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October 2024 Forum Spotlight
by tommy
Last post
 21 hours ago
...See more October 2024 Forum Spotlight It's that time of the month again where we join together to celebrate the opportunities available to us across the forum. There are two core purposes of our forum spotlight: one to spotlight forum discussions more widely and two to showcase the amazing work of those community users who go above and beyond to help ensure everyone gets a reply to their thread. Here is an overview of our forum discussions for this month: * I'm Just Me Because Month [https://www.7cups.com/forum/trauma/CheckinsandPrompts_1095/TraumaSupportCommunityCheckInforOctober2024ImJustMeBecauseMonth_338157/] * World Mental Health Day [https://www.7cups.com/forum/disabilities/ArticlesResourcesConditionSpecificInformation_458/WorldMentalHealthDay_338207/] * How can I manage changes and life transitions? [https://www.7cups.com/forum/relationships/CopingToolsResourcesforRelationships_1161/RelationshipSupportDiscussionWaystoManageChangesandLifeTransitionsTogether_338525/] * POTS World Day [https://www.7cups.com/forum/disabilities/ArticlesResourcesConditionSpecificInformation_458/POTSWorldDayPosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome_339066/] * Inclusive Trick or Treating [https://www.7cups.com/forum/disabilities/CommunitySpace_227/InclusiveTrickorTreating_339078/] * Parenting Teenagers [https://www.7cups.com/forum/parenting/Parenting_2568/ParentingTeenagers_339581/] Looking to help us with forum engagement? Join our forum team by clicking here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/Soyouwanttobeaforumleader_334833/]. Here is our leaderboard for our monthly engagement challenge (with the number of needs reply posts answered): @Sunisshiningandsoareyou 204 @GentleHealingInitiative 101 @Phoenixthepoised 19 @Optimisticempath 17 You can find out more about this engagement initiative here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/EventsDiscussions_2666/Introducingournewandimprovedforumengagementchallenge_335791/] (including the link to participate). Are you wanting to get involved with this initiative for the month of November? Let us know about it by replying down below this forum spotlight! Please join me in congratulating our fantastic forum engagers down below! 🔗 Links * Do you want to join our taglist so you are notified of the next spotlight? Click here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/ProjectsEvents_2399/ForumEventsAutomatedTaglist_316255/]! * Do you have a thread which you've recently posted that you feel could be highlighted in our next monthly spotlight? Or perhaps you've noticed another thread which you think could be featured in our spotlight? Let us know about it here [https://forms.gle/wGWYW4izzS2Ukrrq6]!
3 Key Things!
by GlenM
Last post
 October 26th
...See more Please post here 3 key things you have done to help move 7 Cups forward. I will be doing this on a daily basis. Feel free to do it daily, weekly, or monthly. Right now we've got thousands of people doing a lot of work on the site, but we don't have a clear way of being able to support one another. The goal of this thread is to help all of us see all the good work that is going on. Please ask any questions or share thoughts!
Taking Care of Each Other - Preventing Burnout at 7 Cups
by Hope
Last post
 October 17th
...See more Hi everyone! This is a forum post linked to the path 'Preventing Burnout at 7 Cups' [https://www.7cups.com/path/playlist/preventing-burnout-at-7-cups/] What have you done today/recently to prevent burnout in a fellow community user? This can look like: • Encouraging self-care • Reminding someone of the importance of boundaries • Covering for someone so they can take a self-care break
November 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more Dear Community, November is here already! The fall flies by for me. My big kids (now in college as sophomores) are coming home for Thanksgiving. I can’t wait to see them and hang out. I’m also looking forward to Cupsgiving with all of you! @ASilentObserver has been sharing a little bit of the plans here and there with us.  I have one update that I haven’t shared much about yet. It has been on my to do list for weeks and I need to write an article, but here is a brief summary:   Noni is now performing at a fair level on the Session Rating Scale [https://greenspacehealth.com/en-us/session-rating-scale-srs/#:~:text=Each%20line%20indicates%20a%20scale,SRS%20cut-off%20is%2036.]. This is actually a remarkable accomplishment. And, here is the bigger and better insight, which most all of you predicted. Even though we now have a bot that is doing great, people still VASTLY prefer talking with a human. And it isn’t even close. The idea of mattering to another person is likely a hugely therapeutic ingredient. We’ve known this, but this spells it out even more. @healingtalk shared the insight that AI is like decaf and a human is like caffeinated coffee. I thought that was a good way of capturing it. I still believe that AI is important and plays a role both in Noni form and also in Just-In-Time-Training, but as we’ve said many times. Listeners - human to human connection - is primary. The next big announcement I’ll share soon is a way of surfacing local resources (like shelters, food pantries etc.) to help people on the ground. We’ve been working on this for 3-4 months now and I hope to share it with you all in the coming week. Last, a big thanks to all of you for celebrating with us! If you haven’t seen it yet, check out our award video here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgL5UERnQ4U&ab_channel=7Cups] and as my kids would say “smash that like button!” With gratitude, Glen H World Mental Health Awareness Month may be over, but self-care is forever. After reading this update, head on over to this post to pass the checkpoint [https://www.7cups.com/forum/gratitude/General_2448/WorldMentalHealthDaySelfcarecheckpoint_338244/]. If you can make it a daily habit, let me know and I will shout out to you! The Member Welcome Committee continues to scale efforts to connect with newcomers around the clock. In our 4 months of activity, we’ve PMed over 15000 newbies! We need more help in different timezones so if you’re a Verified Listener who wants to make a big impact in our community, I would love to have you on our team. Find out how to apply (here) [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/TheWelcomeCommitteeTeam_2670/CallingAllVerifiedListenersHelpWantedonthe7CupsWelcomeCommittee_332406/] and drop me a PM if you have questions! And lastly, if you’re someone who struggles with comparing themselves to others, I’ve written a post just for you: Breaking the Comparison Cycle. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HsHangout_1970/BreakingtheComparisonCycle_339089/] Hope We opened all 4 of our forum workshop series. You can now participate in all posts of a workshop series and become eligible for a certificate. The series cover the topics of Anxiety, Cognitive distortions, building self esteem and setting and achieving the right goals. View more information here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/community/General_2530/Allforumworkshopseriesnowavailableforalimitedtime_338545]. The deadline for earning the certificate(s) is November 30, 2024. However you will likely need to start much in advance to finish on time.  October was full of progress in Academy. We reviewed applications and streamlined the process by removing some questions, making it easier than ever to join. More info on the programs offered can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/ResourceCenter_2269/AcademyProgramscoursesandtrainingsAmasterpost_335067/]. Moreover, the much awaited Academy Summit and Ripple effect badges became available and were assigned to all who completed academy programs and courses. You can view more information here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/AlumniClub_2312/AcademySummitandRippleEffectBadgeAwardees_338138/?post=3678997] Also, 7 Cups Academy participated in World Mental Health day events with a series of themed polls. You can view them here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/FunCorner_2196/AcademyPollsRound7Masterpost_338063] Lastly, we rolled out Monthly Review Highlights and Certificate for academy mentors where each month all positive reviews will be showcased and mentors will be awarded a certificate for reaching 10. You can view the very first post here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/AcademyTeam_2313/MonthlyAcademyMentorReviewsOctober2024_339460/] Last but not least! We rolled out a fresh new challenged for our teens and adult-teen listeners. 4 weeks of side quests aimed to help us all be kind to ourselves and others. Join it here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/EventsForTeens_1546/QuestsofKindnessWeek1Kindnesstoyourself_339378/] Obs October was World Mental Health Awareness Month and Group Support hosted several sessions. Heather & I were reflecting the other day on how group support organized events every month this year and after a long time, we are close to organizing events throughout the year. It is a nice small progress and win for Group Support and the credits for making it possible go to every person who participated and empowered each other in the group support. I look forward to having more awesome events in the upcoming months and years in collaboration with the community. T h a n k  Y o u!!  In the other news, we relaunched the Project Group Support Buddy [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/GroupSupportTeam_2152/RelaunchProjectGroupSupportBuddy30_339047/]. It is the third version of the program and so far the simplified version. Thank you to all leaders and buddies for coming together to make this version possible. The goal of the project is to help all group support leaders feel more closely connected to the group support team and equipped in their roles to support the community and each other.  SoulfullyAButterfly This month, we launched our closed group based Wellness Accountability Huddle. This 5 week group opportunity helped us build closer connections and users have been supporting one another in their wellness goals pursuits. We plan to extend the Huddle beyond the planned 5 weeks and will soon announce ways to join in the supportive environment achieved. We also launched a call for testers [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/SoulfullyAButterflysContentGarden_2136/CallforTestersAIBotsReviewforMentalHealthSupport_338925/] for AI bots, namely Noni and an external app called Wysa. This test will be launched soon in the coming weeks and we will share results with the community. Lastly, our World Mental Health Day contributions involved our ambassadors and admins sharing tips on how to prioritize workplace wellbeing - in case you missed it, you can read these great actionable insights here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/career/General_2503/WorldMentalHealthDayPrioritizingWorkplaceWellbeing_338251/]. Evelyne A lot of progress for each team! AL: We’ve addedd a new co-ambassador to the AL grading team. Please welcome @positivepumpkin22! She has been an integral part of the team as a ML, so this is a well deserved promotion.  AE: This month we are welcoming two people to the team: @Winfleur and @HopieRemi. “@Lou73 is now a PA! We have completed over 100 evaluations this month and are looking into options for consistent fails.  