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Mental Fitness Beat: The HQ Blog

What are student’s searching online in the Aspen School District
By providing Chromebooks to Aspen School District students in August and banning personal laptops, school district staff can block websites and track students’ online activities. They’ve already been alerted to mental health and safety concerns among the student body.

How to Strengthen Your Happiness Muscle
Psychologists call it reward sensitivity. And simple steps can help you boost your drive to seek out positive emotions and enjoy life.

Young Adults Are in Crisis
They’re more depressed, more anxious, and lonelier than any other age group in America—but their distress has gone widely unnoticed.
Impact Stories

PaddyO’s Story
I believe that the soundtrack to a happy life is laughter, and that life and recovery are team sports. I am very proud to be a member of the HeadQuarters team and to help move our mission forward toward a hopeful future. And though my love affair with fancy, stinky cheese and savory, delicious, dried meats is virtually unmatched, this is by far the best board I’ve had a seat at.

Andrew’s Story
Hello! My name is Andrew Pollesel. I’ve been part of HeadQuarters for almost two years and have lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for nine years. What drew me to HeadQuarters is their mission, ‘HeadQuarters engages, educates, and empowers mental fitness to create a healthy, vibrant community.’

Bear Grylls Wants to Talk About Your Mental Health
Executive Board member, Paddy O’Connell, interviews Bear Grylls.
“Everybody has these struggles. You rarely meet people who just never struggle. And if you do well, it’s like you’re not aiming up very high then, because struggle is part of our DNA. We’re designed for it, we thrive in it, but we’ve gotta not be scared of it.”