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Hi my name is Iris! I am a Community Moderator and I am unfortunately unable to take 1-1 chats.















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7 Cups Birthday Mad Lib Mayhem
Community Projects & Events / by CommunityModIris
Last post
 July 19th
...See more Happy Birthday 7 Cups! What better way to celebrate than with some party games? If you like mad libs, you’ll love these. Courtesy of our members and listeners here are some 7 Cups Birthday themed mad lib stories. Hopefully you’ll get a chance to join in and create more laughs! *All stories herein are works of fiction and meant only to give a few laughs* Some of our listeners shared their creative blank filling to create these: O purple Cups, how I love thee! Let me count the ways. Your listeners are as kind as a flowery castle. Your chatrooms as generous as a determined Wales. Your forums a book that can run a person’s head. And your members are truly amazing children! As a community we think to help each other, that makes us a wide team! So today we celebrate you 7 Cups, a truly peculiar bench! Hello 7 Cups! Happy Birthday to the most sparkly and joyful website in the whole wide tree! I hope all of your ornaments will be realized on this most whimsical day. We all celebrate how funky red and practical an organization you are. To us you are more than just a suspiciously smart present, you’re like our twelfth home! We are all swimmingly and silently looking forward to the virtual lively peach ice cream and cookies at the party, and hope there is lots of milk. So today, as we celebrate your 11th year, we wish you 25 times more! Glen loves to tell the clumsy story of the day 7 Cups was launched. He says it was the most exciting day! “It was huzzah!!” While the original idea started off fussy, seeing the result made him slide with hope! As the site majestically loaded, and the bendy homepage displayed, it was like 7 Cups now had a Stonehenge of its own. He envisioned how 7 cups would help 21 people, maybe even more! He clicked ‘create account’ and was given superbLlama8 as a suggested username, but decided to use supercalifragilisticexpialidocious instead! These are courtesy of some of our teens members: O silly Cups, how I love thee! Let me count the ways. Your listeners are as kind as a dark Cleopatra. Your chatrooms, as stolen as a silky West Pole school. Your forums a sponge that can ski a person’s head, finger and tonsil. And your members are truly amazing cats and slippers! As a community we eat to help each other, that makes us a chewy team! So today we celebrate you 7 Cups, a truly greenish chunky pasta! Congratulations 7 Cups! Happy Birthday to the most playful website in the whole wide chihuahua! I hope all of your hippopotami will be realized on this most goofy day. We all celebrate how dark, curly and sleepy an organization you are. To us you are more than just a purple cup, you’re like our thirteenth from last home! We are all heroically and speedily looking forward to the virtual cabbage, falafel and caviar at the party, and hope there is lots of slimy soft water. So today, as we celebrate your 11th year, we wish you 1003 times more! Glen loves to tell the dizzy story of the day 7 Cups was launched. He says it was the most hyper day! “It was cool!” While the original idea started off frozen, seeing the result made him bunny run with confusion! As the site shakily loaded, and the neon yellow homepage displayed, it was like 7 Cups now had an Iris of its own. He envisioned how 7 cups would help 511 people, maybe even more! He clicked ‘create account’ and was given crispyChopsticks13 as a suggested username, but decided to use dinglehopper instead!    …more laughs to come!!!
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Marvelous Madlib Masterpieces
Icebreakers and Games / by CommunityModIris
Last post
 June 14th
...See more Hey everyone, recently some teens, listeners and I have been having a bit of fun ad-libbing our to way lots of fun stories by playing Madlibs! Since the results are often worth a few laughs, and it's always good to keep the laughter going, feel free to read the results of our creative efforts here in this thread. New results will be added whenever we play. If you aren't familiar with Madlibs they are fun little stories where everyone is asked to fill in a series of blanks with random words then we read the story with all the fun answers included.
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Iris Plants Her Roots Into Grounding
Mindfulness Center / by CommunityModIris
Last post
 April 5th, 2023
...See more As some may already know, I am very fond of grounding exercises. Here on 7 Cups when you say the words grounding exercise many will immediately think of the 5 senses or ‘5-4-3-2-1’ grounding method. Today I want to give a bit more information and options when it comes to grounding. What is Grounding? Grounding is a self-soothing technique that helps you refocus on being present in the moment using a variety of exercises to direct your focus to something other than anxious thoughts and feelings you may be experiencing. Grounding exercises can be used to cultivate distance from upsetting or distressing emotions, and can be particularly useful when you are experiencing anxiety, stress, depression, PTSD, dissociation, but are also good for improving your overall well-being and mood. Types of Grounding Techniques and Exercises There are lots of different grounding exercises available, there are three categories of grounding exercises I will touch on quickly, physical grounding, mental grounding, and soothing, or what I like to think of as emotional grounding. Physical grounding exercises focus on being aware of your senses and body. Many of the most well-known grounding exercises fall into this category and include things like the five senses grounding, breathing exercises, or even taking a walk or exercising. Mental grounding exercises instead use mental distractions to draw your thoughts and feelings away from the distressing ones. Some popular mental grounding exercises include solving a bunch of simple math problems, counting by threes (or any number that requires focus so I don’t recommend twos, fives, or tens), alphabetically listing as many objects of a category (for example colors, animals, etc) as you can, or even reciting a favorite poem or passage. Soothing grounding exercises are ones where you try to comfort yourself, they often seek to promote good feelings to help balance against the distressing ones, may help them fade, and can help you feel less overwhelmed. A few soothing grounding exercises include listening to music (put on a favorite song and listen to it like it’s that first time again, hear the words, and the melody, and focus on the emotions you feel when listening), spending time with a pet, picture a loved one, make a list of favorites or positives, and practicing self-kindness. You may find one type of grounding exercise works best for you, but each type has its benefits. Tips and Things to Remember * Start sooner, grounding exercises work best when we use them early. Don’t wait to be overwhelmed before you consider using them, if you start to feel upset you can immediately start to work on grounding as well. * Slow down, grounding exercises take time. While we often want to rush through and feel better faster, grounding exercises often require that we slow down, really focus and give them our attention. * Grounding exercises don’t always make you feel better. Grounding exercises can help us refocus and feel better, but sometimes they just help us to cope and not feel worse instead, which is still beneficial. * Grounding exercises require practice. Like any skill, self-soothing with grounding exercises is something we can practice and get better at, learning not only what types work for us, but seeing the early signs when we should start using them, and understanding what makes them effective for us. * Not every grounding exercise will work for everyone or in every situation. Exploring different types and methods can help you find the ones that work best for you, but remember that when trying a new method it may take time to feel any benefit. * You don’t have to pick just one. You may find that looking at some of the examples I’ve given you already often use more than one type of grounding exercise at the same time, although I wouldn’t try to do 5 senses grounding while also counting by threes. * Grounding is something you can do by yourself or with others. It can be good to learn to use grounding exercises on our own, but having support and encouragement when trying a grounding exercise can help us to stick with it. Looking for more ideas or information?: https://www.healthline.com/health/grounding-techniques#when-to-use https://www.verywellmind.com/grounding-techniques-for-ptsd-2797300 https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/click-here-for-happiness/202208/what-are-grounding-techniques Now I want to hear from you! * What are some grounding exercises you have tried? * What is your favorite grounding exercise, if any? * What do you find helps when you are trying a grounding exercise? Please feel free to share your thoughts and experiences, including what has and hasn’t worked for you!
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