CT: The Care Team is doing great and continuing to support our fellow Listeners! We are always looking to add more members to our team, so if you are looking for a new role in the community and you love supporting your fellow Listeners, don’t hesitate to apply! You can reach out to @LittleBirdie30 or @SnowTabby with any questions! On LCT, @Hopieremi has joined as the newest PA and had a great AMA. They also have a new teen coach!  ST: 4 new SP members and counting! We've been focusing a lot on team outreach and recruiting. This month so far we've completed 22 profile violation outreaches and 3 discussions.  CheeryMango As we enter into the holiday season, we’re excited to announce our annual events, Cupsgiving and Cupsmas! These gatherings are a wonderful opportunity for us to celebrate together, share our gratitude, and spread some holiday cheer. Upcoming Events: * Cupsgiving: November 15th-30th * Cupsmas: December 1st-25th Community Launch: In the coming weeks, we will be launching the Men's Issues community. This initiative aims to create a supportive space for discussing topics relevant to men’s experiences and challenges. We encourage everyone to participate and share their insights. A friendly reminder for all forum supporters, community mentors and community mentor leaders are asked to fill out the Subcommunity Leadership Check-In Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/1IiVSq3OubFdfQ1nkI8ZHCy_QXABHXyyz55JKRRAEu50/viewform?usp=mail_response_notification&edit_requested=true] for the month of October so we can keep updated on what’s going on in your team and roles and see how we can offer our assistance.  Lastly, if you notice or experience any difficulties while using the forums, please help us to track and report any bugs in this thread. A gentle reminder when reporting bugs or issues, please give as much detail like time and location as to where it was experienced and include screenshots or any error codes so we can properly investigate it. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to what the new month brings. 
October 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 October 14th
...See more Dear Community, How is it that October is already here?! The fall always seems to fly by for me. I have been thinking about our community a lot. It was spurred by our response to winning the leadership excellence award [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/GlensNookCommunity_547/LeadershipAwardforExcellenceinMentalHealth_337317/]. I could feel our collective pride in winning it. Like, hey we are working hard and doing a good job here and some experts noticed! We’ve been quietly at work in our corner of the Internet. Laying down one brick after another. Leaning in when someone is struggling. Lifting them up and in turn being lifted up when we are struggling. Brick by brick we are building a safe haven. The old saying ‘Actions speak louder than words’ keeps cropping up in my thinking. We are not big talkers, we are big doers. We show up, roll up our sleeves, and get to work.  And I think that is what people feel / sense about us when they join our community. It is our collective essence or the animating spirit that drives us forward. You can see it in our values, you can see it in the thousands of people listened to each day, or a forum post, but underlying all of these expressions is a strong community filled with compassion. The behaviors are an expression of that heart. I’m still working on finding the right words to point to what I’m trying to articulate here. It is a bit slippery. I hope you get the sense of where I’m pointing to or what I’m trying to highlight. More clearly, I’m incredibly proud of all of you and the work we’ve done. We have collectively built a great culture that brings healing and growth to millions. How beautiful! And shout out to @evelynerose for 11 years of dedicated service to our community! H Happy October (my favorite month)! I hope yours will bring you all the goodness and triumphs you’re anticipating! We're actively looking for Verified Listeners to help support our brand-new members 1:1 with personalized greetings. Think of it like a 24/7 virtual concierge service providing coverage to ensure every newbie is seen and guided into our community. If this sounds interesting please consider joining our Welcome Committee and making a real impact (all the info here). [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/TheWelcomeCommitteeTeam_2670/CallingAllVerifiedListenersHelpWantedonthe7CupsWelcomeCommittee_332406/] If you’re a member looking for a new listener or a listener looking for new members to support, I’d like to direct you to our Listener Classifieds post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/generalsupport/General_2440/ListenerClassifiedsOctober2024MembersCheckOutOurListenersAcceptingNewChats_337284/]! Listeners, please leave your information in the thread for members to find you. I will be making a fresh new post each month to stay current on support availability. And lastly, for the teen side, the Kahoots Team is looking for dedicated individuals to ensure Hosts follow all team protocols and guidelines during sessions. The Kahoot Sessions Team Supervisor plays a key role in ensuring everything runs smoothly! Find the details here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/General_2465/IntroducingtheKahootSessionsTeamSupervisorRole_336658/] Laiba In academy news, we introduced a new elective and honors option across all academy programs. The purpose of doing so is to create more external content that can educate people outside 7 Cups about the opportunities available at 7 Cups Academy. Now all academy trainees/interns can choose to write about their program if interested. You can read more here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/AnnouncementsandUpdates_2197/NewElectiveandHonorsOptionAddedtoAll7CupsAcademyPrograms_337018] On the forum workshop series front, our Conquering Your Goals series has come to a wrap! You have until October 6 to complete participation. You can learn more here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/motivation/GoalsandAccomplishments_653/ConqueringyourGoalsSeriesItisawrap_337259/]After fulfilling all requirements, all those who submit the form on or before Oct 6 will receive a certificate for the series.  Our academy polls continue in academy sub-coms. You can join the tag list [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegAjS2hOHVN6XpplmuMvU9pmhXAw2KzFqRc1SWFNveM1yekA/viewform] to be tagged in the master post!  Lastly we updated our academy notion pages for Internship, LDP and QLP. You can find them here.  [https://www.notion.so/7cups/7-Cups-Academy-Master-Post-26acdb3cec3b4f8aacb8752fdb940bb9] Obs In September, Group support organized Gratitude Week [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/GroupSupportCommunityEvents_2295/2024GratitudeWeekw7Cups_336990/] and I am thankful to the community for practicing gratitude. It is an essential aspect of our well-being. Join the “ThankYouChain” [https://www.7cups.com/forum/gratitude/General_2448/Iamthankfulfor_337355/] and take a moment to be grateful for all we have.  Also, we made a few changes to the Exploration Garden [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/ExplorationGardenEG_2671/ExplorationGardenNewRulestoFosteraMoreFocusedExplorationEnvironment_336989/] sessions to promote a more focused exploration environment.  We also released the Teen Transition FAQs [https://www.7cups.com/forum/agingup/AgingUpSupport_1766/TeenTransitionFAQs_337189/] that cover the most common questions and their responses. If you know someone about to transition or transition as an adult, this resource will be helpful for them. And, lastly, I appreciate all the participants for their support and empowerment in the Loneliness Guided Discussions. Loneliness Support Chat is open for support every Monday and Tuesday.  SoulfullyAButterfly September involved great content for self-care awareness month. Our “Be Well Bingo [https://www.7cups.com/forum/community/BeWellBingo_2674/IntroducingBeWellBingoCommunitySelfCare_336352/]” game is a great way to challenge yourself to explore daily ways to practice self-care. We also published an expert article featuring a guide on self-care [https://www.7cups.com/experts/article/self-care-the-essential-guide-to-nurturing-your-well-being-and-embracing-a-fulfilling-life].   I am also thrilled to announce our biweekly newsletter called Empathy Express - you can sign up here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/SoulfullyAButterflysContentGarden_2136/IntroducingOurBiweeklyNewsletterEmpathyExpress_337588/]. This newsletter will include content by the community, for the community. Lastly, our Wellness Accountability Huddles have gotten great interest and will be launched during the first week of October. Closed groups and connections hold good experiences and wellbeing progress and we hope to announce them for several other topics. Evelyne We have been doing exciting things on the quality front.  Safety Team: Hosted 3 discussions, 7 new SP team members, 1 new SO team member, and 59 safety outreaches were conducted. They announced a new discussions schedule, so quite a busy and eventful month!  Listener Coaching Team has been doing great this month. We exceeded our monthly goal, a Trainee graduated, a new Teen Trainee just started their training month. Anna has been working on the QM team. We've onboarded 6 new QMs, she’s got a new PA (@Fueschin) and focused on check-ins with our QM's. The Care Team has been continuously growing! We have welcomed back @ChillingRain and welcomed our newest teen member, @izzyy528 to the team! The team has continued to stay ✨refreshed✨ by completing a refresher quiz and we are planning on hosting a meeting and some fun activities soon! We are also working on setting up a monthly meeting for Care Team to increase communication and team building! Please reach out to @Snowtabby or @LittleBirdie30 if you have any questions or if you're interested in joining the team! Interested in getting involved? Contact @annasilverberg for QM information.  CheeryMango We are currently looking for new additions to join our Communities Leadership Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/LeadershipResources_2404/MeetTheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_276125/] as Project Agents. There are currently four focuses available for you to choose from: Events, Engagement, Community Building and Leadership. The application form and full details of what we are looking for can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/JointheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_315413/].  A friendly reminder for all forum supporters, community mentors and community mentor leaders are asked to fill out the Subcommunity Leadership Check-In Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/1IiVSq3OubFdfQ1nkI8ZHCy_QXABHXyyz55JKRRAEu50/viewform?usp=mail_response_notification&edit_requested=true] for the month of September  so we can keep updated on what’s going on in your team and roles and see how we can offer our assistance.  Lastly, if you notice or experience any difficulties while using the forums, please help us to track and report any bugs in this thread. A gentle reminder when reporting bugs or issues, please give as much detail like time and location as to where it was experienced and include screenshots or any error codes so we can properly investigate it. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to what the new month brings. 
