Tickets Still Left For Tokyo Tower Climb 2025
In just over 3 weeks, 400 eager climbers will be up bright and early to take on the challenge of sprinting, strolling or crawling up Tokyo Tower’s 600 steps at TELL’s iconic tower climb event! With opportunities for individuals, school, corporate, and community teams to participate, you have 8 days left to sign up to […]
Perspectives
Perspectives Shifting perspective is a concept we hear about often in this profession. We utilize this approach to increase our understanding, adaptability, empathy, growth, and reduce bias. I like to think of it as shining a light in different places that might be shadowed, the darker corners we are not seeing. I invite you to […]
Resilience Among Military-Connected Families
Resilience Among Military-Connected Families During peace and war, military spouses and military-connected families maintain a level of resilience that pushes them to their limits. When accepting a life of active-duty or military connected careers, partners understand that the stress along that pathway is unique and unrelenting. Frequent relocations, which carry major themes of adjustment from […]
Tips for Good/Better Sleep Hygiene
Tips for Good/Better Sleep Hygiene What is Sleep Hygiene? Sleep hygiene is a combination of environmental factors and habits that lead to consistent, uninterrupted, good quality sleep. Being able to get enough sleep has numerous potential benefits for our health. Good sleep can lead to a stronger immune system, reduce our chances of becoming obese, […]
Sleep and Health
Sleep and Health Sleep plays a really important role in our health and well-being. When we haven’t slept well, most of us simply do not function as well as we usually do. In the short term, lack of sleep can affect our mood, judgment, ability to learn and retain information, and affect reaction times (thus […]
TELL’s Self-Care Toolkit
#Grounding techniques are exercises we can use to distract ourselves from anxious or stressful feelings as they bring our focus to our immediate sensations and experiences. This way we become “grounded” in the present and our thoughts are not consumed with either the past or the future. Grounding techniques can be done pretty much anywhere, […]
Exercise and Mental Health
Exercise and Mental Health Being active is not only good for our physical health, but studies show it can also have positive impacts on our mental health. Exercising can improve our self esteem, help us to set goals and challenges; provide opportunities for social interaction, give us routine and structure, and also cause chemical changes […]
Join the 2025 Tokyo Tower Climb – Move for Mental Health & Win a Trophy!
As we move toward Spring and warmer weather, this is the time to shake off the winter blues and start getting your mental and physical fitness routines going again. Join TELL on May 25, 2025 for the 2025 Tokyo Tower Climb, one of our signature Move for Mental Health events dedicated to promoting mental health awareness and supporting suicide prevention initiatives. […]
Spring Transitions
Spring is here, and while everyone is (understandably!) paying more attention to the cherry blossoms, April is also a month of transitions and new beginnings. Change can be good, bad or both. Even change that was desired can come with significant turmoil, or reality may come short of meeting our expectations. What can make matters […]
What is self care?
What is self care? Self care has become a bit of a buzz phrase, conjuring up images of bubble baths, hitting the gym or rewarding ourselves with cake. While these can all be part of relaxation, taking care of and treating ourselves, this view of self care can come across as pretty one dimensional and […]
Join TELL’s 2025 Tokyo Tower Climb
Join TELL on May 24th, 2025 for the Tokyo Tower Climb and move for mental health! Take on the challenge and sprint, jog, walk, or crawl up Tokyo Tower’s 600 steps to support TELL’s mission and raise awareness about mental health and suicide prevention. Take part individually or register a community, corporate, or school team. […]
March is Suicide Prevention Month in Japan
March is Suicide Prevention Month in Japan March is a time of great transition: the end of the school year, a time to transition from high school to university, the time to interview for new jobs, a time when reports are due, contracts signed, and taxes filed. Already this year, the TELL Lifeline has seen […]