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The pain comes in waves. Hold on and trust that this wave will pass. It has been a really hard week for my family. My mom has been in the hospital all week for various cancer-related issues and my cousin passed away after being on life support for a few days. It’s been hard to watch those around me hurting, …
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so to kick it off, I want to talk a little bit about my own mental health journey and how my self-care practice has impacted it. In spring, 2019, I was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, which means I experience periods of mania and depression. For me, that looks like weeks at a time …
On Thursday, April 29th, 1N5 partnered with CyberSafety Consulting to provide internet safety training to Fairview Clifton German Language School. Liz Repking of CyberSafety Consulting talked to parents about creating safety plans and what to look for when their kids are online. Approximately 15 parents attended the virtual training.
On Thursday, April 29th, 1N5 met with 10 TruePoint clients to cover the basics of mental health and wellness. The training consisted of an open conversation about how the participants’ mental health has been impacted during COVID, areas of concern for friends and family members, and a wide variety of other topics related to mental health. 1N5 would like to …
1N5 attended a two-day training titled Building Resilience and Cultural Humility by Recognizing and Addressing Stereotype Threat and Implicit Bias conducted by the Tristate Trauma Network and Finding Hope Consulting on April 20th and 27th. During the trainings, we explored cultural humility by identifying and addressing the unseen messages we all live with that drive implicit bias and stereotype threat.
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Olivia Drapeau, who lives with chronic endometriosis, depression, and anxiety, took over our Instagram stories to talk about mental health + healing. Check out her bio below! My name is Olivia Drapeau. I am 23 and have been diagnosed with chronic endometriosis, depression, and anxiety. Growing up, despite having my entire childhood living in a broken …
This week, Dr. Ashley Solomon of Galia Collaborative was back with a new video to talk about how to cultivate generosity in our lives by moving from a scarcity mindset to an abundance-based mindset. She defines both a scarcity mindset and an abundance mindset and gives us tools to help shift to an abundance mindset. Follow along to see how …
This week for #WarriorWednesday, Caroline McKeown of the #DearCaroline vlog celebrated ONE YEAR of sharing her story and talking about mental health by talking about what she’s learned about mental health in the past year. She talks about topics like how we can reduce the stigma about mental illness by being more open and honest, how progress is not always …
This week, Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, PsyD, ABPP, and founder of A New Day Pediatric Psychology, is back with a new video on generosity. She dives into why it is that when we give often, we have more to give. Follow along to see what she has to say!
You can love what you do, and still need a break from it. I love speaking, I love breaking the stigma around mental health, I love being able to challenge myself and come up with new ideas and get really creative about things I thought I couldn’t do. I love it all. But I also am realizing how much I …