September 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 September 6th
...See more Dear Community, I hope you all are well!  We’ve been doing a fair amount of work to help share our story lately. I wanted to give a BIG thank you to all who participated in our Got Hope? campaign that focused on people telling their story and how 7 Cups helped them. These were incredibly powerful to me and brought tears to my eyes.  We have built a platform that is providing real help to people - light in what can feel like overwhelming darkness - and for that I am incredibly grateful to all of you and very proud of us! Each day, month, year, decade (!), we are all working together in better and better ways and becoming increasingly effective. What a gift! If you haven’t seen them yet, please check out the videos here: Long Version [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZysFQw0yqc&t=2s] Short Version [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENEH65c_e6Y&t=1s] Keep up the great work team!!! Best, Glen H Since our launch in mid-July, the Welcome Committee has been at the forefront of 7 Cups, warmly greeting new members and helping them get oriented to our community. So far, we've welcomed over 7800+ new members! To recognize their selfless work, we've created milestone badges tied to these numbers [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/TheWelcomeCommitteeTeam_2670/WelcomeCommitteeTeamBadgesAreHere_335069/]. Every month I will be shouting out to WC members who hit these milestones. For this first month, the Greeting Grasshopper badge for 100+ PMs goes out to: @Jenna @heathermarie95 @kenzolena @KatePersephone @KindleMissie @comfortableNight4463 @halcyonCloud2036 @innateJoy9602 @SoulfulYash @fruityPond7887 @Kindwords2000 A few dedicated individuals have already reached 500+ members, earning the Greeting Guardian badge! @Jenna @heathermarie95 @comfortableNight4463 And some are crossing 1000+! Subscribe to Newbie Hub [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/] to see who they are in the next post! We hope to double and triple those numbers and turn that 7800+ into 15,000+ next month! Wouldn’t that be amazing?? If you are a listener interested in helping us expand our newbie support system, consider applying for the team! We continue to strive to capture the essence of 7 Cups in ways that embody the magic of what we do. Everyone has a voice, and every one of you has a little bit of that magic in you, and we want to hear from you! We’re collecting slogans and mantras and we will be showcasing your words across our socials, and of course right here in our community. Check out the thread and vote for your faves! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/General_2444/HelpUsCapturethe7CupsSpiritJointhe7CupsSloganChallenge_334584/] We’ll keep you posted! Laiba It has been an exciting month. 7 Cups Academy was featured in a press release for the first time! You can read more about it here [https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/738364815/7-cups-academy-surpasses-1-million-courses-completed-empowering-millions-with-mental-health-skills].  @SoulfullyAButterfly has worked really hard on it. This is a major milestone for our academy and I encourage you to share the article with your friends and family. Additionally, Academy graduates supported the academy awareness efforts and shared their experiences about academy programs online. I am very grateful for our enthusiastic alumni team and their readiness to support 7 Cups Academy.  Additionally, our Conquering Your Goals series started and so far we have covered 6 topics in August, you can check them out! Setting the right goals [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HopesCorner_2162/ConqueringyourgoalsSettingtherightgoals_333816/], System Vs Goals [https://www.7cups.com/forum/motivation/GoalsandAccomplishments_653/ConqueringyourGoalsSeriesSystemvsGoals_334194/], Mastery and Pleasure in Goal Setting [https://www.7cups.com/forum/motivation/GoalsandAccomplishments_653/MasteryandPleasureinGoalSettingConqueringYourGoalsSeries_334752/], Goal Setting Techniques [https://www.7cups.com/forum/motivation/GoalsandAccomplishments_653/ConqueringyourGoalsGoalSettingTechniques_334996] and Dealing with Setbacks [https://www.7cups.com/forum/motivation/GoalsandAccomplishments_653/ConqueringyourGoalsDealingwithSetbacks_335572/]. The series ends in September! You still have time to catch up and participate.  Lastly, our teen-exclusive small-steps challenge came to an end. The teens collectively earned a total of 1489 stars. Congratulate them here  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/TeenZoneCommunityTeam_590/SmallStepsChallengeItisawrap_335640] Obs It was a progressive month for Group support as we organized 2 weeks Grief awareness event [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/GroupSupportCommunityEvents_2295/Joinusfor2WeeksofGriefAwarenessEvent_334437/]and it went well. Quick shout out to @jaeteuk, @mytwistedsoul @SummerKay2024 @communicativePond1728 @powerfulOak2587 @radiantDreamer, and all participants for joining us and exploring the grief topic and sharing your personal experiences and insights to support and empower each other.  In the Sharing Circle news, we released easy steps to join the Sharing Circle Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/CommunityManagersOffice_2008/ChangestoGroupChatStructuretoFosterCommunity_335497/] to lead Sharing Circle sessions and support and empower sharers. Also, a bunch of changes were made [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/CommunityManagersOffice_2008/ChangestoGroupChatStructuretoFosterCommunity_335497/] to group chats to foster an inclusive community. As well as Loneliness support chat was added as a rotational group chat to support everyone who experiencing loneliness.   On the leadership front, two mentor leaders were onboarded. Please congratulate them here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunityInformation_742/WelcomingNewMentorLeaders_335499/]. Also, a big shout out to @Vivelespatates for driving the Community Calendar efforts to increase the visibility of the scheduled discussion. It brought some promising signs of progress though, we have a long way to go on this front. Learn more about it here! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/GroupSupportInformationandUpdates_822/CommunityCalendarUpdates_333476/]  SoulfullyAButterfly We released the “How Has 7 Cups Helped Us [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/General_2444/ThewaitisoverTheHow7CupsHelpedUsVideoCompilationisLive_334866/]” video and celebrated stories of hope and resilience - this video was part of the Got Hope campaign which was also highlighted as a press release.  [https://www.prunderground.com/7-cups-ignites-hope-with-how-7-cups-helped-us-community-video/00340152/] In addition, we launched the Q&A Lantern Project [https://www.7cups.com/forum/community/General_2530/IntroducingtheQALanternProject_335193/] to help add fresh answers to our Q&A section. Just as a lantern illuminates a path, our actions and words can help others navigate their own journeys and find their way forward. Join us on our weekly efforts to help support others looking for helpful resources!  We look forward to continuing to bring great content and events to the community. CheeryMango We welcomed several forum leaders to our communities in the month of August. Join us here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/WelcomingLeaders_2402/ForumLeaderAnnouncements_310826/?p=10] in congratulating them.  We are currently looking for new additions to join our Communities Leadership Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/LeadershipResources_2404/MeetTheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_276125/] as Project Agents. There are currently four focuses available for you to choose from: Events, Engagement, Community Building and Leadership. The application form and full details of what we are looking for can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/JointheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_315413/].  A friendly reminder for all forum supporters, community mentors and community mentor leaders are asked to fill out the Subcommunity Leadership Check-In Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/1IiVSq3OubFdfQ1nkI8ZHCy_QXABHXyyz55JKRRAEu50/viewform?usp=mail_response_notification&edit_requested=true] for the month of June so we can keep updated on what’s going on in your team and roles and see how we can offer our assistance.  Lastly, if you notice or experience any difficulties while using the forums, please help us to track and report any bugs in this thread. A gentle reminder when reporting bugs or issues, please give as much detail like time and location as to where it was experienced and include screenshots or any error codes so we can properly investigate it. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to what the new month brings.  Evelyne We’ve had a lot of success this month.  On the Care Team front, the number of requests taken jumped up from 78 in July to 119 in August! We improved drastically with outreach. We reached out to 24 Listeners, with multiple applying and 2 that we actually onboarded. They completed 3 events to help increase awareness and reach more Listeners. 
