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This year for Mental Health Awareness Month we wanted to provide you all with multiple opportunities to learn and connect with others. Check out our full lineup of events for the month, and read on for each individual event's details and description.   "To thine own self be true."
Managing self-esteem is challenging enough without also living through a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has made coping with self-esteem and mental health issues even more difficult. As with so many mental health issues, one way to maintain healthy self-esteem when dealing with other challenges is by combatting the negative self-talk with more logical, positive talk. When negative thoughts flood your mind, force them out and give your self-confidence a lift. Self-esteem transcends the routine "ups and downs" linked with situations in life. Self-esteem is much more fundamental -- shaping reality and consequently impacting your overall quality of life. Building and repairing self-esteem during difficult times such as a pandemic is challenging. Take time to come to grips with the new situations in life and accept new opportunities and new limitations. Be willing to make mistakes and see them as learning opportunities, not failures. Use this time to break old, destructive habits, and replace them with healthier habits that will help rebuild and reinforce your self-esteem. Here are eight hands-on things you can do to help you get started:  NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session education program for family, friends, and significant others of adults with mental health conditions. NAMI Family-to-Family provides information about anxiety, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental health conditions. Other topics covered include communication, problem-solving, treatment, and recovery.
The course is designed to increase understanding and advocacy skills while helping participants maintain their own well-being. The program is taught by trained family members who have a loved one with a mental health condition. NAMI Family-to-Family is an evidence-based program (EB). For information on the research base for the program Class Schedule: Mondays and Thursdays, March 22nd - April 15th, Time: 7pm - 9pm Location: Virtual (you will receive a Zoom link after your registration is confirmed) Registration closed!  NAMI Peer-to-Peer is an 8-session recovery-focused course for individuals (18+) living with a mental health condition. The program is
Dates: Tuesdays, March 16th- May 4th Time: 7:00pm- 9:00pm Location: Virtual (you will receive a Zoom link after your registration is confirmed)  At my last book club meeting we talked about our favorite and least favorite words and why. I want you to consider for a moment what your favorite and least favorite words are. Why did you choose those words? How do they affect you?
 Join us on March 10th, for In Our Own Voice with Alexandria Public Library - Kate Waller Barret Branch! In Our Own Voice is a NAMI signature program, where two NAMI-trained individuals share their personal journeys towards recovery and wellness to increase understanding about mental health conditions and inspire hope. This presentation will be open to the public, so please join us and hear powerful stories from our brave NAMI Program Leaders.
When: This event has been POSTPONED until June. Check back for details. Where: Zoom, see below Registration required: https://alexlibraryva.org/event/4886665  2020 has now ended, and we are starting to reflect on what has been a turbulent year. There have been unforeseeable challenges and struggles and it has become increasingly difficult to understand what to expect in 2021. You are stressed and your mind is a jumble of “what-ifs” or questions of what's next, and work and family demands are competing for your attention. Mindfulness could be just what you need and that begs the question; how exactly do you achieve mindfulness
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