If you’re not a naturally trusting person, allowing yourself to trust others can be a difficult process. For a very long time, I was the type of person that put up barriers and couldn’t let anyone in for fear that they’d let me down. I had a hard time believing people when they told me their intentions, and I would …
As part of an ongoing teacher wellness initiative, 1N5 is working with Marr-Cook’s Wellness Warriors to promote teacher wellness. The teachers at Marr-Cook have continued using their Be Well board to spread wellness resources, and they have also recently been posting a weekly self-care choice board to help give staff ideas for self-care activities. One staff member involved in the …
Sources of Strength is a universal suicide prevention program designed to build socioeconomic protective influences around youth and reduce the likelihood that vulnerable youth and young adults will become suicidal. This program supports student wellbeing, strengthens youth-adult connections, enhances positive student coping behaviors, reduces the risk of suicide and violence, reduces bullying behavior, and increases school belonging and resilience. Thanks …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Jill took over our Instagram stories to talk about mental health and erasing the stigma. Check out her bio below! My name is Jill, I’m a wife, a mother, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and a self-care advocate. I’ve struggled with depression, anxiety & PTSD for my entire adult, teen, and early adolescence life. It used to …
We are all a work in progress. No one has it figured out, everyone is constantly learning and growing and changing. It’s really easy to beat ourselves up for being a work in progress and for not having it all together. But how beautiful is it to realize that you don’t have to be in this space of self-criticizing forever? …
One of my favorite things about my journey of self-discovery and self-care is the process of finding the best version of myself. I’ve been writing this blog for about a year now, and as I continue writing, I continue learning more and more about who I am and what I need. I started writing this blog when I was fairly …
On Friday, March 26th, 1N5 presented on healthy friendships and social wellness to the 7th-grade students at Mercy Montessori. The presentation, which is part of an ongoing mental health education series at Mercy Montessori, focused on the importance of social wellness to overall mental health. The students learned what a healthy friendship looks like and were able to identify the …
On Wednesday, March 24th, 1N5 was invited to present a “Lap Around the Wellness Wheel” training at Cincinnati City Council candidate Meeka Owens’ Wellness Wednesday series. 1N5’s Sources of Strength certified trainers Erin Horn and Christine Browner provided the presentation. The Sources of Strength Wellness Wheel is designed to guide individuals through all aspects of building not only resilience, but …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Sandhya, a grad student and mental health advocate studying school psychology, took over our Insta stories to talk about mental health and healing. Check out her bio below! Hi! I’m Sandhya, but you can call me Sands! I’m 25 years old, a mental health advocate, and I’m from India. I love to read, I want to …
This week for #WarriorWednesday, we’re sharing a post from Kevin Hyland about his mental health journey through the pandemic. This is not easy for me so please bear with me, but I feel like I need to open up. The last 3 months I’ve been staying out at my farm house in Indiana. It has given me time to get …