Ambassador Team Update: July 2024
by Heather225
Last post
 August 10th
...See more It's been a busy season or us, but we are back with your regularly scheduled updates! After you're done reading, please give our Ambassadors a shoutout for all their hard work and service to the community in replies! (If the text is not displaying, click here to read it in doc form.) [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12uHM_WfAcL0FsR5zMXHrB_TjxhBx-cme-BGmR-KkUzo/] Tommy - Communities (forums) Hello everyone, where has the time gone? It feels like this year is flying by! I hope you are all well and are enjoying the sunnier months (if it is summer for your timezone). We have had an exciting few months in the forums, focusing on developing our newer communities and strengthening our leadership teams. Please click here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/EventsDiscussions_2666/June2024ForumDiscussionSpotlight_332263/] for our June forum discussion spotlight which includes our pride celebrations. If you are interested in supporting the forums as a leader then please do not hesitate to reach out to me or submit an application here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehAkk72S0RWV1oQ5zShECQ6s-_fDYaxPE974iHorzqNRo1Ag/viewform]. Happy July! Rebekah - Safety Team Hello, all! 🌞 I hope you’ve had a good month. We’ve had some considerable growth this month! We’ve onboarded 9 new safety patrol team members (@NotSeven @wishfulForest1871 @Damonchandio @MellowMusic @Ivebutterfly @Riri1616 @Coffeebean26 @whimsicalCloud4661, @Sealiously -- Welcome, Croeso, Willkommen)! Furthermore, we’ve onboarded 2 new Safety Outreach members (@rubyjane00, @MelodyoftheOcean -- Hello, Shwmae, Guten Tag)! ST, on the whole, has been heavily focused on increasing numbers team-wide, with a focus on Safety Outreach and Safety Discussions. If you’re interested in joining the Outreach or Discussions branch of ST, please read this [https://www.7cups.com/forum/safe7cups/VSafetyPatrol_1685/SafetyTeamFAQUpdatedJuly2024_285029/]! It should answer any and all questions you may have 🌟 Thank you for reading, I hope you have a succulent day 🌞💙 KindheartedLily & MelodyoftheOcean - Listener Coaching Team Heyaa Everyone! I hope 7Cups has been treating you well, and you are doing good. The Listener Coaching Team has been doing very well!, we have been exceeding our monthly goal and taken 93 requests!  We recently got two new applicants, who are currently in the process of training, credits to @BlueRiverCares , who has been working hard on Outreach and Fun Sessions to raise awareness for the Team, and the option to receive Coaching Sessions. We have been working on improving the teams quality by creating quizzes and refreshers, in which our Coaches did absolutely amazing, a shoutout to every one of you! In case you would like to further support the team, we are currently accepting applications for Project Agents! If you think this might be for you, please contact @kindheartedLily or @MelodyoftheOcean about it.  If you are interested in becoming a Listener Coach yourself, please click here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerCoachingTeam_2057/ListenerCoachingTeamInformationRequirementsandApplication_332581/]for more information. In case you’d like a coaching session to improve your listening skills, this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7iMwmOfMPM1KTSjFz3OTPFDOF30agKeBeahUl5cj5f8ahKQ/viewform?pli=1&pli=1]might be for you!  Have a good day ahead, and please do reach out if you have any questions at all. 🌈 AnnaSilverberg - New Listeners & Quality Hay everyone✨! I hope you’re all having a wonderful day so far. We have been putting more focus on our amazing Newbies and now our brilliant Quality Mentors have been doing great at reaching out to them, welcoming them and giving them our Listener Primer as well as offering them their mentorship if they have the availability. We have also onboarded a new PA, @Fuechsin who is absolutely brilliant at sharing their knowledge in the Listener Support Room (LSR). @Kristynsmama has been working diligently on sharing their knowledge and just recently made a post on the harmfulness of giving advice, you can read that fantastic post here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/General_2422/HarmfulEffectsofAdviceGiving_333080/?post=3611386]. My series, “My Cup of..” is still ongoing and our next one is on validation, feel free to check that one out here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerLearningThreads_2606/MyCupofValidation_332347/]. We are working with our wonderful Care Team [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpDGFX-JBDLBAyVgxT3hoerLcOtm9yQALsuUzE3S2UiCDJTQ/viewform] and the newly restarted Welcoming Committee [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/General_2418/AnnouncingtheNewandImproved7CupsWelcomeCommitteeHelpWanted_332406/], to make sure that all Newbies to our wonderful community feel welcomed. We tested our Listener Check-in game in Teen land last month with great success! We look forwards to share all the magic that this wonderful community has within and showing our Newbies what Cups is all about ✨ HealingTalk - Quality Listening Program Since our last Update, no less than eight mentors-in-training were formally appointed as Academy Mentors in the QLP, after completing their one-month trial with much dedication, enthusiasm, and professionalism: @AwarmHeart, @DanCat1128, @GracefulBelle, @Maebyb, @PurifyYourSoul, @Tuffattack, @walkalot and @WonderousLove3994 In addition, the QLP Team has recently been strengthened by the incorporation of two new Mentors-in-training who are doing their 1-month trial right now: @ThoughtLight and @WishfulWillow6962 They are already contributing greatly to the Program by performing Mentor tasks and we are very grateful to them for that! Congratulations to @Mari228, QLP Mentor Leader, who, through extensive, continuous and effective outreach efforts, invited them all to join our Team, and conducted their successful training. On the internal organization front, we have improved our dashboard (adding key indicators) to follow closer the evolution of each trainee, facilitating timely and appropriate interventions and better support them in their QLP experience. I wish to express my immense gratitude and give my heartfelt farewell to @ComradeRuhi, who is leaving the QLP Team after more than a year of consistent top-notch work at a crucial task. Ruhi has contributed tons of volunteer hours to the Program, with much professionalism and kindness. She now leads the Poetry Community, greatly enlivening this wonderful and important space of expression, healing and flourishing. Finally, we encourage all Listeners who want to improve their Active Listening skills to enroll in the Quality Listening Program from HERE [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciIIZZr7E0hpyyRY-6jAubEVrl38CIlwZTGTN5NiuHOmjf3A/viewform]  Upon graduation, you will get a Certificate you can list in your CV, and you can request a Letter of Recommendation and skills endorsements for Linkedin.  If you wish to join our cozy QLP Team as an Academy Mentor, click HERE [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVqIemWcH8D2MY21jkQK_oClijrK368Jf7wog1SfZ8Wzzbbg/viewform]  We welcome you with open arms! DreamTouch - Leadership Development Program Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing well. First and foremost, a heartfelt congratulations to our newest graduates: @Ivy229, @KristenHR, and @WishfulForest1871. I'm excited to announce that this month we've welcomed a new mentor to our team - DanCat1128. Congratulations and a warm welcome to Dan! They have been doing amazing in keeping our subcommunity vibrant and engaged. As usual our program has been running smoothly on the daily tasks - kudos to the LDP team. We’ve been able to process/complete all tasks within 3-6 days of submissions. We look forward to welcoming more trainees in the program and to witness their growth as future leaders! If you’re interested, please apply from here  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ldp/LeadershipDevelopmentCourseStartHere_2118/LeadershipDevelopmentProgramBecomealeader_288442/] Birdie & Snow - Care Team Heya everyone! I hope life has been kind to you and that you’re having a great summer (or winter!) The Care Team has been working so hard to continue supporting our fellow Listeners. I want to thank all of our Care Team Guides for everything they do for the team and the community at large. You are all so amazing and we wouldn’t be where we are without you all!  My fellow Ambassador, @SnowTabby, has been hosting such exciting events recently and we look forward to hosting more in the future, so please keep an eye out!  We have onboarded our newest Teen Project Agent recently! We are excited to have @ReganL on the team and look forward to seeing all that they accomplish! We are also working with another adult Listener to bring them on as our newest Adult Project Agent, too! If you would like to apply to be a Project Agent, you can do so here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9o3K6itv70mu74RlBbtLzWsKPlK2kjQHqGv8U7p93lwTLFA/viewform]! We are always looking for new Guides as well. You can apply here! [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe--4C9FaYV3t7drYONEDPHYMxQCxy8zROR1Vfrh00IdnwyFg/viewform] We have been working closely with @AnnaSilverberg and @Heather225 to increase our support to new Listeners and Members! The Welcoming Committee [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/TheWelcomeCommitteeTeam_2670/AnnouncingtheNewandImproved7CupsWelcomeCommitteeHelpWanted_332406/] has been restarted and they are always looking for more people to help! We are excited to continue working to help welcome as many people as we can! As always, please feel free to submit any requests for any Listeners that you think could use a check-in using our Care Team Request Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpDGFX-JBDLBAyVgxT3hoerLcOtm9yQALsuUzE3S2UiCDJTQ/viewform]. Have a great week everyone! Clarisse29- Content Development and Marketing Program Hey Cups Community! I hope this month has been kind to you. And was it kind to CDM? Most definitely! This month, we onboarded more trainees than we have for a while and it’s been amazing to see people getting interested in the content side of things!  We had one person graduating this month and with several others making significant progress with their coursework throughout this time span. The team has also been engaged in working on future projects and events to be hosted by the program and the Content Volunteer Team subcomunity. We are still on the lookout for more mentors to join our team so if you’re interested, do fill out this form! [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVqIemWcH8D2MY21jkQK_oClijrK368Jf7wog1SfZ8Wzzbbg/viewform] You will be guided through the entire process and put under a training period before you can finally start your role as a CDM mentor with us! We can always use more hands on deck! With that, I’ll take your leave until you see me next month with more updates about the program here! Take care!
