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Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase - MLK

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Welcome to 7 Cups! I'm the chief cook and bottle washer here. I love 7 cups and the community we have built. Really proud of all that we've accomplished and excited to see how we continue to evolve. I unfortunately do not have much time for listening, but please drop me a note if you have thoughts or feeback. Glad you are here!

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October 2026 Community Update!

Site Updates / by GlenM

3 days ago

The Way of the River: Paddling Together

Site Updates / by GlenM

Friday

...See more Hello Community! We are all on the river of life. We all hit rocks, or challenges, that can be difficult to overcome. And we paddle through those hard times together. For a long time I've been working on a simple way to describe how we get through hard water here at 7 Cups. Many of you helped shape it through your posts, feedback, and stories over the years. How this thread works: This is our home base on the river. Read through once, then come back anytime, every week, every day, or whenever you hit a rock, and share the rock you're facing and the paddle stroke you're taking. Jump to the last page to see where everyone is now. Welcome You belong here, just as you are. You don't have to have it figured out. You don't have to be the strong one. You're welcome here because you're hurting, not in spite of it. Everyone here has hit rocks, and that's what makes us a community. You don't earn your place by doing anything. You already have it. The paddle strokes below aren't a test. They're simply what we do together. Card (You can take a screenshot of this or save the image for a reminder) You belong here, just as you are. You can't control the river. You can choose how and when to paddle. We are paddling alongside you. Avoided rocks come back. Faced rocks change us. * Name. Say what the rock is. * Reach. Ask for help. Take the rope someone throws you. * Balance. Breathe, rest, let the feeling pass. * Face. Turn toward it. Ask what it might be teaching you. * Act. Take your next paddle stroke. * Let Go. Forgive, and release the outcome. * Give. Paddle alongside someone. In rough water: Name, Reach, Balance. Remember * Paddling away from danger is navigating too. * Some rocks are losses, not lessons. We can carry those together. * If you're in danger, get to shore. Reach crisis support now. An easy way to remember the strokes Navigating Rapids Builds Friendship And Lasting Grace Each first letter is a stroke: Name, Reach, Balance, Face, Act, Let Go, Give. Anyone who has rafted with others knows it's true: getting through rough water together makes you friends and aware of grace. The Way * Life brings rocks, and some rivers are rougher than others. * We avoid them. We deny, blame, numb, or thrash. * Avoided rocks come back. We keep hitting the same kinds of rocks until we face them. * Facing rocks, with others beside us, changes us. * Wisdom isn't fewer rocks. It's spending less time on them, and more people we can help. The Seven Paddle Strokes Each paddle stroke has something you do, and a way it connects you to others. 1. Name You: Say what the rock is in plain words. Challenges become a little easier to hold once we can put words to them. Together: When we name a rock to someone else, we don't have to be alone with it anymore. 2. Reach You: Ask for help. Take the rope someone throws you. Let someone in. This is the stroke we can come back to again and again. Together: We heal through relationships before we heal through techniques. Sometimes we need someone simply to listen. Sometimes we need someone to remind us that we're not alone. Choose people who help you feel safe enough to be yourself and face what you're going through. 