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From: Mental Health First Aid USA <Communications@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 3:30 PM
Subject: MHFA Monthly: Empowering Women’s Wellbeing
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Women’s rights are human rights. Here’s how to help with Mental Health
First Aid.
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Hello, First Aider family! In honor of Women’s History Month, Mental Health
First Aid
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(MHFA), in partnership with the kate spade new york foundation
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is releasing a series of Mental Health Essentials webinars
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designed to help women, girls and those who support them reduce stigma,
build a culture of nonjudgmental listening and support community members
who show signs of needing help.
The series highlights how major recent events like the COVID-19 pandemic
have disproportionately impacted women and provides guidance that anyone
can use, from how to navigate life changes to how to recover from burnout.
For more information about supporting women’s wellbeing and to learn
practical, culturally sensitive, recovery-focused techniques for thriving
despite a mental health or substance use challenge, view the recorded series
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To help you take care of your own mental wellbeing and support those around
you, we shared information and resources via the MHFA blog
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all month long. Check out these posts or visit us on Facebook
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Twitter
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and Instagram
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*How and Why to Practice Self-Care*
Engaging in a self-care routine has been clinically proven
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to reduce or eliminate anxiety and depression, reduce stress, increase
happiness and more. It can help you adapt to changes, build strong
relationships and recover from setbacks. Read more
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*Managing Your Workplace Health as the Seasons Change*
The moment many of us have been eagerly awaiting, the start of Spring, has
finally arrived! As humans, our overall wellbeing is intricately tied to
nature – from the amount of daylight we experience to time spent in green
and blue spaces like parks and meadows or lakes and rivers – the seasons
are changing around us with purpose, and with these five tips from Mental
Health First Aid At Work, you can follow suit. Read more
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*Empowering Women’s Wellbeing in Partnership with the kate spade new york
foundation*
The kate spade new york foundation believes that when a woman’s mental
health is supported, she is able to make positive change for herself, her
family and members of her community. With this in mind, the National
Council for Mental Wellbeing
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hosted a webinar series
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surrounding four domains of wellbeing – Life, Mind, Social and Body –
exclusively for women, girls and those who support them in the New York
City and New Jersey regions. Read more
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*Interested in mental health and substance use advocacy? *Register
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for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s Hill Day at Home
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a free, virtual event on June 8. During Hill Day at Home, you’ll have the
opportunity to hear from key leaders on the latest mental health and
substance use policy developments coming from Capitol Hill and the White
House, plus the chance to show your support for key programs like Mental
Health First Aid.
*Contact your elected official to support investment in crisis lifeline*:
Anyone experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis deserves a
swift, comprehensive and safe response when they call for help. In July
2022, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the nation’s main
connection point to suicide prevention, mental health and substance use
crisis response services, will become accessible through a new, three-digit
dialing code (988). But states need more resources to establish their
systems ahead of July. Lend your voice in support of much-needed investment
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to ensure care providers can expand their capacity ahead of July.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the mental health struggles that were
already proliferating among young people. Many schools are trying to expand
their rosters of adult specialists who can provide support. Some of them
are also tapping an additional source: the students themselves. Education
Week explores how programs like teen Mental Health First Aid
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are helping ease the burden on school psychologists, social workers and
counselors. Read more
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In Ohio, ABC affiliate *WTVG *reported on a new initiative aimed at
providing Mental Health First Aid training to barbers. “In our community,
often times the barber… [is] the pastor, they are the counselor, they are
our best friend all at the same time,” said Michael Carter, interim
director of Health Equity for the Mental Health Recovery and Services Board
of Lucas County. Read more
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As we enter year three of the pandemic, employee wellness is a major topic
of discussion, and many organizations are rolling out support that was
never considered before. *Verywell Health* broke down some of the top ways
companies will improve employee wellness in 2022, like by prioritizing
access to emotional support services and Mental Health First Aid. Read more
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