Explore Practical Strategies for Mental Wellness

Join us for an Open Mind program with Dr. Julia Krankl, UCLA and Harvard trained psychiatrist and author of The 21st Minute Everything You Wish Doctors Explained About Mental Health. In her groundbreaking new book, Dr. Krankl presents a practical, evidence-informed “mental wellness menu” of fifteen actionable strategies, focusing on mindset, lifestyle, community, nutrition, mindfulness, and connection to the natural world. Dr. Krankl’s unique approach extends beyond the traditional twenty-minute clinical visit and offers tools for building resilience and sustaining well-being.

The 21st Minute, endorsed by leading experts in psychiatry, invites a cultural shift, replacing stigma with compassion, finding opportunity in adversity, and prioritizing the social and community foundations essential to mental health.

Dr. Bill Resnick, psychiatrist, philanthropist, and a founding member of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors at UCLA observes, “Krankl masterfully demonstrates that there are so many more ways to address mental suffering and improve well-being than medication alone.” Dr. Michael Gitlin, Director of the Mood Disorders Program at UCLA and Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA adds, “This is truly a book for everyone—psychiatric patients, mental health professionals, and anyone seeking a more fulfilling life.”

Discover these strategies and join the movement toward a more resilient, compassionate future.

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Julia Krankl, MD is a Harvard and UCLA-trained psychiatrist, author, and winemaker whose work focuses on resilience and mindset. She published The 21st Minute: Everything You Wish Doctors Explained About Mental Health and delivered the TEDx talk, “The Mental Health Opportunity: Transforming Struggles into Strengths.” Dr. Krankl practices as a partner physician with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. She serves as faculty for the Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Family Medicine Residency Program. She leads physician education programs focused on anxiety management, medication safety, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness; and has facilitated a trauma resilience group for over a decade. Her written work includes publications in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, The American Journal on Addictions, Women’s Health Issues, as well as essays in Wine Business Monthly. Along with her husband, she is the owner and winemaker of Fingers Crossed in the Ojai Valley. Her winery has received critical acclaim, including multiple 100-point scores and features in Decanter and The Wine Advocate. Dr. Krankl has lived and worked internationally in Tanzania, Costa Rica, and Mexico, experiences that inform her perspective on health, culture, and community.

Bill Resnick, MD is a psychiatrist and philanthropist who earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency at UCLA. He also has an M.B.A. from UCLA. He has worked as a community psychiatrist at AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Venice Family Clinic, where he continues to volunteer. Over the past two decades he has actively served on over a dozen nonprofit boards. Currently he chairs the board of InsightLA and is a trustee at American Jewish World Service and is a founding member of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Board of Advisors and the newly appointed chair. A Los Angeles native, Bill currently lives in West Hollywood, CA and splits his time teaching (medicine/psychiatry and mindfulness), volunteering as a psychiatrist and philanthropic work. Bill’s philanthropy is focused on community building, racial equity, criminal justice reform, and international human rights. In 2018, he started Big Bear Retreat Center. He is married to Michael J. Stubbs.