3. Balance You: Stay upright in rough water. Breathe. Rest. Give the feeling time to move through you. You're the sky, not the cloud: feelings pass through you, but they aren't all of you. Look after the basics too: sleep, food, movement, and time to recover. Together: Sometimes we borrow someone else's calm before we can find our own. Sitting beside a calm person can make the river feel a little less rough. 4. Face You: Notice the rocks you've been trying not to see. Avoiding something isn't a failure; sometimes avoidance is how we survived something difficult. When you feel safe enough, begin to turn toward it. You can ask: What happened? What am I feeling? What do I need now? And, when you're ready: What might this rock be teaching me? For some people, faith, God, a Higher Power, or a sense that Life can be trusted can be part of this. For others, meaning comes from somewhere else. There is no single way to make sense of what happens to us. Together: Whatever you believe, you don't have to face the rock alone. We're paddling alongside you. 5. Act You: Take your next paddle stroke. It doesn't have to be a big one. Maybe you need to solve something practical. Maybe you need to say, "I'm sorry." Maybe you need to set a boundary. Maybe you need to leave a situation that isn't good for you. The paddle is yours. Together: Others can help you think it through. They can listen, help you see things differently, and cheer you on. 6. Let Go You: Challenges often stir up old hurts and remind us of difficult past relationships. Forgive the person from your past that this brings up, forgive yourself, and forgive the person in front of you now. Forgiveness doesn't mean removing a boundary or staying somewhere that hurts you. A boundary can come first. Letting go also means accepting what is, even when it isn't what we wanted, and loosening our grip on how we thought things should turn out. We can't control every bend in the river, but we can trust that, whatever comes next, we can meet it. You'll know you've let go when the old hurt doesn't catch you the way it used to. Together: Letting go is easier when someone is paddling beside you. 7. Give You: When you have the strength, paddle alongside someone else. You don't have to fix their problems or tell them where to go. Just be there. Share what the river has taught you when it might help. Listen when they need to be heard. Together: Paddle with them, not for them. You can help others while still needing help yourself. That's how belonging grows. How Belonging Grows You belong from the moment you arrive. But the feeling of belonging usually grows in stages: * Uncertain. "Will I be okay here?" * Safe. "Kindness here is reliable." * Known. "I know names, and people know mine." * At home. "I'm glad I'm here." * Paddling alongside. "I help others find their place here." Share where you are on the river This thread is our place to paddle together. Come back anytime. Rock: What you're facing (one or two lines is plenty) Paddle Stroke: Which paddle stroke you're taking (Name, Reach, Balance, Face, Act, Let Go, or Give) Beams/Prayers? Ask if you'd like them Then reply to at least one other paddler. When you reply, paddle with them, not for them. Big rocks and small rocks are both welcome. A flat tire counts! If a rock shifts, reply to your earlier comment and tell us how it went. Add "OK to share" if we can someday share your story anonymously to help others find their way down the river. I'll go first below! Navigating rapids builds friendship and lasting grace. See you on the river!

