Helaina Hovitz Regal is a journalist, author, editor, content strategist, and PR professional who also designs knitwear to raise money for animal rescue. She has written for over 50 publications and is a mental health speaker and advocate, best known for her work on topics like trauma recovery, addiction, anxiety and resilience.

Her greatest passion has always been positive and meaningful news about charities, social good, nonprofits, social issues, and animal rescue.

She is the author of the memoir “After 9/11” , which received high praise from PEOPLE, The New Yorker, Scholastic, and more: You are a herald for your generation. Thank you for using your voice to help us make sense of that dark day, and forge a new beginning.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton

Her bylines can be found in over 50 publications including:

The New York Times,  Salon,  Glamour,  The New York Observer,  InStyle, BuzzFeed

VICE, Women’s Health, Teen Vogue, Newsday,  Forbes, Thrillist, HEALTH,  Gothamist

Huffington Post,  Bustle,  Newsweek, xoJane,  Prevention,  Reader’s Digest,  Nationswell

Business Insider, The Week, Fast Company, Downtown Magazine, The Fix, The Daily Meal 

The Los Angeles Times, Greatist, The Mighty, PBS’s Next Avenue, PsychCentral,  Brooklyn Magazine  

Fortune, SELF,  The Advocate, Edible, Tasting Table, TODAY.COM.

She has been featured on/in :

CBS, PBS Newshour, ABC News, The TODAY Show, 1010Wins

PEOPLE, New York 1, WPIX11, Marie Claire Australia

The Atlantic, Psych Central, SHAPE, Epoch Times, CTV News, Glamour, TODAY Show Australia,

NBC, VOX News, Teen Vogue, Fortune, Scholastic Magazine, Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post. 

Contact me: HelainaWrites@gmail.com