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SUMMARY:Mindful Minute Monday
DESCRIPTION:Donations to support our Hope and Healing Fund are welcome at Online Donation Form – MAPS.
URL:https://mapsnh.org/event/mindful-minute-monday-5/
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Mental Health Info
DESCRIPTION:Finding the Right Fit: Different Types of Psychotherapy \nDid you know there are many different approaches to psychotherapy? Finding the right fit can make a big difference. Each approach offers a different path — and the best therapy for you is the one that feels safe\, supportive\, and aligned with your needs. \nHere’s a quick overview of some common types of psychotherapy: \nCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Focuses on how thoughts\, feelings\, and behaviors are connected. Helps you notice unhelpful patterns and build healthier\, more empowering ones. \nPsychodynamic Therapy: Explores how past experiences\, relationships\, and deeper emotions influence your current life. Helps build insight and emotional understanding. \nAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Teaches you to accept difficult feelings rather than fighting them\, while helping you move toward actions that align with your values and goals. \nDialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Offers skills for emotional regulation\, distress tolerance\, mindfulness\, and building healthy relationships. Originally developed to support people with intense emotional experiences. \nSpiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Incorporates a person’s spiritual or religious beliefs — if desired — into the therapy process\, offering a holistic way to explore meaning\, healing\, and inner growth. \nHumanistic Therapy: Focuses on personal growth\, self-acceptance\, and living an authentic\, meaningful life. Approaches like Person-Centered Therapy emphasize unconditional positive regard and empathy. \nInterpersonal Therapy (IPT): Centers on improving relationships and communication patterns. Often used to address depression\, grief\, and life transitions through a relational lens. \nSomatic Therapy: Involves the body in the healing process\, recognizing that trauma and emotions can live in our physical experiences. Techniques may include breathwork\, movement\, or body awareness. \nEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Originally developed for trauma\, EMDR uses guided eye movements to help the brain reprocess distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge. For those with serious eye concerns\, you may consider visiting an emergency eye care specialist as soon as possible. \nNarrative Therapy: Helps you explore the stories you tell about yourself and your life — and reauthor them in ways that reflect your strengths\, hopes\, and resilience. \nRelational-Cultural Therapy (RCT): Focuses on healing through connection\, emphasizing that growth happens within supportive\, authentic relationships rather than in isolation. \nArt and Expressive Therapies: Use creative processes like art\, music\, or writing as tools for self-expression\, healing\, and discovery — especially when words alone aren’t enough. \n  \nIt’s important to know: Many therapists integrate elements from multiple approaches to best support each client’s unique needs. Therapy is not one-size-fits-all — it’s a collaborative process designed to be flexible and responsive to you. The most important part of therapy is not the model itself\, but that the work feels tailored to your goals\, your values\, and your healing journey. \n  \nYou deserve a space where you feel heard\, respected\, and empowered. \n  \nPlease make a donation to the Hope and Healing Fund at Online Donation Form – MAPS!
URL:https://mapsnh.org/event/tuesday-mental-health-info-4/
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Wisdom: This Too Shall Pass
DESCRIPTION:The following story of unknown origin but likely based on an ancient Persian folktale\, has helped me keep life’s ups and downs in perspective and maintain my emotional equilibrium.\nEnjoy.\nRabbi Dan\n\nOne day King Solomon decided to humble Benaiah ben Yehoyada\, his most trusted minister. He said to him\, “Benaiah\, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. I wish to wear it for the Sukkot festival (the biblical Festival of Booths or Tabernacles)\, which gives you six months to find it.” \n“If it exists anywhere on earth\, your majesty\,” replied Benaiah\, “I will find it and bring it to you\, but what makes the ring so special?” \n“It has special powers\,” answered the king. “If a happy man looks at it\, he becomes sad\, and if a sad man looks at it\, he becomes happy.” Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world\, but he wished to give his minister some added humility. \nSpring passed and then summer\, and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring. On the day before Sukkot\, he decided to take a walk in one of the poorest quarters of Jerusalem. He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day’s wares on a shabby carpet. “Have you by any chance heard of a special ring that makes the happy wearer forget his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?” asked Benaiah. \nHe watched the elderly man take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring\, his face broke out in a wide smile. \nThat night the entire city welcomed in the holiday of Sukkot with great festivity. “Well\, my friend\,” said King Solomon\, “have you found what I sent you after?” All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled. \nTo everyone’s surprise\, Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared\, “Here it is\, your majesty!” As soon as Solomon read the inscription\, the smile vanished from his face. The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: Gimel\, Zayin\, Yud\, which begin the words “Gam zeh ya’avor – This too shall pass.” \nAt that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things\, for one day he would be nothing but dust.
URL:https://mapsnh.org/event/spiritual-wisdom/
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SUMMARY:Journal and Drawing Prompts
DESCRIPTION:Journal Prompts \n\n\n\nFor Children:  \nIf your feelings were animals\, what would they be and why?  \nFor Teens and Adults:  \nIf your mental health had a weather report today\, what would it be?  \n  \n  \nDrawing Prompts  \nFor Children:  \nFeelings Zoo  \nIf your feelings were animals\, what would they be? Draw the animals to show your feelings.   \nFor Teens and Adults:  \nSelf-Portrait as a Weather Pattern\nAre you a storm\, a breeze\, a sunset\, a foggy day? Draw yourself as today’s inner weather.  \n  \nPlease consider making a donation to Maps Hope & Healing Fund at Online Donation Form – MAPS!
