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BC2M Pep Talk

BC2M’s Pep Talk tool is for listening to and creating pep talks about mental health and wellbeing. This tool allows you to search pep talks and written affirmations by geographic region and mood. Additionally, you can create your own pep talk and get it posted to the website for others to read. Examples of pep talk topics include love, hope, depression, and loneliness.

BC2M Talk Tool

The “Talk Tool” is designed to show you many ways to talk about mental health with the people in your life. You can search for how to talk about various mental health topics with different types of people. The Talk Tool will then generate video and written sources to inspire conversations. For example, a person could search how to talk about “ADHD” with “a teacher”. The Talk Tool will then generate possible methods to explain how ADHD functions in a classroom setting.

Become an AFSP Advocate

Through our 25,000 voluntary Field Advocates, we are leading the way in mental health and suicide prevention advocacy with over 50 state laws and 13 major federal policies being enacted into legislation in the last few years alone. Most recently AFSP played a lead role in establishing 9-8-8 as a three-digit number for people in crisis. Sign up to join us!

Belonging in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers | Election Year Edition

Amid a contentious election season, Americans feel less connected and more divided. This climate of loneliness and polarization appears in the workplace as heightened stress, diminished engagement and increased absenteeism.

As one of the nation’s most trusted institutions, employers are in a unique position to counter loneliness and polarization, increasing employees’ connections with each other and helping them work together more effectively.

By developing and implementing a strategy for belonging, employers can realize business benefits. Fostering belonging enhances employees’ feelings of security and value and has positive effects on retention, innovation, productivity and more. Intentional belonging is the next step in the evolution of a company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) journey.

Black Girl Smile Resources

BGS believes identifying accessible resources in your community is crucial to mental wellness. The community resources they have identified on this site are a starting point.

CALM: A New Tool For Addressing Microaggressions

This new tool from Active Minds, CLASP, and The Trevor Project acts as a guide to handling microaggressions. Their tips are designed to help folks repair relationships and maintain connections with friends and family. Through this link, people have access to information about what microaggressions are, how they impact mental health, and how to utilize the “CALM” method to interact with people.

Care Responders

The Fountain House Care Responders program is a peer-led initiative aimed at addressing mental health crises through community support rather than relying solely on emergency services. Care Responders, individuals with lived experience of mental illness, provide empathetic, non-judgmental help, focusing on de-escalation and mental health recovery. The program emphasizes the importance of community-based care and reducing stigma, offering an alternative to traditional crisis interventions.

Community for Mental Health ERG Leaders

An exclusive Slack network of ERGs from 500+ organizations who are committed to creating mentally healthy workplaces. Mind Share Partners curates content to help ERG community members continue their learning and work, and holds quarterly online meet-ups.

Fountain House Membership

Fountain House is dedicated to the recovery of men and women with mental illness by providing opportunities for their members to live, work, and learn while contributing their talents through a community of mutual support. Learn more about becoming a Fountain House member.

Fountain House: College Re-entry

This resource from Fountain House is a program designed to help adults who withdrew from their studies due to mental health challenges reach their college and education goals. This webpage includes a blog with different student stories about experiencing college re-entry. Additionally, the webpage includes information about the college re-entry program, a 14-week curriculum that helps a small group of students regain academic skills and restore social community.

Fountain House: Social Practice

This Fountain House resource guides folks on social practice, a non-clinical treatment approach that uses an intentional community to help people with mental health conditions. This resource takes people through the five key elements of social practice: social design, engagement, relationship development, natural feedback and intervention, and transitional environments.

Guide to Mental Health & Homelessness

Homelessness impacts mental health in a variety of ways. Obstacles such as being unhoused, food insecurity, health uncertainty, family instability & other factors are all sources of stress for people experiencing homelessness. 30-40M Americans were at risk of eviction or foreclosure prior to the pandemic, which has only exacerbated this stress. Being mindful about your interactions with people experiencing homelessness can reduce the stigma and help folks feel more supported.

How to Foster Belonging & Connection

We are living through a loneliness epidemic — 61% of young adults report feeling alone. But we can get through this together. Click for tips, resources, and tools for finding your community and fostering a sense of belonging.

I Am Not Alone

“I Am Not Alone,” is a new social networking website aimed at combating loneliness and isolation. It is a space where anyone can post activities and events designed for people living with mental health conditions. Users can create, find, and attend activities based on shared interests.

Local NAMI Locator

There are more than 600 NAMI State Organizations and Affiliates across the country. Many NAMI affiliates offer an array of free support and education programs. Search by zip code to find your local NAMI.

NAMI HelpLines

The NAMI HelpLine is a free, nationwide peer-support service providing information, resource referrals and support to people living with a mental health condition, their family members and caregivers, mental health providers and the public.

The NAMI HelpLine is not a crisis line. If you or someone you know is experiencing a crisis, please refer to the other resources, such as the 988 Lifeline.

