September is Suicide Prevention Month🎗

What does Suicide Prevention Month mean to you? This week marks the start of Suicide Prevention Month, a month to honor the importance of creating a world without suicide. This Is My Brave believes that ending the stigma around conversations about suicide is the first step to suicide prevention. We encourage you to have candid conversations with your loved ones over the next month about suicide prevention.  If suicide has touched your life, we want to offer an opportunity to share your story because we know that doing so can be incredibly beneficial in the healing process for you and the greater community.    Share your Story New on the Blog! Elaine Sephton shares her story, “Can ‘S’ be the next letter people will talk about?” Her post asks the question, “What if we could speak about this [suicide] and mental illness as much as we can talk about physical illness?” Read it here! Brave TV Season 2, Episode 4 August 2021’s episode of BraveTV is in honor of Overdose Awareness Day recognized on August 31st. Started in 2001, Overdose Awareness Day aims to spark conversations around overdose prevention and call for action on updating drug policies. In this episode, BraveTV Host Lauren Hope (Arlington 2018 / Hampton Roads 2020) speaks with Ty Cardaci (Hampton Roads 2020) and Isaac Sandidge (St. Louis 2020). Calling All Boston High School Students! We are seeking high school student storytellers in the Boston area with a 5-minute story to share about Teen Mental Health via poetry, original music, comedy, essay or other artistic expression. *This Is My Brave - High School Edition in Boston will be a live stage performance on Nov. 19, 2021.  Email your video submission to timbhseboston@thisismybrave.org.  Virtual audition submissions will be accepted through September 12th. If you have any questions please contact Producer Audrey Grubb at agrubb@thisismybrave.org. Be sure to follow the show's progress on Facebook and Instagram! Get Ready For Back To School 2021 With MHA Here is a great resource for everyone who is transitioning back to school: “MHA’s 2021 Back to School toolkit, ‘Facing Fears, Supporting Students,’ aims to help students, parents, and school personnel recognize how feeling unsafe can impact mental health and school performance, and what can be done to help young people who are struggling with their mental health.” Wednesday, September 15th @ 8pm ET | 7pm CT | 6pm MT | 5pm PT New Producer Interest Meeting. Are you interested in bringing a This Is My Brave - The Show to your community? Join us for a one-hour meeting on 9/15 to learn what it takes to produce a show. Register here! Sunday, September 26th @ 7PM in Herndon, VA Floris UMC/Restoration Church presents This Is My Brave’s National Teen Show. Register for free here.  October - Date will be announced soon! Brave Teens, a documentary film focused on teenagers who say they’re the generation to put an end to mental health stigma. Monday, November 15th @ 8pm ET | 7pm CT | 6pm MT | 5pm PT This Is My Brave – Stories from the APIDA Community. Save the date for a brand new virtual show featuring Asian Pacific Islander Desi American storytellers. Click here for more information. Ticket reservation information is coming soon!  Friday, November 19th @ 7pm in Boston, MA  This Is My Brave - High School Edition in Boston. Details COMING SOON! If you or someone you know would be interested in auditioning for the show, please reach out to producer Audrey Grubb at agrubb@thisismybrave.org Interested in giving online counseling a try? Check out BetterHelp.com. This Is My Brave has a partnership with BetterHelp.com - 20% off your first month of online therapy. Just go to www.betterhelp.com/thisismybrave, and you can get set up with a licensed therapist in the next 24-48 hours. Stay Connected! Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to stay up-to-date with all things BRAVE! Simply click on the icons below to find us. Thank you to our 2021 National Sponsors: Forward this email to a friend or share on social media by clicking an icon below. Share Tweet Forward

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Celebrate and advocate - Recovery Month begins today!

