Laura Usher

Writer, consultant and storyteller, working @ the crossroads of policing and mental health. Also: Vermonter, policy wonk, bibliophile, mom.

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@Nataliew1020 Do you have a diagnosis, or are you just exhausted/grieving? For me (I have fibromyalgia) learning to swim and going so very slowly has been very helpful. Also, finding activities that I find enjoyable and doing them everyday, sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes a few hours.

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

I'm so proud to have played a tiny role in @IAmInseparable advocacy campaign on children's mental health!
Check out your state's track record on school-based mental health services @ https://t.co/0z8gCfgnw4

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@GraphCrimes I'm so sad for my fellow Americans. 206 milliliters of maple syrup is chump change. Just watch me eat that for breakfast.

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@bossproofreader Rutabaga. I'm from New England. 🤷

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@GraphCrimes What product, though?!

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

Would I miss Facebook if it was really gone?

Not sure, but I've had a *very* productive workday today and have a feeling of glee in my heart, so...

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@sowdented @Jigje1 @diane_airbus @felicityb5 @CerebralDoc Please tell him my 35 year old husband fell and broke his hand cleaning the gutters. Required delicate surgery and several months in a cast, followed by 4 months of PT. It's a miracle he has full use of his hand. (This was years ago and he's fine now.)

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@BGrahamDC Boo!

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@Stefanie2000 Congrats on getting your shot, Stefanie!! 💉 Yay for science!

[StefanieFriedhoff @stef_friedhoff]

We didn't know it this morning but there is some poetic justice to releasing congressional district level views of our Covid Risk levels on the day the daily new case count hits a sad new record: 83,010, that is eightythreethousandandten new cases IN. ONE. DAY. We can do better.

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

Excited to see our important work on #officermentalhealth and mass casualty events released as online training by @COPSOffice and @VCPIonline. With @Stefanie2000. https://t.co/gYjZaiVDBq

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

So proud to have contributed a small part to this important initiative.

[NAMI @NAMICommunicate]

In partnership with #FirstRespondersFirst we are launching NAMI Frontline Wellness: delivering mental health resources to health care and public safety professionals on the frontlines of the #COVID19 pandemic. Learn more: https://t.co/TzV7pCG5tF #WorldMentalHealthDay

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@Stefanie2000 It clocked in at 2 minutes, 3 seconds. It's better at the time limits than he is.

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

Judge affirms that community involvement is not just the right thing to do, but also the law: https://t.co/LmCJGrxiA0

[Axios @axios]

Chris Wallace: "Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need to stand down..."

Trump: "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by! But I'll tell you what, somebody's got to do something about antifa and the left."

[NAMI Advocacy @NAMIAdvocacy]

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Join us. Take the pledge to #Vote4MentalHealth at https://t.co/GUNdDnMAfc.

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@beckerson I'm pretty sure David Beckham goes by Becks. How's that for inspiration!

[Chuck Wexler @CWexlerPERF]

To prevent officer-involved shootings & rebuild community trust, the policing profession needs to face the brutal facts and change the culture that avoids Monday-morning quarterbacking. https://t.co/6Hh1JXk15B

[Laura Usher @usherlaura1]

@Stefanie2000 Ah, this makes a lot of sense. Thank you :)