My takeaways from the Sound Mind Live music/mental health festival: "This is how we connect: By being authentic in who we are…By telling our stories. Each story, whether sung or spoken or conveyed some other way, can help someone else feel less alone." madinamerica.com/2023/05/findin…

Mia Berrin of Pom Pom Squad has been open about the impact of her queer, POC, and bipolar identities on her career in music, and speaks with MIA's Karin Jervert and Amy Biancolli about patriarchy, the music industry, and #mentalhealth. #podcast madinamerica.com/2023/06/embody…

My ultimate revenge against Hitler is kissing my great grandchildren at the age of 95! I took back my power and decided not just to live, but to thrive!

When Sexual and Gender Minority Youth experience minority-related stressors, their suicidality intensifies that same day. #lgbtqyouth #SuicidePrevention #mentalhealth #discrimination #psychiatry #psychology madinamerica.com/2023/06/diary-…

Oh no

I didn’t plan on writing this. It just poured out of me. Grief does what it does, even 31 years after my sister’s suicide.

UPCOMING EVENT! Mad In the Family presents a special panel discussion from child, parent, and practitioner perspectives followed by an open audience Q&A. Hosted by Family Editor Amy Biancolli! eventbrite.com/e/family-panel…

Catching up with this piece: My Sister Lucy's Death and Life: Picturing an Alternate Timeline of Recovery on Mad In America madinamerica.com/2023/07/my-sis…

Just over a decade ago, back when I worked for the Times Union, I had an email interview with Tony Bennett. I sent him a huge list of questions, and he answered them all with marvelous insights into his music and his life. May he rest in peace. timesunion.com/entertainment/…

"Having regrets is a backward way of thinking": Read Amy Biancolli's 2013 interview with Tony Bennett, another gem from the Times Union's archives. timesunion.com/preview/articl…

Slavery was pure and unadulterated evil. There is no "other side to the story."

Great piece from Mad In America Karin ‘The label of mental illnesses, like depression and bipolar, too, are sometimes used to mask the effects of abuse and trauma, which Sinéad had been open about having had plenty of in her life….

This is insane.

The recording of our Mad in the Family panel on supporting kids in crisis is now up and available to all.(rb.gy/p6vd0). Please watch and share. Such stories of truth, hope, authenticity need to be heard. I reflect on them in my latest column. madinamerica.com/2023/08/voices…

My new Editor's Corner for the family page looks at new research linking poverty & food insecurity with childhood psych diagnoses. The obvious solution: Aid families. Feed kids. madinamerica.com/2023/08/being-…

Required listening for anyone interested in justice and the history/culture of “mental illness.” The rise of factories, eg: That’s when people were expected to labor outside the home. If they didn’t or couldn’t, they were devalued, slapped with labels and sent to asylums. ⬇️

I was honored to host this episode. And in an accompanying column, I share a handful of heartfelt, inspiring questions and answers from the daughter of the man featured in the podcast: shorturl.at/MYZ46

Critics call #MyVeryRockyChristmas: - "Sweet" (Tonja Drecker / Bookworm for Kids, Bookworm For Kids) - "Adorable" (Jack Rightmyer, Times Union) - "Charming" (Amy Biancolli) Own your copy today! Partial proceeds benefit The Nature Conservancy's "Plant a Billion Trees" campaign: amazon.com/dp/B0BL3WMKHP

Once you know,you know. Today's Wisdom Wednesday comes from Amy Biancolli (Amy Biancolli ) as she speaks about a topic that many of us relate to very well. Life after suicide is different than it ever was before! "It's not your fault." #Belief #Psychiatry youtube.com/watch?v=R3FKQN…

"If you support capital punishment, you must look life square in the eye and choose death." -Martin Sheen sign.moveon.org/petitions/save…