August 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 August 8th
...See more Dear Community, The summer is winding down here. My youngest 2 daughters go back to school in less than 10 days and my twins are going back in 2 weeks. That went too fast! Things are moving at a good pace here at 7 Cups as well. A big shout out to all of our leaders, across all roles and positions, for the continuous efforts and work to help us grow! You all represent the best of us. Thank you for modeling all the good characteristics that make 7 Cups the special place that it is. We are very thankful for you all and we appreciate your efforts!  There has been quite a bit happening behind the scenes. We have a big app update coming out. It won’t impact the look and feel of the app itself as it addresses items behind the scenes, but it should feel a bit zippy. The same has happened on the Web as well. We have more to do but a couple of weeks ago we were able to shave some time off. We’ll keep at it and get more time off soon. Also, a big thank you to all who commented and helped me better understand the challenges with Mr. 8 [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/General_2444/Mr8orLifeObstacleBetsLOB_333464/].  I wanted to also give a shout out to @heather225, @annasilverberg, @Jenna,  @heathermarie95, @Arie3, @kenzolena, @KateDoskocilova, @Sealiously, @comfortableNight4463, @innateJoy9602, and @SoulfulYash for all the work on the new Welcome Committee. As we know, when joining a new community - or any new group - it is not uncommon to feel uncomfortable and a little socially anxious. Questions like: Will I fit in here? Are these people nice? are common. A warm friendly greeting, an invite to sit down for a cup of tea in the corner of the room and have a quick chat can make all the difference. And that is what I see happening with our welcoming committee. Big thank you to the folks below and to all future team members for looking out for our newbies! Best, GlenM H Hi, everyone! It’s been a busy but productive month! In honor of 7 Cups turning 11 last 7th, I released a couple new recognition initiatives I hope you’ll participate in, if you haven’t already! They are the Member Appreciation Wall [https://www.7cups.com/forum/gratitude/General_2448/MemberAppreciationWall_332468/] and Listener Appreciation Wall [https://www.7cups.com/forum/gratitude/General_2448/ListenerAppreciationWall_332865/], and they dedicated spaces in which you can tag stand-up individuals who have made a difference in your life, inspire you, or simply deserve some love! Please take a moment to make someone’s day. In community news, the latest installment of the Ambassador Update [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/MonthlyCommunityUpdates_2602/AmbassadorTeamUpdateJuly2024_333425/] is up for reading! Do swing by and give our hard-working Ambassadors a shoutout for all they do in our many domains to support you! I continue to take signals from the community, and with your best interests in mind I’ve released official guidelines in regards to username confidentiality and tips for keeping your identity safe HERE. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/safe7cups/IIInformationUpdatesStation_1371/ListenerandMemberUsernamesConfidentialityGuidelines_332948/] Last but not least we are actively recruiting helping hands for our brand new revamped and relaunched Welcome Committee [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/TheWelcomeCommitteeTeam_2670/AnnouncingtheNewandImproved7CupsWelcomeCommitteeHelpWanted_332406/] Glen mentioned!! Since its launch only a couple weeks ago, we have welcomed a whopping 2300+ members and we will be double, triple and quadrupling those numbers the bigger we grow! If you’re a Verified Listener, please consider applying to join this extremely important cause! Laiba In academy news, we have a new mentor leader joining our team. @Petitesouris has taken on the role of academy mentor leader focused on the general academy track. Additionally, we also have three project agents joining our team @Cubbytant @MellowMusic & @uniqueGrace8272. Moreover, academy sub-coms will now have one weekly poll going live on Mondays where everyone can select their preferred answer and I will reveal the most popular choice every Friday. This is a fun little way for everyone to come together and share their perspective. You can join one of the polls here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/FunCorner_2196/PresentingWeeklyPollsWeek1_333620/] The Conquering Anxiety series wrapped up and the participants received their certificates. This means it's time for a new series to begin! Conquering your goals is our latest workshop series! You can expect new posts starting this week. More information can be found here. [/NewSeriesIsHereConqueringyourGoalsChooseSetandRealizeYourGoals_333457/]  Lastly, we have brought back the teen-exclusive small steps challenge! It is a challenge aimed at helping teens take small steps toward building better habits. All teens are welcome to join in here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/TeenZoneCommunityTeam_590/SmallStepsChallengeJuly19August262024DailyStepsThread_333648/] Obs In the Group Support news, this month we introduced - “The Playground”, a teen group chat [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/CommunityManagersOffice_2008/IntroductiontothePlaygroundGroupChat_333337/] dedicated to organize and participate in games and lighthearted activities. Also, on the Sharing Circle front, we released Transformative experience w/ Sharing Circle to share the participant’ experiences with the community. We posted first user experience here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/SharingCircles_2066/TransformativeexperiencewSharingCircleJustmiles_333341/]!  The goal is to share how community supporting and empowering each other through Sharing circle and other group chats.   Also, @vivelespatates joined us as Group Support Mentor [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/CommunityManagersOffice_2008/NewGroupSupportMentorvivelespatates_333458/] to support the efforts to strengthen and utilize Community Calendar effectively to share the schedule of group discussions and other important events & resources. Vive released the instructions on how to ultize the community calendar [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/GroupSupportInformationandUpdates_822/CommunityCalendarUpdates_333476/] to schedule the group discussions here.  Other than, @suryansh faciitated Group Support AMA [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/GroupSupportTeam_2152/JoinUsforGroupSupportAMASessions_333416/] to listen to the community. I appreciate all who participated in it and shared their valuable thoughts and insights with us.  SoulfullyAButterfly This month we have continued to work on fresh answers for our Q&A section at 7 Cups. Additionally, we have updated our Learn lessons on the dashboard to include new lessons on stress management, anxiety, relationship tips, as well as skills and general well being focused content. We are excited to continue to showcase useful mental health content to support our users and will also be releasing a newsletter soon!  Evelyne We have received many positive comments from our teams about their wonderful leads. AE is working on doing AMAs. @AnnaSilverberg will be taking over handling QM applications, so any questions you can contact her. Hey Eve. LCT highlights include: 1. The coaches completed the refresher quiz and did great. 2. LCT had an icebreaker session (which Blue hosted).  3. LCT exceeded its monthly quota Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well! The Care Team has been doing an excellent job with continuing to support our fellow Listeners and our community at large! We have just onboarded @ReganL as our newest Teen Project Agent and we are in the process of working on onboarding a new Adult Project Agent as well! Our Guides have just finished their biannual refreshers and we are always learning how to improve our team as well. We have events coming up, so please keep an eye out for that and reach out to @LittleBirdie30 or @SnowTabby if you have any questions! Take care! CheeryMango  We welcomed 3 forum supporters and 1 community mentor to 4 of our communities in the month of June. Join us here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/WelcomingLeaders_2402/ForumLeaderAnnouncements_310826/?p=10] in congratulating them. For the month of August, we will be hosting the Life Challenges event [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/EventsDiscussions_2666/August2024getinvolvedwithourlifechallengesevent_333814/]. We will be hosting lots exciting icebreakers, events and discussions in both the forums and chatrooms to help explore this topic further.  We are currently looking for new additions to join our Communities Leadership Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/LeadershipResources_2404/MeetTheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_276125/] as Project Agents. There are currently four focuses available for you to choose from: Events, Engagement, Community Building and Leadership. The application form and full details of what we are looking for can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/JointheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_315413/].  A friendly reminder for all forum supporters, community mentors and community mentor leaders are asked to fill out the Subcommunity Leadership Check-In Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/1IiVSq3OubFdfQ1nkI8ZHCy_QXABHXyyz55JKRRAEu50/viewform?usp=mail_response_notification&edit_requested=true] for the month of July so we can keep updated on what’s going on in your team and roles and see how we can offer our assistance.  Lastly, if you notice or experience any difficulties while using the forums, please help us to track and report any bugs in this thread. A gentle reminder when reporting bugs or issues, please give as much detail like time and location as to where it was experienced and include screenshots or any error codes so we can properly investigate it. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to what the new month brings. 
