Mental Health Awareness Month aims to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health by encouraging folks to speak more openly about their journey. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year, but only half of them receive treatment.
Mental and emotional well-being are very important to our overall health. Someone struggling with their mental health may not show obvious signs, but we can all take part in learning about and supporting one another more effectively. Everyone deserves empathy.
If you or someone you care about is living with a mental health diagnosis that brings extra challenges, know that your library is here to help with finding useful information and support options.
Library Events
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The Power of Belonging: Why Connection Matters -
Drawing on the work of Healing Circles Langley, this presentation introduces a gentle, community-based model of peer listening and quiet witnessing. Rather than fixing or advising, this approach creates space for people to be met as they are. -
Art Journaling Workshop -
Heart Art Healing Year-round Art Journaling Workshops offer a supportive space for participants of all ages to reflect, express, and build resilience through intuitive, process-based art. Each session provides a gentle, guided invitation to create a personal art journal page using simple collage methods. Led by trained facilitators, this ongoing practice supports wellness, self-reflection, and creative empowerment in a welcoming community. -
Doomscrolling Detox: Finding Your Balance in the Digital Age - Online event)
Lifelong journalist and media educator T. Andrew Wahl breaks down the key developments that have led to our current information landscape and, more importantly, offers concrete tips to help attendees develop a healthier relationship with their information diet. -
Mothers' Self Care Circle -
Join a circle for maintaining a mother’s resilience and well-being as spring is in full swing! Holistic strategies such as seasonal nutrition demonstrated through interactive fresh juicing, stress relief exercises, and the opportunity to engage in a supportive discussion circle will be shared. Presented by Danusia Lucja, local mother and certified nutrition consultant. Little ones welcome to accompany their parent(s). -
Mindful Reflection Through Art -
Designed for participant’s individualized expression through mindful reflection using the teacher's guided & uniquely created art modality of combining images with words to navigate and release emotions, stress, anxiety, trauma and/or personal challenges while visually bringing forth renewed changes and desired outcomes.
Suggested Titles
A Kids Book About Mental Health
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
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Issues That Matter: Wellness in Uncertainty
Recorded Jan. 14, 2021
Watch as behavioral health specialists talk about how to identify warning signs in yourself and loved ones, and share information about available resources.
Get Help
If you or someone you know is having a rough time and needs immediate help, call or text 988, or chat 988lifeline.org. Or view our list of local support hotlines, organizations and other mental health resources for teens and adults.