Welcome Home! Come Sit by the Fire

Site Updates / by GlenM

Wednesday

...See more I took my Dad to Ireland for a bucket list trip. Our goal was to learn more about our ancestors. We had some info from Ancestry.com [http://ancestory.com], but were pretty much just winging it. We go to hike the Gap of Dunloe. They have a big map that says “you are here” and we notice a little shop/restaurant called “Moriarty’s” a mile or so away. We are like no way! We do the hike and then go to the shop. I walk in and say I’m a Moriarty. Are there any Moriarty’s here? The person behind the desk says Con Moriarty [https://www.wildernesstravel.com/leaders/con-moriarty/] is here. He is a historian and loves to connect with other Moriartys. Let me see if he is free. We talk with him for an hour and then he invites us to his home, gives us a couple of books, and points us to the town where our family came from. We head out for Castlegregory the next day - the town Con pointed us to, where my great grandfather was likely baptised and where my people are buried. We grab a coffee and share with the person that we are here to do some ancestral research. The person in the coffee shop said oh, there is a Moriarty next door working in the pharmacy! Then we found the graveyard. Here's a pic. 12% of the names were Moriartys. I was interested in our ancestry from when I was a young teen. My father didn’t really want to talk too much about it, because his parents were not the best parents. He almost died as a kid a few times, had to steal food from the grocery store for his younger sister etc. I mean not good at all. Understandably, this kind of work brought up some uncomfortable things for him. What I hadn’t realized prior to the trip was that there was a metaphorical big steel wall that was in my lineage or family history. I wasn’t even aware that I was reaching back for a sense of understanding, purpose, or meaning. When we met Con and talked with him, I felt like he welcomed me in. He stopped by the place we were staying and said things like “I keep thinking of you guys.” He highlighted how the Irish people that stayed in Ireland had a deep sense of loss, a gap in the social fabric, from all the daughters and sons that emigrated. And, when we come back home, they have a deep desire to connect because it allows them to heal and bridge things from their side. Some of you know that I’m a pretty simple guy. I spend a lot of time in prayer, meditation etc. I’m kind of a monk. Con understood that about me. He was that way himself and he shared other Moriarty’s in history who he felt were more like us. These discussions were a visceral experience to me. We share the same last name, but are very likely not related. Still, there was a sort of spiritual connection. It allowed me to open a new road or path into my ancestral past. The steel wall or cul-de-sac that stopped at my grandfather was not the only path I had. Now I had a new path and I could feel the connection from me to Con to the past to other Moriarty’s that were likely more monastic, like me. I struggled with a way to capture this. It felt like I had 4 empty chambers (or 4 connected rooms) behind me. I wasn’t even aware they were there before. Then each one had a fire in the chamber and a sort of continuous flame that passed through all of them. I felt my ancestry was healing. I've been working on this for decades and could feel some doors open that had been shut. I've been marinating on this experience for the last month. The more I sit with it the more I think of us and what we are building at 7 Cups. This isn't about the trip to Ireland. It is about sharing my past, finding a stranger and him welcoming me in. We refer to ourselves as a community. Sometimes people call us a tribe. There are other times that we’ve been described as a big family. Many of you have written to me over the years. You have shared this deep sense of connection, belonging, and like hey I might be unusual, but I’m not alone! I’ve found my people. I want to extend what Conn did for me to all of you. I’d like 7 Cups to be a place where any that are searching can find a deep sense of connection, belonging, and lineage. We are not related - just like I was not related to Conn - but we share a love for compassion, connection, and courage. Con didn't welcome me because I had it figured out. He made room for me while I was searching. I want to pass this same welcome to you. If you are not sure you’ve found your home yet in this world, then I invite you into my home. Please sit by the fire. I’m glad you found us and I’m very glad we found you!

September 2026 Community Update!