July 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 July 28th
...See more Dear Community, I hope you all are well! Things are good here. I’ve been doing more traveling and presenting lately. There is increasing demand for people to know how AI can help with mental health. I point to our community as a shining example and a “treatment team” of volunteers, clinicians and Noni. I’m working on an article now that highlights how AI can be used to supplement, but not replace human efforts. I’ll share it soon for your feedback! Another big update from us is that we have a new home page. I think the team did a great job on it. If you haven’t seen it yet, then open up 7cups.com in a new incognito tab or in a new browser where you are not logged in to check it out. This is our “front door” and it needed a new paint of coat bad. Let us know what you think below! And a big THANK YOU to all who participated in the TaketoThrive Gratitude badge study. If you haven’t seen it yet, then check it out here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/General_2444/Take5toThriveandgettheGratitudebadge_331530/]. Heather Thanks to everyone who showed up to celebrate Pride Month! It was a great success and I appreciate all the teamwork of those who made posts and set aside time to host sessions. Remember, Pride Month might be concluded but pride in oneself, inclusivity, and representation are a year-round mindset and way of life [https://www.7cups.com/forum/lgbtq/General_2455/PrideMonthOverbutneverover_331996/]! This month in our Leadership Spotlight series, we highlighted one of our passionate Quality Mentors, the lovely @JustSophia. Swing by this post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/LeadershipSpotlight_2282/LeadershipSpotlightJustSophia_331078/] after you're done here to learn about her and give her congrats. We are still looking for folks who are willing to record a video or audio clip to contribute to our "How 7 Cups Helped Me" community video [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/General_2418/How7CupsHelpedMeCommunityVideoOpportunity_330743/] as part of our birthday month celebrations. Not only do you get your story featured but there's also an exclusive badge tied to this initiative. We have even extended the deadline to ensure everyone who wants to participate can! Any questions about this campaign, lemme know! And lastly, happy birthday 7 Cups! We hope to see you at our live event this Friday [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/General_2444/7Cups11thBirthdayJoinusforourannualchatroompartyJuly5th_331639/]. Send in some Paper Plate Awards nominations [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/CommunityActivitiesEvents_1908/7Cups11thBirthdayPaperPlateAwardsNominationsopen_331637/] and we’ll see you there! Laiba Our Conquering Anxiety series came to an end. In June we covered, Panic Attacks and How to Tackle Them, Learning from Others, and a series wrapped with a summary of all covered topics. Participants have until the end of the day, July 5 to complete the series. You can find all the posts here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/anxiety/Resources_412/NewSeriesishereConqueringAnxiety_327475/].  Additionally, our 4 week long streaks of service challenge (exclusive to teens and ATLs) came to an end. You can congratulate the users who completed the challenge here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/TeenZoneCommunityTeam_590/StreaksofServiceItisawrap_331564/]. In Mindful Minutes, @Arie3 @Kenzolena, and @Darkerplaces all earned the Emotional Regulation Skills Certificate for participating in/hosting 10 Mindful Minutes sessions.  On the Academy front, we are focused on ensuring more of our users are aware of the opportunities available to them in the form of academy programs. We worked on recruiting more project agents focused on outreach and we have a few of them in trial currently. If you wish to become an academy project agent and get the word out about academy programs, do apply here.  [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccicXEd-2IOFfuqsw6VbnB7DqqwG5I33Q9X7P1SY8EJB2H1Q/viewform] Obs Thank you, everyone, for daily learning, supporting and growing together in the Group Support Chats. The other day, one of the members told me how they find Sharing Circle a great place to feel heard and they like how it is structured. Each group chat is unique in its purpose and how it connects participants from different geographical regions with a shared goal. And I appreciate how you all bring new insights, experiences, and learning to share.  However, given that feedback, we started working on two ideas:  * Sharing Circle Experience Survey and inviting some of our valued members to share their experiences in Sharing Circle. We will be sharing their thoughts and tips with the community. * Working on an effort with Lou73 to recognize and appreciate our Sharing Circle Hosts for their continued and constant efforts to support Sharing Circle every day, week, and month. The eventual goal would be to appreciate all hosts and discussion leaders in the group chats for their above & beyond efforts to facilitate therapeutic discussions and conversations.  On the Listener Quizzes front, 4800 listeners completed the quiz and it received 8.8/10 on likeness, informative & helpfulness. If you haven’t attempted them yet, give them a try here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/General_2422/HaveyoutakentheListenerQuizzesyet_330809/]! We are also working on introducing Quiz-VIII on more chat scenarios and understanding the community.   On the Teen front, we will be opening “The Playground” group chat with the purpose of games and activities like alphabet games, word scrambles and trivia, mad-libs, and more to try on. A big shout out to @CommunityModIris for bringing the idea and working with me to make this happen.  Ayesha This month the content focus remained on the Q&A section at 7 Cups, a space where you can find peer support for common questions as well as ask any of your own! We have also updated our Learn lessons to include key skills for relationships, emotional wellbeing, communication, self-care and other DBT based skills. We look forward to users gaining skills and using these lessons in their daily lives Evelyne Care Team has been working hard on activities.  Snow hosted 3 great events, including an Open Book Event, a Party, and a Trivia Night! Everyone has completed our semi-annual refresher and we are actively recruiting a few new Project Agents!  Listener Coaching Team has exceeded its monthly goal! Woo!  Anon Evaluations Team has accepted new leaders. @Daydreammemories is their new Mentor Leader and @ReganL is the new PA. Welcome! We look forward to seeing what they can do.  Mango We welcomed 2 forum supporters and 1 community mentor to 3 of our communities in the month of June. Join us here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/WelcomingLeaders_2402/ForumLeaderAnnouncements_310826/?p=10] in congratulating them.  We are currently looking for new additions to join our Communities Leadership Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/LeadershipResources_2404/MeetTheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_276125/] as Project Agents. There are currently four focuses available for you to choose from: Events, Engagement, Community Building and Leadership. The application form and full details of what we are looking for can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/JointheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_315413/].  A friendly reminder for all forum supporters, community mentors and community mentor leaders are asked to fill out the Subcommunity Leadership Check-In Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/1IiVSq3OubFdfQ1nkI8ZHCy_QXABHXyyz55JKRRAEu50/viewform?usp=mail_response_notification&edit_requested=true] for the month of June so we can keep updated on what’s going on in your team and roles and see how we can offer our assistance.  Lastly, if you notice or experience any difficulties while using the forums, please help us to track and report any bugs in this thread. A gentle reminder when reporting bugs or issues, please give as much detail like time and location as to where it was experienced and include screenshots or any error codes so we can properly investigate it. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to what the new month brings. 
