Get immediate help
- Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for immediate help
- How to Navigate a Mental Health Crisis (downloadable guide)
- Text NAMI to 741-741: Connect with a trained crisis counselor to receive free, 24/7 crisis support via text message
- National Domestic Violence Hotline - Call 800-799-SAFE (7233)
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration: 1-800-662-4357
- Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255, press 1
- Farm and Rural Stress Hotline at 1-800-691-4336
- Spanish National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 888-628-9454
- Find an international suicide hotline here if not in the U.S.
- Locate a therapist in your area: https://therapistlocator.net//
- Online counseling: https://get.talkspace.com
Mental health links
- National Alliance on Mental Health
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
- Mental Health America
- Agriculture's Growth Calendar: 52 weeks of stress management ideas & inspiration
- Ag Behavioral Health
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- AVMA 100 Healthy Tips to Support a Culture of Wellbeing
- Tools for self-screening
- How to Start a Real Conversation about Mental Health: A #RealConvo Guide
- National Farm Medicine Center
- Man Therapy
- Agrisafe
- AgrAbility
- Rural Health Information Hub
- How to Take Care of Yourself : Ways to Get Through a Crisis
- Farmer Angel Network
- QPR Institute: Three steps to prevent suicide
Ag resources & stories
- How to talk to a suicide loss survivor
- Active Minds: Supporting mental health education and awareness for students
- Admitting you have a mental health problem (Country Guide)
- A Look at Depression (Montana Farm Bureau)
- Are your food choices helping or hurting your stress levels as a farmer?
- Still Standing: Opening up about suicide (Minnesota Soybean)
- 5 Mental Health Podcasts You Should Listen to
- Agriculture's Growth Journal: 50+ stress management ideas & inspiration with pages to record your thoughts.
- How is stress management part of your business plan?
- Increased suicide among farmers attributed to financial, climate and lifestyle issues (WBUR)
- Battling with burnout in agriculture
- Nutrition in stress management in agriculture
- Exercise, endorphins, and empowerment
- Not One More Vet
- Cultivating gratitude in agriculture to manage chronic stress
- Behavorial Health Problems of Farm People Differ from the General Population
- 10 Ways to Take Care of Your Mental Health on the Farm
- My story felt so small - FFA members call for action on mental health
- Widow of American farmer is trying to erase the stigma of mental health in the heartland
- Resiliency for Agriculture: Michele's new motivational keynote to bring hope, healing, and humor to agricultural groups.
- Mental Health and the Impact for Farm Families Collection
- Do you have a solid mental wellness support team?
Ag resources & stories
- Calm Harm: Walks you through steps to help you reset and helps you breathe.
- Headspace: Hundreds of meditations for stress, sleep, focus, anxiety, and more.
- Fabulous: Helps you build healthy habits into your day to protect your physical and mental well-being.
- Noisili: Improve focus and boost productivity with different sounds to create the perfect work environment.
- Moment: Reduce your screen time with short, daily exercises to help you use your device in a more healthy way.
- Aloe Bud: Organize your thoughts with small, simple reflection prompts to help micro-journal how you're feeling each day.
Live interviews on mental health
Disclaimer: This is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are in crisis, please visit your local emergency room or call 911.
Related books from Michele
Agriculture's Growth Journal
Space to capture your thoughts, record your data, AND brings 50+ tips to manage stress. You can throw it in your glove box, kitchen drawer, tractor cab, or office. The Growth Journal will serve as guide to stress management, personal growth, and building resiliency. It offers plenty of space to write down what you need: farm records, how you want to scream at your partner, client calls, ideas, what you want to cook, observations about your animals, or why your brother-in-law makes you really mad.
Quick reminders and practical tools for the people of agriculture are found throughout the journal. More than a dozen farmers, veterinarians, ranchers, and medical professionals contributed tips from lived experience, data to support stress management as a business tool in today's agriculture, and resources for your family. A challenge question gives food for thought about how to implement the tip. More about Agriculture's Growth Journal...
Food Bullying
Are others making you feel guilty about your food choices? This book reveals the $5.75 trillion secret that food marketers and celebrity spokespeople don't want you to know. What if the claims about the food you've been led to believe is superior are actually B.S. (bull speak)? Food has become a battleground where marketing labels and misinformation is used to bully and demonize people around their eating choices. This startling look at the misrepresentation of food sheds light on bogus nutrition and environmental claims to help you recognize bullies and defend your food choices. More about Food Bullying...