Mental Health Writing Portfolio: Linea Johnson

Mental health writer specializing in translating complex clinical and lived-experience insights into clear, accessible content for general audiences.

Selected Writing

Beyond Resilience: How Lived Experience Can Create Stronger Workplaces

Explores how lived experience with mental health can strengthen workplace culture, offering practical insight into inclusion, leadership, and psychological safety.

Highlights

  • Translates lived experience and workplace mental health research into accessible insights for a general audience.

  • Explores how organizations can move beyond resilience narratives toward more inclusive leadership and culture.

  • Connects individual experience with broader structural and organizational change.

  • Written for a national mental health nonprofit audience.

The Power of Words: Inclusive language for mental health and disability

Examines how the language we use around mental health shapes identity, stigma, and understanding, and why thoughtful word choice can support dignity and accessibility.

Highlights

  • Explains how language influences stigma, identity, and mental health understanding.

  • Translates complex concepts around diagnosis, identity, and narrative into clear, relatable insights.

  • Balances personal reflection with broader mental health education.

  • Demonstrates audience-centered tone and accessible storytelling.

Beyond Mental Health Month: Supporting Mental Health Across a Career

A practical look at how mental health needs evolve across a career, and how individuals and organizations can create more supportive, sustainable workplaces.

Highlights

  • Explains how mental health challenges can appear at different stages of professional life.

  • Provides actionable insights for individuals and organizations navigating workplace mental health.

  • Bridges personal experience with broader workplace wellbeing practices.

  • Written for a general audience seeking practical mental health guidance.

Need To Talk To Your Boss About Depression? Here’s Where To Start

A practical guide to navigating conversations about depression in the workplace, including how to prepare, understand workplace rights, and request accommodations.

Highlights

  • Provides step-by-step guidance for discussing depression with employers.

  • Translates legal and workplace accommodation concepts into accessible language.

  • Addresses stigma and emotional complexity around mental health disclosure.

  • Written for a broad digital audience seeking practical mental health guidance.

6 Specific Ways to Check in With Your Mental Health

A practical guide outlining six simple ways people can check in with their mental health, build awareness, and develop healthier emotional habits in daily life.

Highlights

  • Presents mental health self-assessment strategies in clear, actionable language.

  • Breaks down emotional awareness into practical steps readers can implement immediately.

  • Uses structured list formatting that supports readability and digital content engagement.

  • Written for a broad wellbeing audience seeking approachable mental health guidance.