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🧠 a special mental health focused issue with mental health awareness month coming to wrap. ❤️
🏃♀️ SPEED NUG
scattered thunderstorms for the holiday weekend, but all sunshine to start the week. Get that Vitamin D early! ☀️
🗓️ HAPPENINGS
Adolescent Resource Collective
(Thurs., May 23, 930am)
📍 West Nash - Thistle Farms
The goal of this event is to bring awareness to available resources for adolescents and their families. 🚸
There will be coffee, snacks, and a chance to chat with adolescent providers on improving the health and wellness of our youth.
Snag a free ticket here.
Mental Health Matters Resource Fair and Education Panel
(Thurs., May 23, 2pm)
📍West Nash - The Next Door Recovery
This event focuses on mental health support services and the importance of destigmatizing mental health issues. 💟
Next Door as partnered with orgs from across the state to provide this space for collaboration and connection.
See more info here.
The Light is Yours - Mental Health Event 2024
(Sat., May 25, 1230pm)
📍 Sylvan Park - McCabe Park Community Center
A day at McCabe dedicated to mental and well-being. An event to learn more about mental health, connect with others, or simply a break to recharge. 🔋
They’ll be a lineup of speakers, workshops, and activities to help you feel empowered and inspired.
See more details and get a free ticket here.
little by little 🙂
🗣️ THE PULSE
🧠 this week’s pulse features nuggets from national publications centered around mental health topics. 💓
Siblings and Therapy
As someone who’s had my fair share of ups down with my older sibling, I found this NPR article worth the read.
If you think about it, our relationship with our siblings date longer than that of our closest friends and our partner.
As stated in the piece — as adults, strong sibling relationships can affect our emotional well-being and mitigate loneliness in midlife — and help us navigate the aging and death of parents, and eventually, ourselves.
Sibling therapy has been understudied and the article brings to light that it should be getting a bit more attention. 👨👩👧👦
Source: NPR
Gardening, Mental Well-Being and Cultivating Friends
Gardening may be a one stop bed to improving you whole-body health.
Research suggests that gardening can lead to mental well-being through the connection with nature and it’s aesthetic beauty, and can be a way to connect with other humans. 🧑🌾
A study showed that gardening for at least 2.5hrs/wk was associated with better self-reported mental and well-being and life satisfaction.
It’s still not too late to cultivate a green thumb this szn!
Source: Washington Post (try incognito window if you get a paywall)
🥑 FOOD BITE
The Store: 12 South
Unlike a conventional food bank, The Store gives visitors choice-based grocery shopping. Individuals and families that are experiencing an unexpected food shortage or a temporary crisis are eligible.
And those that are at 200% of the poverty line and below are eligible for the bi-weekly shopping program. This program is currently full, but The Store is actively seeking additional funding. 🥕
Read more information here about this special place, and check out their volunteering/donating opportunities.
⚡️ BONUS: TN STATEWIDE CRISIS LINE
The Tennessee Statewide Crisis Line: available 24 hours a day/365 days a year, is a resource for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis.
All calls are routed to a trained crisis counselor in your area, who will provide you support and guidance, and work to connect you with appropriate community supports. more info
This service is free!
Call 855-CRISIS-1 (855-274-7471).
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