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Karen Lane
Dec 13, 20212 min read
Listening Non-Judgmentally: It’s Not Easy
Listening without judgment is a key step in the Mental Health First Aid action plan and it sounds deceptively simple to do. And yet being...
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cypressresilience
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Cypress Resilience Project Presents at APHA 2021
Cypress Resilience Project was proud to present at the October, 2021 American Public Health Association conference in partnership with...
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Karina De Leon Montes
Nov 2, 20213 min read
Why I Teach Mental Health First Aid in Spanish
By the time I was 7 years old, I was a full-time translator and interpreter for my parents. I remember showing up to registration on my...
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cypressresilience
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Cypress Featured at the American Public Health Association 2021 Annual Meeting & Expo!
Cypress Resilience Project is excited to be featured in a poster presentation at APHA 2021. The theme of this year's meeting is "Creating...
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Jasmine Nakagawa-Wong
Oct 5, 20213 min read
Even when we're trying, we will all mess up
A couple of weeks ago, while teaching a class for Cypress, I made a mistake. We were just starting the class on Zoom, doing a silly...
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cypressresilience
Aug 30, 20213 min read
What We Do Matters
We are haunted by the images from Afghanistan. Families fleeing, bombs taking lives and shattering futures – people in the midst of a...
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cypressresilience
Aug 2, 20212 min read
Fighting Stigma One Story at a Time
Recently I watched with the rest of the country as Simone Biles pulled out of gymnastic events at the 2021 Olympics in Japan. Before...
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cypressresilience
May 7, 20212 min read
Every Day: Mental Health Awareness
As many of you know, May is Mental Health Awareness month so Cypress Resilience Project is in full swing! We are posting resources on our...
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Brooke Briggance
Mar 31, 20212 min read
988 - Movement in the Right Direction
When we teach Mental Health First Aid and we get to the section on supporting someone experiencing thoughts of suicide, we always take a...
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Brooke Briggance
Jan 7, 20212 min read
If 2020 is Over – Why do We Still Feel Scared?
So often during the past year, something bad would happen and we would hear someone say “Well, what do you expect? It’s 2020!” There were...
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Brooke Briggance
Sep 28, 20203 min read
Now more than ever . . .
I am so proud to launch the Cypress Resilience Project during such a critical time in our communities! When I was thinking about what to...
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