Brian Toomey lives at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, and is a co-owner and editor on
Sustainablog.org, an online blog covering environmental issues. He enjoys reading, vegan whole foods cooking, and meditating. He also has a fanatic love of basketball and the Boston Celtics, and shares the Buddha’s desire that all beings be liberated from suffering.
How can we best support mental health? Caring attention—even from amateurs—can promote healing unattainable through impersonal approaches or drugs.