Category: Mental Health

Get Grüvi – Not Hungover

But how can it be beer be without alcohol? That’s so confusing. It’s beer? It’s wine? But not alcohol? Can the two things can’t coexist? Anika Sawni Co-Founder, and Chief Brand Officer of Grüvi, says, “100 percent they can” and they can also taste good. If you try a Grüvi nonalcoholic beer blindfolded, you cannot tell the difference.

Art to Live Funding Lilith’s Daughter’s Alter’s Dreams

Alexandria Wilson, the founder of Lilith’s Daughters Altar, and Adorner of Dreams at The Lyric. Alex has a unique story of embarking on a creative and artistic journey to save her life. During the pandemic, her world shifted and her decision to live a more meaningful life took full effect. Making art was not just a hobby but a therapy for her, as she was getting sober. It was a means for purpose and creation, but equally a pathway for her to help others.

Stand like an Oak with Compassion and Strength

“Music can be a great equalizer…. bringing folks together across the boundaries of country, language, ideals, religions, rage, gender, politics, and everything else that can separate us. I believe, and have felt in the music that I love, a deepening of my own spirit when in musical spaces. A certain levity as well. Some could call it spiritual. Others may call it celebratory. Either way, art calls us into a very sacred space… outside of our heads and our to do lists. From that space, so many things can be built and reimagined. We need artists at the table of policy and design and education. Artists bring the charisma and magnetism that the world is drawn to. Without that, where is the intrigue?”

Rae McAlister’s Illness Will Not Stop Her From Performing

Every day that Rae plays music is a miracle. Music has always been a part of Rae McCalister. She was born and raised in a musical family. Her musical makeup consists of jazz, folk, and classical training. The thing about Rae is, she has a diagnosis of Myotonia Congenita, Thompson’s disease several years ago after her body was immobile leaving her in a wheelchair.