Jennifer Wright-Berryman
@jenlwberryauthor.bsky.social
Assoc. professor of social work|suicidologist|mental health|deathcare researcher. Academic and fiction writer. #amwriting Co-Founder equaldeathcare.org
Spring cleaning your home? What about spring cleaning for your mind? Check out my Substack ThriveMind newsletter on how decluttering, organizing, and simplifying can improve our #mentalhealth. thethrivemind.substack.com/p/spring-cle...
Spring Cleaning Our Minds
Decluttering, Organizing, and Simplifying for our Mental Health
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May 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Spring cleaning your home? What about spring cleaning for your mind? Check out my Substack ThriveMind newsletter on how decluttering, organizing, and simplifying can improve our #mentalhealth. thethrivemind.substack.com/p/spring-cle...
Garth Brooks started following me on TikTok. I’ve officially made it.
May 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Garth Brooks started following me on TikTok. I’ve officially made it.
Happy #Mother’sDay to all the women who mother, because mothering isn’t defined by blood, but by love.
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May 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Happy #Mother’sDay to all the women who mother, because mothering isn’t defined by blood, but by love.
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Moving Waltz to the UN is reminiscent of the Catholic Church moving abusive priests to other churches.
May 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Moving Waltz to the UN is reminiscent of the Catholic Church moving abusive priests to other churches.
Don’t miss Part 2 of Tales From the Mental Health Field. If you want more mental health content, check out my Substack. thethrivemind.substack.com/p/tales-from...
Tales From the Mental Health Field
Jack’s Story: Part II
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April 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Don’t miss Part 2 of Tales From the Mental Health Field. If you want more mental health content, check out my Substack. thethrivemind.substack.com/p/tales-from...
Tales from the Mental Health Field
Stories of Hope and Recovery
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April 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Now more than ever, we need to show up for each other. I talk about the psychological and practical benefits of helping in this week’s ThriveMind newsletter.
If you’ve not subscribed yet, I would love your support! My goal is to improve our #mentalhealth
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If you’ve not subscribed yet, I would love your support! My goal is to improve our #mentalhealth
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How Can I Help?
The motivations and effects of helping
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April 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Now more than ever, we need to show up for each other. I talk about the psychological and practical benefits of helping in this week’s ThriveMind newsletter.
If you’ve not subscribed yet, I would love your support! My goal is to improve our #mentalhealth
thethrivemind.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
If you’ve not subscribed yet, I would love your support! My goal is to improve our #mentalhealth
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We need help asking for help. I set out to understand our barriers to asking for help, and I share what I found in this week’s ThriveMind newsletter #mentalhealth thethrivemind.substack.com/p/we-need-he...
We Need Help to Ask for Help.
Why is asking for help so hard?
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March 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We need help asking for help. I set out to understand our barriers to asking for help, and I share what I found in this week’s ThriveMind newsletter #mentalhealth thethrivemind.substack.com/p/we-need-he...
Do positive affirmations and gratitude activities improve mental health? Check out my ThriveMind Substack for more about mental health and research on what works.
#mentalhealth #gratitude
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#mentalhealth #gratitude
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The Impact of Positivity and Gratitude on Mental Health
What does the research say?
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March 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Do positive affirmations and gratitude activities improve mental health? Check out my ThriveMind Substack for more about mental health and research on what works.
#mentalhealth #gratitude
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#mentalhealth #gratitude
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Change is HARD
Listen now | Learning how to change is the first step
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March 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Anyone else worried our U.S. #mentalhealth system will take even more of a back seat? That people who need these supports the most will be ignored? I know I am.
March 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Anyone else worried our U.S. #mentalhealth system will take even more of a back seat? That people who need these supports the most will be ignored? I know I am.
Change is hard. We can avoid it and keep sweeping things under rugs. Or we can tackle things, one step at a time, while giving ourselves grace and patience. My next newsletter will address how learning to change can improve our mental health. substack.com/@thethrivemi...
Jennifer Wright-Berryman PhD | Substack
Mental health and deathcare researcher, author, and student of life. Heterodox. Read, ask, listen, learn, think, repeat.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Change is hard. We can avoid it and keep sweeping things under rugs. Or we can tackle things, one step at a time, while giving ourselves grace and patience. My next newsletter will address how learning to change can improve our mental health. substack.com/@thethrivemi...