Site Updates / by GlenM

September 4th

...See more Dear Community, Summer is winding down. 3 of my 4 kids are now in college. The last year for the twins, one just starting as a freshman, and 1 still at home as a freshman in high school. We’ve never had just one child in the home before, so this is new for all of us. I’ve been watching a lot of anime (Princess Mononoke and Castle in the Sky) and learning more about fashion. 2 things I never thought I’d be learning about! I also just got back from taking my dad on a bucket list trip. He is starting to slow down a bit. It was a rich experience that I’ll share more about soon. Things are moving ahead on the peer support credentialing program. We have just about all of the content and tests done and need to submit the curriculum for review soon. Hopefully they will think we did a good job! 50 listeners have been approached to participate in a Carnegie Mellon University study. Their team created a very robust training program. The bot acts like a fake member and gives your real time feedback on how much trust you have built, real time feedback on the interventions, and scores on competencies. Shout out to @jenna; @annasilverberg, and @soulfullyabutterfly for giving CMU key and insightful feedback! We anticipate good results. When we are ready we’ll release the training to the entire listener population. It should be very good! I’ve also been doing more work on the Way of the River series. Trying to carve out time to make shorter and more helpful videos! I have a couple of essays that I’ll be publishing soon too. I’ll drop the links here and in the comments tomorrow. Feedback is very welcome! Main Post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/glen-moriarty_in-2021-headspace-merged-with-ginger-at-share-7500232716207144960-na4Q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACeaMMBiMyoO9LlEjNcPrn7aNTWsHVNumI [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/glen-moriarty_in-2021-headspace-merged-with-ginger-at-share-7500232716207144960-na4Q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACeaMMBiMyoO9LlEjNcPrn7aNTWsHVNumI] Part I: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ai-keep-disrupting-mental-health-introducing-fit-part-moriarty-lspif/ [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ai-keep-disrupting-mental-health-introducing-fit-part-moriarty-lspif/] Part II: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-vc-got-mental-health-wrong-understanding-fit-part-glen-moriarty-kbtkf/ [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-vc-got-mental-health-wrong-understanding-fit-part-glen-moriarty-kbtkf/] And, as noted by H below, Hope stepped away from her role as Dean of the Academy in August as she pursued a new opportunity which did not allow her to continue with 7 Cups. With some changes in circumstances, she’ll now be returning to 7 Cups and resuming her role with the Academy. She’ll be picking up her Academy responsibilities again, so you can begin reaching out to her regarding the areas she previously supported. We’re grateful to have her continuing to be part of our community and team. I appreciate you all! Best, GlenM H As you may know, our beloved Hope stepped away from her admin role in August to pursue a new opportunity that meant she could no longer continue with 7 Cups. We’re very happy to share that she’ll now be returning to her role with the Academy! Please feel free to reach out to Hope again regarding her usual Academy responsibilities. You can refer to this post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/General_2444/CommunityAnnouncementAdminRosterFarewelltoHope_388544/] for the updated list of Community Team contacts. Given my limited hours, I have been reaching out to the community for help with tasks. I am still in chats with folks and sorting assignments, but so far these are the wonderful community members who have stepped forward to take ownership of several key areas. In no particular order: @MeilleureAmie - Project Agent of the Community Beacon Campaign @Ivy229 - Academy Mentor Highlights @TovaCares76 - The Listener Community Room (LCR) Events Team @ChillingRain - Mentor Leader for the Verified Listener Program @AnnaSilverberg and @Rebekah have both stepped up to be more visible contacts to you on the site for safety and site questions, so feel free to message them The true strength of 7 Cups lies in our shared wisdom and willingness to support one another. I am endlessly grateful to everyone who is pitching in to share the load right now. Caring for our community is a collective effort, and it is a privilege to work alongside you. SoulfullyAButterfly The team has been planning regular monthly community events as well as new opportunities to connect in safe spaces such as group chats - we are excited to be launching a teen Huddle space soon! At the moment, you are welcome to apply to the re-launched LGBTQ+ Huddle [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/7CupsHuddles_2394/Announcingournew247LGBTQHuddle_387278/] and can also apply to the upcoming next batch of the Wellness Accountability Huddle [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/7CupsHuddles_2394/AreYouReadytoTackleYourGoalsJointheWellnessAccountabilityHuddle_374041/]. Bookworm4 ATL and Safety reports were timely processed as per our community guidelines. Please note that you can reach out to me directly for any concerns or questions Ambassador Highlights: Jenna We’ve been working hard on Peer Support [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ListenerLearningJourney_149/PeerSupport_397/ApplyToBecomeAPeerSupportInfo_298837/] outreach for the past month, with 14 applying for the team. We are working hard toward our goals to better equip the team with support and increase our quality. We are also working toward changing the quota for the team to bring more engagement into the listener rooms and showing availability to listeners who join the room and need our support. Rebekah The Safety Team has seen a *record-breaking* amount of flags and members joining! Since the beginning of this year, we have onboarded 22 users to Safety Patrol, and have achieved 1,535 flags. That is 🌞 phenomenal 🌞 and I am so proud of the team for achieving this! As always, we are looking for new members to join Safety Patrol! Feel free to read our guide [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vBXLvo7gLMewIM1lhnZ2g8MXAnq4sMwxqXgxzTJCDos/edit#heading=h.xy53ihg3emsp], make sure you meet the requirements, and then apply ✅

August 2026 Community Update!