Contact:

Call 800-950-NAMI (6264)

Text “HelpLine” to 62640

Chat online at NAMI.org

For the NAMI Teen and Young Adult HelpLine, text “Friend” to 62640

NAMI Seattle Support Groups

NAMI Peer and Family support groups are free, drop-in, and peer-led. Observers (including students) are not permitted to attend. Never been to a NAMI support group? No problem! Our What To Expect guide walks you through some common questions and answers about attending your first support group.

Please note: All NAMI Seattle support groups currently meet online via Zoom unless otherwise noted in group description.

Start With Hello Family Guide

The purpose of this guide is to bring the Start With Hello message outside of the schools and into your homes. Sandy Hook Promise strives to build a community of Upstanders by empowering young people and their families to use their voices to stand up against violence. This guide is centered around restorative and transformative practices as well as focusing on social emotional well-being. The activities provide opportunities for families to hone relationship-building skills, along with strengthening social and self-awareness.

Strength After

Strength After is the first storytelling site of its kind. Our mission is to provide a hub to share stories of hope and recovery encompassing all types of natural and human-caused disaster. We welcome stories from survivors, responders, loved ones, and caregivers, regardless of whether their experiences happened five decades ago or five days ago. By sharing stories of hope and recovery, Strength After highlights the resilience of individuals and communities while providing a resource for other survivors and responders that may be trying to cope and move forward themselves.

Supporting Your Own or a Friend's Mental Health, for Young Adults

We all go through difficult emotions from time to time, but it can be tough to navigate when you or a friend are in the thick of it. Scroll through this page to find a variety of resources, both for self-coping and supporting others. Remember, it’s okay if some days feel hard. You will get through it, and help is always available.

Supporting Your Teen's Mental Health

Many teens struggle with their mental health and aren’t sure where to turn for help. Whether you’re a parent, educator, or another trusted adult in a teen’s life, we’re here to help you navigate teens’ difficult emotions and give them the support they need.

The Mental Health Benefits of Gratitude

Gratitude matters. Although it’s not always easy, sharing your gratitude — with others or even with yourself — can be powerful. There are numerous mental health benefits of practicing gratitude, and there are dozens of ways to practice. Keep scrolling to learn more and find tangible tips, tools, and tunes that’ll help turn your attitude toward gratitude.

As a leader within your organization, you have the power to set your company’s tone of compassion and caring for employees experiencing mental health challenges. Normalize mental health action by telling your own story effectively.

TrevorSpace

TrevorSpace is a social networking site for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) youth under 25 and their friends and allies.

V-A-R

V-A-R is Active Minds’ simple yet powerful conversation guide to help respond to a friend who is struggling. In three simple steps — Validate, Appreciate, Refer — you can help someone know they are not alone in their mental health journey. Learn the steps, bring in an Active Minds V-A-R trainer, or gain skills to empower your peers to incorporate these simple steps into every conversation about mental health.

Volunteer - Silence the Shame

Volunteers are integral to Silence the Shame. If you are interested in volunteering and making a difference in local communities learn how to volunteer for Silence the Shame.

Who Is A Trusted Adult?

This Trusted Adult Resource helps to prepare adults for when a young person approaches them for guidance and support. It is also available in Spanish.

#BeThe1To

Learning about the experiences of others can help reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and give those who are suffering the courage to seek help.

#CreateConnectCare

A platform for young people and educators to engage with the #CreateConnectCare initiative. Key areas of the website include Mental Health and Creativity, Safe Storytelling, Teacher Resources, Get the Facts (youth resources), Youth Gallery, and a submissions portal for the Spring and Fall campaigns.

1-2-1 with Deepak Chopra & Gabriella Wright

Deepak Chopra and Gabriella Wright went 1-2-1 about their Never Alone Movement, the need to address mental distress, and how we as a society can go about writing a new story through shared vision, complimenting each other’s strengths, emotional and spiritual bonding within ourselves, and transparency about what is working.

1-2-1 with Delilah Belle Hamlin & Eyal Booker

Delilah Belle Hamlin and her boyfriend Eyal Booker went 1-2-1 about Delilah’s experience with panic attacks, medication stigma, how social media impacts their mental health, and how they support one another during difficult times. They were joined by Dr. Allie Sharma who shares her clinical insights around managing panic attacks, navigating affordable mental health resources and the differences between a psychiatrist, therapist, coach and more.

1-2-1 with Drew Scott & Linda Phan

Property Brother Drew Scott and his wife Linda Phan opened up about communicating and setting boundaries in their relationship, joined by family mental health expert Dr. Shefali.

1-2-1 with Sydel Curry-Lee & Damion Lee

Sydel Curry-Lee and her husband Damion Lee spoke about how they have learned to effectively communicate and support one another’s mental health and wellbeing over this past year. They were joined by Dr. Allie Sharma who shared some of her own clinical wisdom on healthy communication in relationships and more.

1-2-1 with Brittany Snow & Jaspre Guest

Watch Brittany Snow go 1-2-1 with her BFF Jaspre Guest on International Friendship Day. They are joined by Dr. Janis Whitlock of The Jed Foundation and discuss the therapeutic benefits of writing, how your story can inspire others, and the importance looking inwards. Read, write or request a letter at www.septemberletters.com .

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