Gearing up for NAMIwalks!

NAMI Antelope Valley is gearing up for NAMIwalks. We are looking for sponsorship and more walkers to join us in Santa Monica on walk day (October 2, 2010.) If you are interested in becoming donating or becoming a walker, please visit the website to sign up!

We hope to see you there!

Thank you to The Sound LA!

We have a media sponsor for the 2010 walk!

100.3 The Sound will be partnering with us with over 40 PSA's an on air interview, on line links and walk day promotion.

Also, take a listen to the New Directions Choir on this week's America's Got Talent in the video below. This Choir amazed our Team Captain Kick Off Luncheon Crowd in 2008! Such a powerful and inspirational group.

Pathways to Wellness - Sunday June 13, 2010

DR. MICHELLE GOLLAND Keynote Speaker "THE MEDIA, MENTAL ILLNESS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS" Sunday June 13, 2010 Conference Times 12:15PM - 5:00PM Doors Open at 11:30AM American Jewish University 15600 Mulholland Dr. Bel-Air, California 90077 Open to Everyone

Hear keynote speaker, clinical psychologist, writer, personal coach and television personality Dr. Michelle Golland plus a collection of talented guest speakers... For more information and to register, click here.

Music is Medicine, Music is Sanity

Robert Gupta, violinist with the LA Philharmonic, talks about the redemptive healing of music through his friendship with Nathaniel Ayers on the renowned lecture series. TEDtalks:

Christoher Payne's Photography of State Mental Hospitals

Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals By Christopher Payne

Reviewed by William Wiles - 04 February 2010

Christopher Payne's book, released October 2009, with an introductory essay by Oliver Sacks reveal "These vast, decaying buildings were part of a grand experiment in health care that lasted for over a hundred years."

Purchase the book here.

Visit christopherpaynephoto.com.

Via Steve Lopez at The LA Times:
Mr. Ayers -- Recording Artist

Congratulations, Mr. Ayers! We look forward to hearing the fruit of your labors.

How Are You?

Rachel and Lauren share how their friendship deals with the ups and downs of bipolar disorder:

View the video here.

Visit halfofus.com for more stories from people dealing with their life situations.