My heart is full in this moment. My husband, who works for a lumber company where the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality is pervasive, is sharing my Substack with his co-workers. #Mentalhealth among tradespeople is often stigmatized and ignored. 1/2
March 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My heart is full in this moment. My husband, who works for a lumber company where the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality is pervasive, is sharing my Substack with his co-workers. #Mentalhealth among tradespeople is often stigmatized and ignored. 1/2
MentalHealthMonday Substack newsletter is all about stigma and how to dismantle it. This week I’ve also recorded the newsletter for those who’d rather listen. #mentalhealthmonday #mentalhealth #stigma
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Mental Health Stigma
Listen now | Talking Ourselves out of Talk Therapy
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March 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
MentalHealthMonday Substack newsletter is all about stigma and how to dismantle it. This week I’ve also recorded the newsletter for those who’d rather listen. #mentalhealthmonday #mentalhealth #stigma
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It’s #mentalhealthmonday and my next newsletter “Stigma: Talking Ourselves out of Talk Therapy” hits tonight at 6:30. Stigma can be a huge barrier to getting help, and in this evening’s edition I will address the different forms of stigma and discuss solutions.
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ThriveMind | Jennifer Wright-Berryman PhD | Substack
This Substack has a new look! I will be centering my focus on translating mental health and suicide prevention research into accessible and meaningful articles so everyone can make informed decisions....
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March 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It’s #mentalhealthmonday and my next newsletter “Stigma: Talking Ourselves out of Talk Therapy” hits tonight at 6:30. Stigma can be a huge barrier to getting help, and in this evening’s edition I will address the different forms of stigma and discuss solutions.
open.substack.com/pub/thethriv...
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Join my #mentalhealth #Substack where I make research accessible, dispel mental health myths, and share stories from the field.
No one should journey with mental health problems alone. Let’s do this together.
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No one should journey with mental health problems alone. Let’s do this together.
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Welcome to The ThriveMind Substack
Making mental health research more accessible
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February 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Join my #mentalhealth #Substack where I make research accessible, dispel mental health myths, and share stories from the field.
No one should journey with mental health problems alone. Let’s do this together.
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No one should journey with mental health problems alone. Let’s do this together.
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What happens when kindness accumulates? It turns into magic. Kindness that becomes magic saves lives and it doesn’t care who you are or what your story is…it will save you, too. #amquerying THE SHOW UPS
February 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What happens when kindness accumulates? It turns into magic. Kindness that becomes magic saves lives and it doesn’t care who you are or what your story is…it will save you, too. #amquerying THE SHOW UPS
Rewatching Severance to prep for season two. I want to write some fanfic with Irv and Burt in mind. ❤️
January 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Rewatching Severance to prep for season two. I want to write some fanfic with Irv and Burt in mind. ❤️
No more book bans in Illinois. www.illinois.gov/news/press-r...
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December 28, 2024 at 12:13 PM
No more book bans in Illinois. www.illinois.gov/news/press-r...
Writers beware. Check an agent’s website to confirm legitimacy.
What a day. Got notice of a fake agent on the other place claiming my clients' books as hers/his (profie pic was stolen too). Listed her agency as Penguin Random House. Be vigilant.
December 18, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Writers beware. Check an agent’s website to confirm legitimacy.
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY x ANXIOUS PEOPLE in which
a woman with terminal cancer experiences disturbing visions of four desperate people and dispatches an unsuspecting and anxious small town journalist on an epic journey to save them before her life clock runs out.
#WIPpit #F #A #Con #writingcommunity
a woman with terminal cancer experiences disturbing visions of four desperate people and dispatches an unsuspecting and anxious small town journalist on an epic journey to save them before her life clock runs out.
#WIPpit #F #A #Con #writingcommunity
December 14, 2024 at 12:56 PM
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY x ANXIOUS PEOPLE in which
a woman with terminal cancer experiences disturbing visions of four desperate people and dispatches an unsuspecting and anxious small town journalist on an epic journey to save them before her life clock runs out.
#WIPpit #F #A #Con #writingcommunity
a woman with terminal cancer experiences disturbing visions of four desperate people and dispatches an unsuspecting and anxious small town journalist on an epic journey to save them before her life clock runs out.
#WIPpit #F #A #Con #writingcommunity
Grading is done! Another semester in the books. Speaking of books, I’m finally reading A Man Called Ove. I’m on a Fredrick Backman kick since my novel WIP comps Anxious People. What are you all reading? #books #reading #booksky #whatimreading
December 12, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Grading is done! Another semester in the books. Speaking of books, I’m finally reading A Man Called Ove. I’m on a Fredrick Backman kick since my novel WIP comps Anxious People. What are you all reading? #books #reading #booksky #whatimreading