September 2021 - Community Wrap 🎊

[Daisydreamer]

Hi there forums Community!

September was a busy month on the forums, with lots of activities and discussions to highlight 🙂 

If you are new to the forums, this is where we highlight what has been happening in the community and let you know what is coming up for the next month!

#️⃣Trending topics:

• Good News Channel (Lived Experience)
• Today I'm grateful for (Lived Experience)
• Lost on what to do regarding my mother (Friends, family and carers)
• Self care by growing a garden (Friends, family and carers)

🎉 Celebrate a member:

Thank you @pinklollipop15 for your warm support of members across the forums, and making new threads like Mindfulness  

@RedHorse we have been so happy to see you back online, and joining in so many discussions! Your peer support to others has been a stand out for us this month, and noticed by our peer support team- well done!

@Fluttershy1 for this message of hope when it was needed most - your post is our quote of the month! (check it our below)

@frog Thank you so much frog for creating a fantastic thread that uplifted and inspired us to share some of our positive news stories.

Thank you so much @Emelia8 for creating an amazing thread that encouraged us to participate in some really thought provoking discussions in relation to R U OK day.

@Sleepy_Catcoon Thank you so much for the amazing way that you used your creativity to share an incredibly entertaining game with us. A bit of fun was what we needed!

🗓 SANE events to take part in next month

This month, we have our forums calendar available for you to view! It includes the events and discussions we will be hosting this month. You can find the calendar here What's happening on the forums in October 2021 🗓 and below:

🔦Spotlight on:

Last month we hosted some new activities including a new discussion Let’s talk about Emotion: Introduction.  The Let's talk about Emotion discussion series will cover 4 emotions including Anger, Fear, Sadness and Happiness, allowing us space to explore how we feel emotions, the role they play in our lives and ways we can cope. 

We started the discussion with the first discussion on Anger and are now discussing Fear. You are more than welcome to join in!

Last month, we were joined by one of our amazing Peer Ambassadors for Topic Tuesday talking about Body Image and Eating Disorders. Among the conversation, we spoke about the important messaging of Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Respecting all Bodies, and what that means for each of us in our lives. Sarah courageously shared her story of recovery, and her tips and thoughts for those who are on their own recovery journeys. Check out Sarah's story and the Topic Tuesday discussion here Topic Tuesday // Body Image and Eating Disorders // Tues 28th September, 7:00-8:30PM AEST 

🎊SANE news:

SANE is promoting Mental Health Month #ShareYourOneThing 💙 Share the simple things that help your wellbeing  for Mental Health Month and encourage you to get involved. Head over to the thread above to share your one thing. 

Last month, we said goodbye to @Former-Member and @Former-Member from the forums. Both have been incredible advocates for the forums and will be missed! In the coming month, we will be welcoming more peer support workers to the forums as well, so lots of new team members to meet!

🌸 Quote of the month: 

@Fluttershy1 "I know it's hard right now and I know it feels like it's gonna be like this forver but it will and does get better. It'll take time but it's worth the wait...I know life's hard but your tough and can push through anything that life throws at you. Your all worthy, loved, caring, precious, wanted, needed, beautiful, fighter, strong, kind and so much more."

Tagging those who supported the last month's Community Wrap 

@BlueBay @eth @ShiningStar @Mazarita @Bow @Former-Member @Emelia8 @Anastasia @Dimity @Shaz51 @cloudcore @Snowie 

Do you know someone that could be celebrated in the next wrap or see a quote you think could be shared here? Feel free to email our team at team@saneforums.org 

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[Former-Member]

Not sure if this is the thing to do, but I appreciate the time and effort that went into that post @Daisydreamer (and other contributers.)

[Daisydreamer]

Hi @Former-Member thank you so much for your message, I really appreciate it and am glad to hear that you are enjoying Community Wraps 🙂 Been great to see you around the forums this week, hope you get a chance to join in a few on this month's discussions 🙂