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The Colors of Mental Health
For thousands of years, ancient civilizations assigned symbolic, emotional, and spiritual meanings to color, but are those universal or a subjective experience? Cláudia Marques Visual Designer When I started working at The Human Aspect as a designer, I came in to translate mental health challenges into visual metaphors. The goal was to provide an alternative and inclusive way for our audience to learn about mental health topics, which we still do today. In the process of crea
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4 days ago3 min read
What Is "Lived Experience," and Why Do We Build Our Work Around It?
At The Human Aspect (THA), we capture, produce and share personal stories through in depth video interviews: people’s toughest challenge(s), how they coped, and the lessons they’ve carried forward. Our vision is to elevate these real human stories, creating space for connection, richer conversations and wider perspectives. Our goal is to increase mental health literacy, which means reducing stigma, increasing psychosocial knowledge and promoting help seeking behaviour (Jorum,
Andrea Bujor
Oct 98 min read
Perspectives from global mental health: Shifting power dynamics, confronting colonial structures and discrimination
Jimmy Westerheim Founder of The Human Aspect “How far back are we comfortable to go in our endeavor to make the world a better place? A question that has never been answered when it comes to colonial structures and racism. A question in need of an answer from society, because I believe that change happens based on how far back we choose to go in our endeavor to resolve this societal root problem that is undermining our entire society” Dixon Chibanda, founder of Friendship Ben
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Aug 1827 min read
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