URL:https://mapsnh.org/event/journal-and-drawing-prompts-6/
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SUMMARY:Friday Fun on Purpose: Laughter
DESCRIPTION:Fun isn’t frivolous — it’s a form of self-care. Play\, laughter\, and creativity help our minds and bodies recover from stress. Laughter is more than just a reaction — it’s a release\, a reset\, a way our bodies remind us that lightness is still possible\, even in hard times. Sometimes when we’re under stress\, laughter feels far away\, but we can gently invite it back. \nToday\, give yourself permission to seek out a smile\, a chuckle\, or even a full-belly laugh — no matter how small. \nIdeas to spark laughter: \n• Watch a funny video or a favorite comedy clip that always gets you. \n• Read a comic strip\, a humorous book\, or silly children’s jokes. \n• Spend time with someone who makes you laugh easily. \n• Play a silly game — charades\, Mad Libs\, Pictionary — even over text! \n• Look up “wholesome memes” or “animals doing funny things” online. \n• Allow yourself to laugh at something ridiculous or absurd today — even if it’s just how seriously we sometimes take ourselves. \n• Re-watch a scene from a favorite sitcom\, movie\, or show that made you laugh out loud before. \n• Try a “bad joke battle” — see who can tell the worst (most groan-worthy) joke and still keep a straight face. \n• Listen to a lighthearted podcast or stand-up comedy routine that lifts your mood. \n• Try to draw an animal — with your eyes closed. Share it (or don’t) but let yourself giggle at the result. \n• Watch “fail” videos of cats knocking things over (sometimes pure slapstick is surprisingly healing!). \n• Read “funny autocorrect fails” or “funniest wrong number texts” online. \n• Tell yourself a joke out loud — hearing your own voice say something silly can shift your mood. \n• Find an old yearbook or family photo album and laugh (kindly) at fashion choices\, haircuts\, or awkward poses. \n• Write a short\, ridiculous story — one that makes no sense — and allow yourself to enjoy how nonsensical it is. \n• Play a goofy filter game on your phone (some have funny faces or voice changers). \n• Have a contest with a friend or family member: who can make the silliest doodle in under 30 seconds? \n• Try watching a silent video (like a cooking demo) and narrate it out loud with the most dramatic or ridiculous commentary you can think of. \n• Remember a time you laughed uncontrollably — even just picturing it can bring a fresh smile. \n  \nPlease make a donation to the Hope and Healing Fund at Online Donation Form – MAPS!
URL:https://mapsnh.org/event/friday-fun-on-purpose-laughter-2/
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SUMMARY:Inspirational Quote
DESCRIPTION:Inspiration is coming your way soon! Check back please!
URL:https://mapsnh.org/event/inspirational-quote-2/
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SUMMARY:Nature and Mental Health: Grow Your Sense of Wonder
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Wonder and Curiosity in Nature \nWonder is powerful for mental health — it invites curiosity\, creativity\, and a break from daily stress. Nature offers endless chances to reconnect with wonder\, no matter where we are. Wonder is not about doing more; it’s about noticing more. Every body and every pace is welcome in this practice. \nIdeas to spark wonder: \n• Go outside and find one small thing you’ve never noticed before — a bud\, a birdcall\, a crack in the sidewalk. \n• Take a “wonder walk” where the goal isn’t distance\, but simply noticing. \n• Tend to a houseplant or watch a time-lapse of seeds growing online. \n• Try “sky-gazing” — simply lie back or sit comfortably and watch the sky for a few minutes. \n• Look closely at a patch of grass\, a puddle\, or a tree trunk — notice the small world living there. \n• Watch insects going about their work — bees gathering pollen\, ants following their trails. \n• Keep a “tiny miracles” journal and write down one thing each day that sparked a little wonder. \n• Smell a flower\, some herbs\, or even a handful of soil — notice the layers of scent. \n• Listen to the layers of sound around you: birdsong\, wind\, rustling leaves\, distant traffic. \n• Watch how sunlight moves across a surface over time — across your floor\, a wall\, or a garden. \n• Set a timer for five minutes and find as many different shades of green (or any color) as you can. \n• Find a tree and imagine how many stories it could tell if it could speak. \n• Create a small “found nature” collection — gather fallen leaves\, feathers\, pebbles\, or twigs you discover. \n• Look up at the stars or the moon — even if just for a minute — and imagine the vastness beyond. \n• Notice how rain smells different than dry earth (this scent is called petrichor). \n• Look at a flower or leaf through a magnifying glass or close-up camera setting — notice the hidden patterns. \n• Try drawing a natural object with your non-dominant hand — and let go of perfection. \n• Find two natural objects and imagine a connection or a “story” between them. \n• Sit silently outside for 5 minutes and notice how the world moves without your participation. \n• Learn the name of one new tree\, bird\, or flower in your area — just one! \n• Blow a dandelion and watch the seeds float away — and notice where your mind goes. \n• Stand barefoot on grass\, sand\, or soil (if accessible) and feel the textures under your feet. \n• Let yourself be amazed by something tiny — a dew drop\, a spiderweb\, a blade of grass. \n  \nPlease make a donation to the Hope and Healing Fund at Online Donation Form – MAPS!
URL:https://mapsnh.org/event/nature-and-mental-health-grow-your-sense-of-wonder-2/
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