I Am a Safe Burrito.

And other thoughts on mental health.

I want to talk about mental health.

I don’t just mean here, today, in this newsletter. I mean in general. Across the board. All the time.

Over the last two years, every human being has been through nothing less than a global crisis. Anxiety, depression, and exhaustion have risen exponentially. Every other meme is about some form of burnout. Friends complain they can’t see a therapist because all of them are fully booked. And yet, we keep on going. Showing up as best we can.

Mental health — our emotional, psychological, and social well-being — is a part of everyday life, inextricable from the state of being human. But for something that permeates every part of our existence, it’s rarely addressed until it becomes an issue. In the United States, our approach is neither holistic nor inclusive — treatment is often expensive, rarely covered by insurance, hard to find, and difficult to access.

Mental healthcare is a privilege, but having a mind is universal.

The pandemic brought all sorts of …