Madelyn Griffith-Haynie reminds us that August is National Health month in many countries with various organisations bringing their specific issues into the spotlight. These include Mental Health Awareness, Children’s Eyesight, Psoriasis, Breastfeeding and several others.. Head over and mark them in your calendar. Help spread the word. #recommended
Special days & weeks in August
Along with Advocacy & Awareness
for mental health related issues
(and a calendar for the month!)by Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CTP, CMC, ACT, MCC, SCAC
Part of the ADD/ADHD Cormidities series
WE are the cure.Found HERE
Online Marketing Gurus extol the effectiveness of piggy-backing posts onto particular events – how about one or several of the ones below?
They make GREAT, positive writing prompts!Mark your blogging calendars!
Many days of the year have been set aside every month to promote awareness or advocacy of an issue, illness, disability, or special-needs related cause.
In addition to a calendar for the current month, each Awareness post attempts to offer a list highlighting important days and weeks that impact and intersect with mental health challenges — reminders for health problems that intersect, exacerbate or create additional problems with cognition, mood, memory,
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Thanks for bringing an important issue like mental health to the forefront. This is important for me, because I have known people who had suffered from mental illness, and have been touched by someone who took their own life. I write humor on my blog, but I often write more serious things, including stories and poems dealing with such issues. Thanks for a great reminder.
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Thank you Patrick and Madelyn is a huge advocate for mental and physical health. Humour is important even when we write about serious subjects. Sally
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Madelyn is terrific with all her self help and awareness posts. Glad to see her work shared here. ❤
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What a sweet comment, Deb. Thanks so much.
xx, mgh
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True. And most welcome. xx
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Thank you so much for the reblog, Sally. I’ve been away for hours, so forgive me for not getting here to acknowledge your kindness MUCH sooner. You are so wonderful to help spread the word.
xx,
mgh
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No worries Madelyn.. with all the time zones we are operating in we all do very well.. hugs xxxx
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SO true – lol. Most of my virtual buds are across the pond, since my hours are not “standard” in America. But thanks for understanding.
xx,
mgh
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Thank you for bringing this into the light. It’s something that should be talked about more often! If you have time please check out my personal mental health awareness blog! shatterinsanity.blog
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Glad to know that there are folks like you who promote the awareness of mental health issues…Awareness of mental health issues encourages others to realize there is no shame in seeking help and to actually seek help…https://www.nearariver.com/ostrich-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words/…bj, author of near a river, http://www.nearariver.com
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Thanks Bobby Jo.. interesting analogy and have shared on Twitter. and I agree we need to have a better regard for mental illness especially as most families will experience it.
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