Today marks the first day of Recovery Month, and I want to light a spark inside of you. Start by reflecting on all you’ve accomplished in Recovery - finding hope over desperation, courage over fear, serenity over uncertainty, and connection over isolation. You are here and your journey is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Think about how you continue this journey every day, confronting even the most trying situations through the lens of recovery. On your darkest days, you choose Recovery, making the conscious decision not to return to the depths of where addiction had taken you. This incredible venture is not one you're accomplishing alone. The binding thread that holds us together is our connection to each other; our shared sense of community.  Even in the face of a global pandemic, our unmatched alliance of love, inspiration, and support carried us through, making us even more resilient than before. Through Recovery Month and beyond, I challenge you to channel your Recovery into advocating for those who continue to struggle with substance use disorder. There are many ways to honor your recovery and share it with others. Here are some inspirations and resources to get you started: Read this blog by Caron alumna Jacqueline M., who shares how life in recovery has carried her through the pandemic.   Watch Rev. Jack Abel's lecture on "Servanthood" during Caron’s Chapel Service on August 8th. Plan to participate in Recovery Month events - check out some that Caron staff will be attending in the coming weeks.  Sign up for our daily inspirational text messages by texting CARON to 33777. Stay connected to Caron on social media through Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. As the nation honors, celebrates, and advocates for Recovery throughout September, remember how far you've come and how impactful our collective voice could be in changing and saving another person's life.   With Gratitude,  Aly Ries Corporate Director of Alumni Relations Caron Treatment Centers Recovery Month is a nationwide celebration of the gains made by those in recovery, just as we recognize improvements of those managing other chronic health conditions.  Recovery Month also promotes advancements in treatment and recovery support services, the dedication of the providers who make recovery possible, and the sustainment and growth of a strong and proud recovery community. Show your support by attending a Recovery Month event in your community. Below are some events at which Caron will be represented - we hope to see you there!  FAU Overdose Awareness/Recovery Event - September 3 - Boca Raton, FL NAMIWalks Kick-Off Event! - September 4 - West Palm Beach, FL TopGolf Charity Tournament - September 12 - Lake Mary, FL Rally in the Valley - September 12 – Bethlehem, PA Pro-Act Recovery Walks! 2021 - September 18 – Philadelphia, PA Berks County Recovery Walk - September 18 – Reading, PA Don't see an event in your region? Search for events happening all over the country in person and virtually!  Find Recovery Month Events In His Own Words - An Essay About Recovery Zac Clark, Caron Board of Trustee Member and star of "The Bachelorette," shared this compelling essay he wrote for Good Morning America in honor of Recovery Month.  Read Zac's Essay Caron Treatment Centers is proud to honor Zac and the entire Clark Family with the Richard J. Caron Award of Excellence at the Caron New York 2021 Annual Gala happening on September 9th. Learn more about the Caron New York Gala. Reach Out to Your Local Alumni Coordinator Christine D'Appolonia Alumni & Family Coordinator New York City cdappolonia@caron.org Carrie O'Malley Alumni & Family Coordinator Florida comalley@caron.org Keith Rogers Alumni & Family Coordinator Philadelphia krogers@caron.org Anya Whalen Alumni & Family Coordinator Washington, D.C. awhalen@caron.org Who to Contact if You Need Help Caron's Admissions Line (Open 24 Hours) 800-678-2332 Caron's Alumni Department (Email and Phone) alumni@caron.org  |  800-678-2332 www.caron.org  |  800-678-2332

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🎉🎂FREE COACHING: 57th Birthday Giveaway

Please help me celebrate my 57th birthday and sign up for a free Consciously Create Your Life call with me.       Most of us are relying on the outer world to change our life experiences. The problem is the moment we start feeling emptiness, loneliness, or lack, our brain is going to look for something outside of ourselves to fill that hole. Then the outer things that we go to, to fulfill that hole creates a rush in our body and the receptor sites in our brain recalibrate and the next time we are feeling the loneliness the lack, or the emptiness, we need more, so we do more, buy more, want more and the reality is that feeling of hunger for change will never go away when we relying on the outer world to change our inner state. The only way that the feeling of loneliness, lack, or emptiness is actually going to go away is when we actually start to go inward and form a relationship with our inner self. We are conditioned to believe that we are limited in our experience of life. All the news and conversations going on about what’s happening in our world today and the challenges in our personal reality are so loud and keep us focused on the outer world, but when you start to peel back these layers, these beliefs, these limiting thoughts, and emotions, on the other side of those is where the miracles happen in our personal life. When we get better, our life, our relationships, our communities, and ultimately the world get better because of the compounding impact each of us has when we evaluate and reprogram our inner self. But we have to be willing to do the work and be in a place of discomfort in order to find the place of inspiration and wisdom that comes from within our own souls. You are here to create, to be a conscious creator! Your brain will start to recalibrate when you start relying on the inner source of wisdom and inspiration and you will start to see synchronicity and opportunities, and your life will become a life of joy and satisfaction. I want to help you and our world find joy and inspiration. The first 57 people who sign up below receive a free 30- minute Consciously Creating Your Life call with me!   Schedule Your Call Now Sending love and light to you all! Xx, Andrea Most Recent YouTube Video: Looking back to my daughter's childhoods, it's clear they didn't feel safe emotionally connecting with me, nor I with them. Now I understand that we can’t feel emotionally safe with each other if we first don’t feel emotionally safe with ourselves. Are You Enrolled in The Life Reset Course: How to Recover From Reality? Let us know if this sounds familiar... + You feel anxious and overwhelmed + You struggle with self-esteem and self-worth + You don't have a sense of belonging in your life + You feel unfulfilled + You're questioning if you know who you truly are + You're living on automatic pilot, just going through the motions of life + You're feeling stuck and powerless Introducing Life Reset Course: Proven Methods to Recover From Reality! Life Reset is not a destination, it’s an exciting lifelong journey of discovering who you truly are and what you're truly capable of. By doing this work and regularly using these tools you will be able to navigate the world with newfound commitment, confidence, self-love and a sense of well-being. You will have activated a self-correcting upward spiral that lifts you and shifts you in a way that allows you to feel your own wholeness, and ability to show up for yourself in a new way, more fulfilled, connected to your soul, empowered and authentic. That is what Life Reset Course is all about. We've teamed up together and created this course to provide you with the exact same tools to heal that we have used over the years, to heal ourselves. The key to personal freedom is in this work. These tools have allowed us to create the big and beautiful lives we have today, and now we want to help you do the same! Sign Up Now

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