Leadership Award for Excellence in Mental Health

@GlenM

You can really feel the pride and excitement in these words. 7 Cups is this huge, ever-growing community, and it takes a lot of teamwork to bring it all together. It has come a long way since 2013 and it has been amazing to see each step it has taken and be a part of it. Raising my "glass" for a big cheers to the whole community for this huge honor!

@Jenna Thank you for being a key part of this journey, walking with us and serving our community for 10 years! Big Cheers!

Congratulations 7 Cups Community! ❤️

@Antonio7Cups thank you Antonio!

7 Cups is such a great and caring place to be with all of you who provide buckets full of empathy, compassion and support. All of you are amazing and you uplift one another so beautifully. I've had the greatest honour in getting to know some of you and I look forward to getting to know many more of you! We are all in this together and working to provide care and support to those who need it. Each puzzle piece we complete together is such important work that we make happen! 

Each of you contribute to 7 Cups in wonderful ways and you should be so proud of how far you have come to help others. Congratulations to 7 Cups on winning another well-deserved award! 

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS Thank you Lisa! I appreciate all of your kind, conscientious and thoughtful work! You do an excellent job of bridging the clinical and community aspects of the site! An important part of the puzzle!

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS

❤️❤️❤️

@GlenM This is so good to know. We did it as a community. Thank you for sharing and making cups what it is. 

@yourbuddy30 yes WE did it! So well said Buddy! 

@GlenM

Aw a proud moment for all of us.🥰

Way to go 7 cups!🥳

Cheering with iced coffee lol!

@Sunisshiningandsoareyou thank you Sun! I'm so proud of us too. What a remarkable community! And cheers with an extra sugary cup of ice coffee!

@GlenM

What an incredible honor! Congratulations Glen, how far you have come. This is a shining moment in 7 cups history, enjoy every moment of it. This well deserved accolade symbolizes all of the countless hours put in by volunteers worldwide and I am proud to be apart of that. May this beautiful sanctuary that is 7 cups continue its growth, message and mission to bring healing and community to those who need it. 💗

@aCalmOasis thank you for these lovely words and for celebrating our progress! And sanctuary is such a great word- a place of refuge and protection. Cheers to us all for creating a safe haven!

What an honor for us! I really enjoyed the acceptance speech. Thank you for sharing with us

Congratulations everyone! This is a collective win for our community. 

@Hope thank you! And I'll take the high marks on metaphor construction from our Dean :)

@GlenM Congratulations Glen and Community.  With everyone's efforts and support, 7cups is the ever-evolving community to ensure we bring the best support for all. Way to go! 

T h a n k  Y o u  T o  A l l!! 🙏

@ASilentObserver thank you Obs for playing an integral part and ensuring that group is a supportive environment for all!

Cheers everyone!

I want to take this opportunity to thank every member of mine, for trusting me with their story, and every listener, for making me smile, and giving me strength, after difficult chats. 

I hope to meet many more of you, and to be able to talk to all of you for a long time to come.

@MelodyoftheOcean such beautiful words! Members trusting us and listeners giving one another strength. We have a rich, vibrant, deep and strong community. A safety net for many! Thank you for being a core part of our work Melody!

@GlenM

What an honor, and your choice of analogy was unparalleled. "It is likely that someone in this room has seen it and can point us in the right direction." This sentence stood out to me, a perfect example of why we shouldn't be afraid to ask for help or collaborate with others. They can lead us, to exactly where we need to be. 

@peacefulpurple08 really glad you like it! What we are trying to do here is nearly impossible - I mean incredibly challenging - we really need all of us to help sort it out, because it is just way too difficult. We've come such a long ways. 11 years is a very long time, but still so much further to go. It reminds me of that proverb, "If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together." 

@GlenM

Thank you Glen! 😊 ❤️

Thank you for this forum post and sharing with us, thank you for accepting this award on "our" behalf. Thank you for being such a giver to the world, giving more, taking less. Thank you for being "the example" of teamwork, what it means to be vulnerable, what it means to be humble and kind. 

Thank you for sharing with us what true leadership looks like. It's "WE" and "US" and yes, we rise by lifting others up. Thank you for giving credit where credit is due and giving us something to feel proud of. You have been such a wonderful example of asking for help and support from all of us in a united front as well as coming right back and sharing our accomplishments....all shared! You have never once said "I did it" you say "we" did it. 

Feels amazing to be a part of something so much bigger than yourself, 7 Cups! ❤️

Thank you for sharing your acceptance speech. It was beautifully written, incredibly profound and I would love if we could see the vid of you publicly speaking. Public speaking is such a hard thing for so very many to do and you make it look easy, seamless. I know I couldn't do it! I have seen you speak publicly on a few videos years back and it was great for me to see that. It's another thing for me to be proud of for being here.

Glen, thank you for believing in yourself as well as us. You rolled the dice, you took a risk so many years ago. You did it my friend! You have arrived! If more knew of the origin story of 7 Cups and what it took for you to bring this all to fruition, they might have an even deeper respect and deeper appreciation for being here. That's courage and monumental my friend! 

I'm so happy and proud to be here. You know, I saved something from a previous forum post of yours. I kind of enjoy "whipping it out" from time to time if there is some "nay sayer" in my midst. I be like....."oh, us, no bueno.....? Well, if this may help to have a bit of confidence in what is that we are doing around here, I'll gladly provide it" ...

