Climate Courage and Mental Health

This talk will explore how coping with the mental health impacts of climate change can make us more effective at combating it. We will explore the forces that help us summon up our courage to face reality, bear the painful feelings that come up, and move together to take action. In particular we will explore tools that help each of us access our own courage, so that we can take steps fueled by love and clarity that lead to greater strength, connection, and impact. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with others to fully benefit from this program.

Dr. Anne Hallward is the host and founder of Safe Space Radio and a board certified psychiatrist in Portland, Maine.  She is passionate about creating spaces for people to talk about difficult subjects so that we are not alone with our worst struggles. Formerly on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, she co-designed and taught courses on death and dying, cultural humility, sexuality, and psychiatric interviewing. Anne is the recipient of the Ulrich B. Jacobsohn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians, the Jeanne Spurlock Social Justice Award from the Association of Women Psychiatrists, and an Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She has also been recognized for her work in radio with a national Gracie Award for Best Host of a Local Radio Show. Anne speaks internationally on stigma and shame, traumatic silence, re-humanization, and emotional courage.

This program is brought to you through a partnership between York Public Library, Scarborough Public Library, and Prince Memorial Library (Cumberland).