Site Updates / by GlenM

August 5th

...See more Dear Community, I hope you all are well! Things are good here. I’m off on a camping trip with my family today for the weekend. The whole crew will be together, which is a nice gift! We celebrated our 13th birthday! Here is a video [https://youtu.be/Zlfo74JTH4o]. Shout out to @soulfullyabutterfly and @Heather225 for doing such a great job with the festivities. And a big thank you to all who contributed and celebrated with us. It was a delight. Our birthday always feels like a holiday to me. One of my favorite days in the year. We also launched back us tool. Many of you have asked how you can support us. If you have resources, believe in our mission, and want to help, then please do! It would mean a lot to me. 7cups.com/back-us [http://7cups.com/back-us]. It will likely take a while, but with enough monthly supporters we will hopefully get to a place where this can help cover some of the bills. The free peer credentialing / certification program is also in process. We hope to finish up the curriculum in the next two weeks. I shared it with 2 people at SAMHSA and they were genuinely impressed. Our next step is to submit the curriculum and get official accreditation. One step at a time. We are getting there! Last, I did my attempt at a short Way of the River video [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/GlensNookCommunity_547/ShortHelpfulVideos_386573/]. Many of you gave me very helpful feedback. Thank you! I need to make several shorter videos and optimize them. I’ll keep iterating until we get there. Have a lovely weekend! GlenM H The Community Beacon has been a smashing success. We have seen so much enthusiasm for this campaign that I wanted to find a special way to recognize those who are serving at a high level. Beyond our All for One badge, I introduced the next tier of participation: the "Themed Week Trooper" badge as a milestone for 100 days of participation. Please swing back after this post to congratulate our first two awardees here. The Welcome Committee is the friendly front line of 7 Cups, dedicated to greeting new members, offering guidance, and helping newbies feel at home. We are currently looking for passionate individuals to fill two vital roles: 1. Team members (you must be a Verified Listener) [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerVerificationProject_1839/GetVerifiedFastEasy_348504/]: (Click here for details.) [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/TheWelcomeCommitteeTeam_2670/CallingAllVerifiedListenersHelpWantedonthe7CupsWelcomeCommittee_332406/] 2. Project Agents: Help lead behind the scenes! Assist in running team operations and managing committee projects. If you're already a team member, even better! (PM me for details.) Listener Verifiers Project ring a bell? Are you a seasoned leader who has been on the Verified Listener Team before? I am looking specifically for people who have occupied the role of being a Verifier in recent years and can return to the team (even if only temporarily) to onboard and train new verifiers. My bat call post is here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/General_2444/BatCallWereyouontheListenerVerifiersTeamWeneedyou_386725/] if you want to respond there, or you can just PM me! I’d appreciate all the help to scale this team back up. Hope July’s primary focus was on completing the Certified Peer Support Specialist Program curriculum. During the month, development work was finalized for Modules 11 through 19, including the creation of post-module activities. These modules have now been published within the dedicated Peer Support Specialist sub-community. With this progress, the majority of the curriculum development phase is now complete. The remaining work involves finalizing assessments for the program, bringing us close to completing the first phase of development. Beyond this, work continued on maintaining ongoing operations across academy programs and supporting existing initiatives. SoulfullyAButterfly This month, we marked 7 Cups turning 13 by concluding several events as part of a 13 Day Countdown [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/7CupsTurns13_2738/13DayCountdownto7Cups13thBirthdayCelebrating13YearsofCareMasterPost_384571/] to the big day! You can find the annual birthday video filled with community wishes here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/7CupsTurns13_2738/Happy13thBirthday7CupsCelebrating13YearsofCareCommunityVideo_385684/] We have also re-launched the LGBTQ+ Huddle [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/7CupsHuddles_2394/Announcingournew247LGBTQHuddle_387278/] as a 24/7 space for safer support, and are looking forward to launching further similar spaces and events to help expand support options across the community.

