Today’s Solutions: March 19, 2026

Today we welcome guest Jina Carvalho, public information officer for the Santa Barbara Response Network and marketing and communications director at PsychAlive.org and the Glendon Association. In the midst of a global pandemic and mental health crisis, Jina discusses psychological first aid, community-based trauma response, and an upcoming webinar series she has helped organize focused around supporting first responders. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy – Making Solutions the News!

Print this article
More of Today's Solutions

Overthinking is a learned habit, and therapists say you can unlearn it

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM "Just stop overthinking" is advice that tells you nothing useful about how to actually follow it. The mind ...

Read More

A single dose of psilocybin gave smokers six times better odds of quitting th...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A new clinical trial from Johns Hopkins University produced results that surprised even the researchers behind it. Participants who ...

Read More

Rusty social skills? 5 ways to reconnect with socialization

Now that there are more opportunities to go out and socialize, you may be experiencing some mixed emotions regarding social events. You may have ...

Read More

AI-powered blood test shows promise in early breast cancer detection

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Early detection of breast cancer dramatically increases survival rates, but identifying the disease in its earliest stages remains ...

Read More