental wellness and resilience are a part of policy. Yeah, Hawaii sounds pretty magical. Was a bit