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Britt Wray

@brittwray.bsky.social

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Researching the rise of climate distress and how to channel it for action and resilience.
Director of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry https://circle.sites.stanford.edu/
Founder of Unthinkable unthinkable.earth
Find me on Substack unthinkable.substack.com

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@brittwray.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 9:31 AM

Brain health impacts so much more than just mental health (think neurodevelopmental issues, neurodegenerative diseases across the life span, and neurological disorders in addition to psychological wellbeing and behaviour). I promise, this info is critical for each of us, and we can act on it.

@brittwray.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 9:31 AM

A new report from 500+ neuroscientists lays out how heat, air pollution, and climate-driven food insecurity affect brain health across the lifespan. Only 3% of national climate plans mention mental health at all. I wrote up the findings: unthinkable.substack.com/p/your-brain-on-a-warming-planet

@brittwray.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 11:36 AM

Disaster recovery is a second full-time job nobody trains you for. A year after the 2025 LA wildfires, 67% of survivors were still displaced; 73% named mental health stress their biggest challenge. New piece on what that data taught us: unthinkable.substack.com/p/disaster-recovery-is-a-full-time

@brittwray.bsky.socialSep 2, 2026, 10:31 AM

Means a lot coming from you, Ed. Thank you for all of your efforts in human and planetary protections, and continuing to teach me in profound ways with every paper of yours that I read! So many good ones.

@brittwray.bsky.socialSep 1, 2026, 2:45 PM

I'm tired of describing the problems we face (new fields need such diagnosing, and I stand by the previous work). But I am now fired up to focus on everything we can do about them, through my particular, somewhat peculiar, transdisciplinary lens. Subscribe at unthinkable.substack.com

@brittwray.bsky.socialSep 1, 2026, 2:45 PM

I'm returning to writing regular newsletters, but this time around Unthinkable is no longer a parallel project running alongside my research at Stanford; it’s where I process and share what that research in climate, mental health and resilience is actually teaching me, in real time.

@brittwray.bsky.socialSep 1, 2026, 2:45 PM

8 months ago I had a baby. I also moved my family in a way that upended everything, went back to Stanford FT, and have been navigating the depths around my dear dad's Alzheimer's. So I've been quiet, but now I'm back. Today Unthinkable is back too — with a new shape to showcase agency and action.

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