Leading mental health agencies North Country Community Mental Health (NCCMH) and Northern Lakes Community Mental Health (NLCMH) are collaborating to offer a free virtual education series in May focused on the theme #Tools4Resilience.
The series provides valuable insights and practical strategies for promoting mental health and self-care and is open to anyone interested in learning more about mental health issues and techniques for building resilience.
The series features webinars every Tuesday and Wednesday throughout May from noon to 1 p.m.
Mental health professionals from both organizations will share practical tips and techniques, insights into specific mental health issues, and strategies for promoting self-care. After each presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussions with the speakers.
The #Tools4Resilience offerings include:
• May 1: Social Media and Mental Health. Community Services Trooper Corey Hebner of the Gaylord Michigan State Police Post will talk about social media and staying safe online.
• May 7: Protecting Yourself Online. Information Technology experts will share tips for phone and tablet security, protecting your privacy, and identity.
• May 8: Stories of Hope and Recovery. Members of Petoskey Club, New Horizons Clubhouse, Traverse House Clubhouse and Club Cadillac share their experiences and advice on living with mental illness and stigma.
• May 14: There is No Expiration Date on Grief. Grief can reach out and grab you when you least expect it. There is no timetable or instruction book for dealing with grief but there are ways you can help care for yourself.
• May 15: Somewhere Over The Rainbow: In Search of Health, Humor and Happiness.
Learn how to build a personalized set of coping tools in handling stress.
• May 21: Get Wise and Energize Your Eating Refresh your healthy eating choices and learn about new trends.
• May 22: Practical Tools to Help Children and Adolescent with Complex Needs Learn about three principles (connecting, correcting, empowering) to bring healing and caring help to children who have experienced adversity, early harm, toxic stress, and/or trauma.
• May 28: Finding Clarity to Navigate Multicultural Environments.
Learn about the transformative process of becoming more adept in cross-cultural situations.
• May 29: Managing Stress.
Learn tips and tools to help deal with everyday stress.
Register for one or all of the Tools4Resilience talks at this link: https://forms.office.com/ r/6fYkHuQMdU or visit norcomh. org or northernlakescmh.
org for the link and more inform.
