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Building your Resilience Toolbox during Uncertain Times

In recognition of mental health week, the Suicide Prevention Community Council of Hamilton is hosting a community wellness session. Today, many of us are facing challenging circumstances and uncertainty, not only in our personal lives, but in our global community as well. How do we better navigate the edgy thoughts and emotions that often accompany these experiences? Drawing on wisdom from various disciplines, including Positive Psychology, we will explore a variety of topics including mindfulness, self-compassion, and talking back to

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The Feelings Wheel

Finding exactly the right word to describe how you feel can be hard. The Feelings Wheel can help you better describe your emotions. A special thanks to the Waterloo Suicide Prevention Council for their work in creating this useful tool. Click here to download your copy today >

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An Invitation to Sponsor – RUNNING for RACHAEL

Together we have made significant progress in advancing the work of suicide prevention in Hamilton, but there is more to do!  Running for Rachael plays a vital role in supporting the city-wide work of suicide prevention by bringing the community together to promote hope (prevention), help (intervention) and healing (postvention) through crisis support information, training, education and support groups.  Help us make a difference in our community by considering sponsorship!  

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Language Matters in Preventing Suicide!

Language Matters in Preventing Suicide! Any suicide is a tragedy. We know that language matters, and that using helpful and respectful language reduces stigma, making it easier to talk more openly and safely about suicide and its prevention. Suicide is a public health issue, but it’s often discussed in whispers, as if a death by suicide brings shame to a family or to a person who has died. Our society needs to talk more about suicide, especially suicide prevention, but

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We Could All use a Little More Joy

The Big Joy Project Who couldn’t use a little more joy these days?  University of California Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, Greater Good in Action has created a BIG JOY project. Happiness, resilience, connection, and kindness are skills that can be taught and practiced.  In only 7 minutes a day for 7 days, discover which micro-acts of JOY work best for you. Each day you will be given an opportunity to tell us how you’re feeling in the morning, and

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Be Safe for HAMILTON

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Be Safe is a free mobile app that offers information and links to mental health, addiction and suicide prevention resources in Hamilton.

Be Safe is unique because it was developed in full partnership with both youth and professionals. It is a systems navigation tool that helps people find help when they need it, and supports them through the process of reaching out when life feels overwhelming.

By using information from a vast network of partners, Be Safe makes the process of finding the right help quick and easy.

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Suicide Bereavement Clinician Training – May 28th

This new seminar has been developed in collaboration with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and the American Association of Suicidology (AAS).  It is designed specifically for mental health professionals who provide grief therapy or counselling to suicide loss survivors.

The training focuses on individual therapy, and includes information about suicide bereavement, the tasks of loss integration for survivors, and discussion of case examples and specific techniques that may be helpful in working with survivors.

For more information and to register

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