GROW Session 3: When the Body Also Holds the Story
GROW Session 3 invited participants to slowly reconnect with the body and recognize that grief, stress, and emotional experiences are not only carried in the mind, but often held within…
Relationship Check-Up: Is Your Relationship Still Healthy or Becoming Toxic?
Relationship Check-Up is important because relationships are a big part of our mental health, especially during university years. This is often the phase where many people begin forming long-term patterns…
GROW Session 2 Recap: Why Releasing Emotions Can Feel Awkward
In GROW Session 2, we explored the theme of releasing emotions without shame—an experience that may sound simple, but can feel confusing, awkward, or even heavy in practice. At first,…
When a Daycare Becomes a Place of Harm
A daycare child should always be surrounded by safety, care, and protection. Yet in some cases, a place that is meant to provide safety can instead become, for many children,…
Recap of GROW Session 1: Beginning Safely, Naming What Hurts
GROW Session 1 began with a simple but important intention: creating a space safe enough for participants to arrive as they are. In many spaces, healing is often imagined as…
GROW Support Group: A Founder’s Reflection on Pain, Healing, and Community
GROW Support Group is one of the most personal initiatives I have created through Talk Mental Health Indonesia. I often think of my role not simply as someone who builds…
Recommended Books About Grief: Gentle Companions for Loss and Healing
Grief doesn’t always come with clear language. In moments like this, recommended books about grief can become quiet companions—offering words when we cannot find our own, and reminding us that…
GROW TMH.id: Support Group for Youth in Yogyakarta
There are parts of our lives that we don’t fully arrive in—not because we don’t care, but because we don’t always have the space. We move from one thing to…
What We Think About Grieving: A Reflection from TMH.id
Grief is not always visible.It does not always arrive loudly. Sometimes, it stays quietly—in memories, in the body, and in the heart. At Talk Mental Health Indonesia, the stories we…
Why Psychosocial Support Matters for Junior High School Students
Psychosocial support matters deeply for junior high school students, especially during adolescence—a stage marked by emotional, social, and developmental change. There are children who look completely fine at school. They…