June 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 June 4th
...See more Dear Community, I hope all is well! My oldest kids, the twins, just finished their freshman year and my youngest 2 daughters are now on summer break. I’m very happy to have the whole crew back together again!  We’ve been working hard on a number of fronts on the product end. Here is a list of quick updates: - New onboarding has launched and we are now on version 4.1. Think of this as our greeting space when someone comes to 7 Cups. We are now doing a much better job of sharing what we do here with new users. - Learn, Explore, Grow (LEG) Dashboard - will launch very soon. These are daily, simple, easy steps that a person can take to heal and grow. Learn are short lessons (under 1 minute). Explore is engaging with others. Grow is tracking sleep and water intake. We think this will help people make daily progress on their journey and help people feel better at a faster rate. - Noni - we are updating Just-in-Time-Training (JITT) for listeners and also Noni to do a better job. We are nearing the point where we are ready to let Noni have her own page to share more about how we built her as a community and some of the research that supports her chatting and JITT. Last, H shared this snippet of text with me from @OAzureO the other day (with their permission I’m sharing here too). It captures the heart of all of the good people that we have here. I’m a big believer in the power of a collective group of people working together to do good. I think there are ways that we understand how this works and many other ways that we don’t quite understand yet, but can feel/sense on a deeper level. @OAzureO captures the beauty and transformative power of our community. Thank you all for building a concentration of the best parts of humanity. And, thank you for making 7 Cups a soft place to land! I’d also add that we are a great place to also heal and grow. There is so much about us that makes us different. I’ll share more on this in a post I’m just starting to work on. With respect and gratitude, Glen  H And that’s a wrap on Mental Health Awareness Month [https://www.7cups.com/forum/generalsupport/MentalHealthSupportAwareness_1600/OfficialStartofMentalHealthAwarenessMonthon7Cups_328291/]! Thanks to everyone who hosted sessions and created forum content! I’ve put together a masterpost of those forum threads [https://www.7cups.com/forum/generalsupport/MentalHealthSupportAwareness_1600/MentalHealthAwarenessMonth2024ForumDiscussionsMaserpost_328898/] for your reading pleasure. If you made a post under any topic in honor of the month, please leave the link in the replies and I’ll add it! Speaking of forum posts, I have revived our Listener Classifieds post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/generalsupport/Classifieds_360/ListenerClassifieds2024_329539/]! Listeners who are accepting new chats, I encourage you to introduce yourself in the thread and members can pursue the available listeners and contact those that might be a good fit for them! If you’re curious about what our Ambassador Team has been up to, swing by after this post to check it out here! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/MonthlyCommunityUpdates_2602/May2024AmbassadorUpdate_329478/] They work tremendously hard and there’s a lot of great opportunities open in each of their domains to you, if you’re interested in getting involved! And I’ll leave you with this last post I wrote about my personal story of hope [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HsHangout_1970/FromRockBottomtoHereWhileIBreatheIHope_329235/]! Laiba Work continued on the conquering anxiety series. In May, we covered the cycle of anxiety, coping skills that can be used as we start tackling our anxiety, the role of diet and exercise in conquering anxiety along with information on exposure therapy. The series is still ongoing which means you can still catch up and avail the certificate which will be provided after the series ends. You can find all the posts here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/community/CommunitySpace_2590/ConqueringAnxietyMasterpostOngoingSeries_327724/] We reviewed and tightened the 7 Cups Internship program. Updates were made to  7 Cups Internship Honors project options and we hope that these are a better fit for our interns. The update can be found here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/interns/InternshipProjectAnnouncementandUpdates_1899/InternshipHonorsProjectUpdate2024_329920/]Additionally, a new internship hours system post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/interns/FAQsandResources_1127/InternshipHoursCalculcationSystemHereishowtokeeptrackofyourInternshiphours_328760/] was created. We also added a short FAQ section to internship requirement lists.  Attention teens! There is another teen-exclusive challenge (this time also open to adult-teen listeners) in town and its called the Streaks of Service, the goal is to do 1 good deed for yourself and one for others for 7 days in a row! More information can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/EventsForTeens_1546/StreaksofServiceAreyoureadyforthechallenge_329689/]. Lastly, academy sub-communities are seeking strong leaders who can lead a fun engaging space for trainees, graduates, and potential trainees. More information can be found here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/AcademyTeam_2313/7CupsAcademyislookingforsubcommunityleaders_329060/] Obs This month, in the group support news, a big shout out and thank you to all who led and participated in the group discussions during our Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health is a significant and critical part of our lives and it is important to discuss and take steps to take care of our well-being. In other big news, we are working on updating Group Chat Moderator Training to offer better support and access to the resources. We will keep you updated on the progress. If you all have any ideas, or suggestions related to the moderation role, please do share your thoughts with me.    On the teen front, we introduced the Adult-Teen Listener Introduction Series [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/General_2465/StrongerTogetherTheAdultTeenListenerSeries_329222/] to help our teens get to know them and ask their questions related to teen struggles, challenges or simply getting to know questions. Also, thank you to @heather225 for initiating the Adulting101 thread [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/General_2465/AdultingAskMeAnything_328671/] where you can ask any questions related to adult life, etc and we will be answering them to support and guide you. We will be introducing the Group support version of Adulting101 soon as well. Stay tuned for the schedule.   On the leadership front, I appreciate all who stepped up into various group chats and Verified Listener program roles to support the projects. You are all appreciated and valued. Also thank you to all leaders and members for your continuous support, compassion, and empowerment in the group support chats. Your caring presence makes the group chat environment uplifting and therapeutic.  SoulfullyAButterfly This month we continued to explore daily reflections and discussions in relation to Mental Health Awareness Month. It is exciting to see 7 Cups evolve with our latest LEG (Learn, Explore, Grow) concepts which will include lots of bite-sized content to utilize in our lives to improve our wellbeing. Lastly, we are also reviving our previous initiatives boosting the efficiency of our Q&A Pages. Our community is a source of peer support and answers for mental health related areas based on lived experiences are a key to understanding and optimizing our wellbeing. If interested in helping us achieve this goal, you can PM me. Evelyne Our Quality Teams have been quite busy on the advent of summer. Care Team: Hey everyone! I hope everyone is doing well! We have onboarded 2 new wonderful Guides, @sweetnutella and @HopieRemi! ❤️ We are so excited to have them on the team and see how they grow! We are always accepting applications, which can be found here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe--4C9FaYV3t7drYONEDPHYMxQCxy8zROR1Vfrh00IdnwyFg/viewform]. If you know of any Listeners that could use a check-in or you think of someone who you want to thank you can send in here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpDGFX-JBDLBAyVgxT3hoerLcOtm9yQALsuUzE3S2UiCDJTQ/viewform]. If you have any questions at all, please reach out to @LittleBirdie30, @SnowTabby, or @MelodyoftheOcean. We are excited for everything to come this summer! Listener Training Team- -we had a trainee complete their month of training and officially graduate. Congratulations! CheeryMango A big thank you to all of the community leaders and members who took the time to sign up and help out with forum discussions during our Mental Health Awareness Month. We saw a variety of thoughtful and inspiring discussions. We welcomed 4 forum supporters and 1 community mentor to 5 of our communities. Join us here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/WelcomingLeaders_2402/ForumLeaderAnnouncements_310826/?p=10] in congratulating them. For the month of June, we are looking forward to celebrating and highlighting more events with you all. Stay tuned for more information.  We are currently looking for new additions to join our Communities Leadership Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/LeadershipResources_2404/MeetTheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_276125/] as Project Agents. There are currently four focuses available for you to choose from: Events, Engagement, Community Building and Leadership. The application form and full details of what we are looking for can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/JointheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_315413/].  A friendly reminder for all forum supporters, community mentors and community mentor leaders are asked to fill out the Subcommunity Leadership Check-In Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/1IiVSq3OubFdfQ1nkI8ZHCy_QXABHXyyz55JKRRAEu50/viewform?usp=mail_response_notification&edit_requested=true] for the month of May so we can keep updated on what’s going on in your team and roles and see how we can offer our assistance.  Lastly, if you notice or experience any difficulties while using the forums, please help us to track and report any bugs in this thread [https://www.7cups.com/forum/SiteUpdates_100/Feedback_37/ForumFunctionalityProvideFeedbackHere_274852]. A gentle reminder when reporting bugs or issues, please give as much detail like time and location as to where it was experienced and include screenshots or any error codes so we can properly investigate it. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to what the new month brings. 