Awards: as of 2023

- StanfordMedX Award for Healthcare System Design Innovation
- Tech Pioneer Award for Transforming Mental Health
- VeryWell Mind: Best Online Group Therapy
- VeryWell Mind: Best Online Therapy for Postpartum Depression
- VeryWell Mind: Best Online Text Therapy Companies
- Best Online Therapy Platforms: Best for Free Services
- PsychCentral: Best Online Therapy Programs for Kids
- Very Well Mind Award for Best Peer Support for Cancer
- Healthline: Best Free Online Therapy Service for Teens
- PsychCentral: Best Chat Service for Bipolar Disorder

Thank you again for sharing with all of us Glen. ❤️ I'll be happily adding to the list today.

*high fives* 😊 *hugs* ❤️ and keep rockin' the house! 

@SparkyGizmo thank you Sparky! 7 Cups is an US and a WE thing. I have a friend Victor that was dealing with an Ebola breakout. The experts came in and didn't have much impact. He helped all of the people there start sharing solutions and ideas. And, TOGETHER, they overcame and solved the problems. He is one of the only people that I have seen that deeply understands the importance of trusting community. Any one of us alone, unfortunately, is just not that smart. All of us together, we are brilliant! 

I love this part of your comment: "Feels amazing to be a part of something so much bigger than yourself, 7 Cups! ❤️." Indeed it does! 

@GlenM

This award is a testament to the incredible work and dedication of our entire community and it's inspiring to see how our collective efforts have come together so beautifully. Every single one of you has played a vital role in making this possible. I can't express enough my gratitude for you all. I am so proud of us and privileged to be a part of this moment with you. Congratulations to our 7 Cups family!

@Heather225

I hope you will take a *bow* right now as well! You are our Community Director ❤️ . You lead the way for us all, day in and day out. I am most grateful! ❤️

*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️

@Heather225 I agree with @sparkygizmo. Take a bow H! Thank you for modeling vulnerability and a welcoming spirit. You've got a great way of seeing people and helping them find their place here. Cheers!

Congratulations! What an honor!

@AmmieCarrLPC thank you Ammie!

Congratulations, Glen!

This is huge!

And it’s all your merit.

Yes, many many people have contributed a lot over the years, but you designed it, you did all the efforts to make it real and lead it, and all those contributions were so fruitful because they were made under an effective scheme you devised.

The award is for “Leadership Excellence in Digital Mental Health Implementation” and we all know who envisioned how the internet could be used for Mental Health support, and who did the Leadership of this adventure with such amazing Excellence. 

By the way, while we all know 7 Cups is on the right path, it’s always reassuring that a group of experts confirms it with such a superlative validation.

I hope this award helps propel 7 Cups even higher, gaining visibility to enroll many more volunteers and reach more and more people with emotional support needs (that’s like everyone on this planet).

You are a hero of mental health support for the myriad of people who benefited from superb support they could not find anywhere else, and for the zillions more to come in the future. 

Please accept that!

Congratulations again, Mr. Glen Moriarty, and all our gratitude to you in this time of joy and celebration!

@HealingTalk HT, thank you for your kind words! I appreciate it. One thing that is fascinating about 7 Cups is most of the the things that I think will work don't end up working. And some of the things that I think won't work end up working! 

The best predictor of something working is the community naturally doing it. e.g., something organically starts developing and then the community picks it up and people start propelling it forward. There is deep wisdom in the community that isn't immediately obvious. You have to kind of look at the signals and then when you see them you try to design to give that impetus more voice. 

And thankfully we have a great team, leaders, listeners and members! We try to listen and learn. If it wasn't for all of you we would have crashed many times. I get a lot of credit for 7 Cups, and I've definitely put my time in, but what we've done together is brilliant. And one thing I love is that we are getting collectively smarter too! The gains we are making are starting to compound. 

Thank you again for your kind words and for being such a warm member of our community! You've got a deep understanding of what we do and I appreciate you looking out for others and championing our efforts!

@GlenM

oh.....my.....gosh.....😳

You see this, you know this ..."The best predictor of something working is the community naturally doing it. e.g., something organically starts developing and then the community picks it up and people start propelling it forward"

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Here, all this time, I thought it was only me being able to see it. I underestimate the power of no one here. Oh, even "the flap of a butterflys wings could cause a tornado". - Edward Norton Lorenz   Being small can be quite mighty with enough love in ones heart. ❤️

Weeeeeeeeeeee-weeeeeeeeee! 😊

*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️

Thank you Glen!

I agree that there is much collective wisdom and creativity in 7 Cups, and many activities that became important and got much traction have this grassroots origin.

And Cups is blessed with a superb leadership team of brilliant and committed people, who run Cups with much love, dedication, and intelligence. 

The whole Community is awesome, Cups attracts and retains the most compassionate, clever and creative people around.

All of this is no coincidence, but product of the way Cups was designed and how it operates. 

Being attentive and channeling the "wisdom of the crowd" in the organization, empowering the team, acknowledging the contributions of the whole community, and having the equanimity to give space to other people's initiatives instead of imposing your own, are the marks of a great leader, I think, and key ingredients of success.

Cups is about "Active Listening" after all! 😊

@GlenM

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This is amazing! I am so proud of being part of this community! 

@GlenM 👏👏👏 and none of this would be possible if it wasn't for you ❤ thankyou Glen ❤and thank you everyone, the only family and friends I've ever had are the loving people I've met here at cups, and I'm forever greatful ❤ now let's partttyyy

This is awesome and I like the puzzle metaphor. 

Sometimes I'm off focusing on one area and later find out someone has put something cool together in another area that I didn't even know existed until tht picture comes together. Some of us are working on a section together and sometimes we're working on adjacent sections, passing pieces over when we realize they go to that neighboring section.