Sustainability VI: Back 7 Cups

Site Updates / by GlenM

August 3rd

...See more Dear Community, I hope you all are well. Soon you'll be able to back 7 Cups directly, through monthly or one-time contributions. You'll see a "Back Us" button in the top menu. You can also find it here: http://7cups.com/back-us/ [http://7cups.com/back-us/]. Guests, members, and listeners can all take part. For a long time I wasn't very transparent about what it costs to run 7 Cups. More recently I've started to open up: it's expensive, and revenue is a real and ongoing challenge. When I've shared that, many of you responded the same way - how can we help? This is the answer. We've built 7 Cups together, brick by brick. Everyone here has their own square on the sphere. It has never been my project that you volunteer for - it is a community we own in common, and it runs on something that can't be bought or sold: people showing up for each other because they choose to. That's exactly why we're asking you to back it rather than charge for it. Backing is the only model that fits what we actually are. If 7 Cups has been a place where you found support, or found a self you didn't know you had, or found people who mattered to you, then this is a way to help keep your square, and everyone's, standing. Cris worked hard on the icon: a beating heart, with colors that shift over time and it follow you around the site. Please let me know what you think. I’m happy to hear thoughts, questions, and concerns. Thank you for considering it, and thank you for building 7 Cups with me. Best, GlenM

Short Helpful Videos!

Site Updates / by GlenM

July 26th

...See more Dear Community, I hope all is well! I've been working with you all on the Way of the River [https://www.7cups.com/forum/wayoftheriver/] teaching and community. I was asked to do a retreat for crisis counselors. I took all of my 7 cups posts and the Way of the River series came out of that. This was about a year or more ago. I finally was able to carve out time to work on a video for Part I: Navigating Your Own Kayak: How to Paddle through Calm and Rapid Waters. You can find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FClfVJD1gGk. I've shared this video with some family members, friends, leaders, and folks on the team. At present, the feedback has been a little mixed. It was my first crack at it so I know I need to do a fair amount of iteration to get it to a good spot. @annasilverberg gave me feedback on the forgiveness section. I'm going to update it with their feedback. I think, overall, I may need to do a handful of videos instead of one long one that is 22 minutes. The long one still works for our community, but it should likely be complemented with smaller versions like 1, 3, 5 minutes long. You'll notice that the videos have chapters. Those are more or less the segments. We want these shorter videos to help people on 7 Cups and off of 7 Cups. Imagine you are a person going through a hard time and you come across one of these videos. The goal is that you'll get a new insight or way of seeing the situation that is useful and helps you. The secondary goal is that you'll come to 7 Cups and get help by talking with a listener about whatever is on your mind. The ask I'm making of you is to help me figure out which parts or segments are the most useful and helpful. If you were not on 7 Cups, which of these chapters or parts would be the most meaningful and helpful to you? I'll then tally up the results and create videos - and also update them with any feedback like Anna above - so that we can hopefully help and reach more people. The parts that are the most helpful I'll make first. Thank you for the help on all of this. I feel a little awkward about doing this, but also think it is necessary and will be helpful.

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A good listener.

Great listener, knows how to connect

Glen is thoughtful and humble despite being the founder of Cups. It is a pleasure to talk to Glen and he is a great example of compassionate leadership. Thank you, Glen!

Very down to earth and sweethearted.

Awesome listener, understood me and my issues, really listened and cared about me. Looking forward for more conversations with Glen.

Glen inspires me so much. He helps me to believes in my projects and my dreams, to keep doing in front of obstacles. He is a wonderful listener. I'm thankful for everything he does here on 7cups, but mainly in our chats, when I just need to vent or share about my life!

Good listener. Helps me better understand things.

great listener, empowering and encouraging, kind and supportive

Super fast reply - took my suggestion and is going to look into it! Really made me feel heard and listened to. Thankyou so Much! I was nervous about contacting but now super glad i did and know i was worrying for no reason and Glen is supper supportive and kind!

replies faster and caring.

He was very good and helped me with my problems;...

Great listener!

Glen is the man with the power of grayskull, lol but he is amazing at coming up with this site and is still amazing everyday :)

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