May 2024 Ambassador Update!
by Heather225
Last post
 May 23rd
...See more Presenting the latest from our Ambassador Team, and their projects. After you're done reading, please give them a shoutout for all their hard work and service to the community in replies! (If the text is not displaying, click here to read it in doc form.) [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12uHM_WfAcL0FsR5zMXHrB_TjxhBx-cme-BGmR-KkUzo/] AnnaSilverberg: Hay everyone✨! Summer has come for many of us, for others it’s on its way. This month, we have been putting together a project that will focus on increasing outreach towards our Newbies. More of that will come soon, so stay tuned. We have also been updating our Check-in games that are commonly held in the Listener Support Room. We aim to test out the Check-in games in the Teen Listener Room in the near future. We also have a wonderful new Project Agent on the team and welcome @Kristynsmama to the team. The Community Guidelines has now a new master post where all the forum posts can be found, see that here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/safe7cups/VISafetyMadeFunActivitiesandGamesSeries_2648/TheCommunityGuidelineSeriesMasterpost_327875/]. There are also more posts upcoming in the “My Cup of..” series, here’s [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListeningJourneyandQuestions_2397/MyCupofCompassion_326837/] the latest post. I wish you all a wonderful rest of your day.  Jenna: This month we have worked hard on Peer Support outreach, focusing on finding listeners for the team. While we reached out to 46 listeners, we brought on 7 new Peer Supporters. We are currently in the writing process of working toward improving our team quality through form-based quizzes and offering feedback to those who take the quizzes. We reached out to everyone on the team for a check-in and everyone seems to be doing well within the team which is wonderful to hear. @ASilentObserver rolled out a new project for buddies [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerChatroomsInformation_2144/IntroducingLeadershipAccountabilitySupportBuddyprogram_327894/]. Peer support is included in this and we hope this will be an effective way for new and old team members to get accustomed and feel supported in their roles. Thanks, Obs for this opportunity. If you would be interested in supporting your fellow listeners, check out the Peer Support project [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ListenerLearningJourney_149/PeerSupport_397/ApplyToBecomeAPeerSupportInfo_298837/]. It’s a great role to get started on in a leadership journey. We’d love to have you! Gia (LittleBirdie30) - Care Team Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a great week and that the weather continues to get more beautiful! We are excited to have the Care Team continuing to grow so that we can continue our mission of supporting our fellow amazing Listeners! Thank you to all of our amazing Care Team Guides because this team wouldn’t be what it is without you and we appreciate you from the bottom of our hearts. We are so excited to have welcomed @daydreammemories and @MindfulJourney22 since the last Ambassador Update! I am also thrilled to announce that @SnowTabby will be joining us as the newest Ambassador for Quality/Care Team!! Please give everyone a huge congratulations when you see them!  If you are interested in becoming a Care Team Guide, you can find the application here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1f64b56h8UriEZJzFcqAefwXkKzh7pUZTYusO2x0GIXI/viewform?edit_requested=true]. If you have any questions, you can message me, @MelodyoftheOcean (self-care break), or @SnowTabby.  As always, if you know of anyone that you think could benefit from someone reaching out, you can fill in the Care Team Referral Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpDGFX-JBDLBAyVgxT3hoerLcOtm9yQALsuUzE3S2UiCDJTQ/viewform]! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions!! ❤️ hopedreamlove - Listener Chatrooms Hello hello hello! As always, I hope you are all doing alright.  Since the last update, the listener chatroom support team has gained many new leaders. We were super excited to onboard @Tuffattack, @Isabella4, @daydreammemories, @HopefulBambi, @Heartsandrosesandpaws, @DanCat1128, and @Chyni. We also onboarded a fantastic new project agent, @Fuechsin. Please join me in congratulating these wonderful leaders. If you are interested in becoming a Listener Chatroom Supporter (LCS), please click here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerChatroomsInformation_2144/ApplytoBecomeaListenerChatroomSupporter_252288/] for more info. We have been working hard to ensure that chatroom guidelines and etiquette are clear for everyone. Recently, we created a post that clarifies the guidelines regarding casual chat in the Listener Support Room. You can read the post here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerChatroomsInformation_2144/WheniscasualchatokayinLSR_328483/].  May this month be full of joy and kindness for each of you. Until next time ♡ ASilentObserver - Group Support Chas, Verified Listener program, Teen Transition program Group Support Chats:  On the member group chat front, a few key updates * The trauma group chat is open every weekend [https://www.7cups.com/forum/trauma/General_2433/TraumaSupportRoomopenallweekendfromnowon_327557/] now for 24 hours. A big thank you to @audienta, @willingtohelpu, and the Trauma team for constantly going above and beyond to scale up support for the members with trauma struggles.  * If you are 35+, you can access 35+ exclusive group chat 24/7 [https://www.7cups.com/forum/35plus/General_2431/AttentionAll35Joinyour247GroupChattoday_327718/]available for shares, meaningful conversations, and support & empowerment to each other in this mental health journey.  * Also, a huge shout out to @Lou73 for going above & beyond to make Hosting Heroes [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/MemberSharingCircles_2109/HostingHeros_324437/] a success. It is lovely to see how everyone is coming together to recognize and appreciate the discussion leaders and hosts' efforts in the group chat. I appreciate and am grateful to all hosts for their contribution and compassion in leading group discussions.  * We started a Group Chat- Ask Me Anything [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/General_2446/GroupSupportAskmeAnything_328253/] forum discussion to answer any questions, or confusion related to group chats. If you have one, share it with us here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/General_2446/GroupSupportAskmeAnything_328253/].  Support, compassion, and empowerment are the outcomes of everyone’s efforts in the group support chats. Thank you all for coming together and being here for each other.  Verified Listener Program:  On the Verified Listener program, a couple of key updates are:  * @izzyy528 stepped up to help me oversee and support the Verifier Team as Teen Project Agent and already going above and beyond to ensure a smooth process.  * Also, a couple of new members joined the Verifier Team to guide the listeners to become Verified Listeners. If you aren’t a Verified Listener yet or don’t know what is a Verified Listener, you can learn more about it and apply here: Get Verified on 7Cups!  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerVerificationProject_1839/GetVerifiedon7Cups_290064/] * We are working on updating the Join the Verifier Team application to keep it up to date as per current community needs.  Teen Transition Program * We are doing outreach to recruit Teen Transition Supporters. If you are interested in becoming a transition supporter, please learn more about the role here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/agingup/TeenTransitioningMentoringProgram_2492/IntroducingNewRoleTeenTransitionSupporter_324604/] or you can send me a message with any questions or thoughts you may have.. * Thank you to @heather225 for starting the Adulting 101 forum discussion for teens [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/General_2465/AdultingAskMeAnything_328671/]. If you are a teen and have any questions related to adulting, you can ask in this thread and we will get back to you with our thoughts to support you. We are also working on a group chat version to lead Adulting 101 discussions in the teen group chats.  * Also, if you are a teen, let us know your birthday here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/General_2465/NewBirthdayform_324428/] and we would love to celebrate your birthday with the community.  * Stay tuned to get to know our wonderful ATL team members. ATLs are adult-teen listeners who are adults and trained to offer support to the teens in the teen community. We will be launching a cool initiative where we will interview our ATLs and share their thoughts, tips, and experiences with teens.  InternalAcceptance - Anonymous Evaluation Team We recently welcomed @KristynsMama to team leadership as a Project Agent.  Starting in June, she will be hosting AMAs on the first Tuesday of the month to spread awareness about the team and answer any questions you all may have.  This will most likely be in the Listener Discussion Room, though that’s still to be determined.   We welcomed @daydreammemories @iPhoenix @HopefulBambi and @TheOnlyChresser to the team in April and @Train1 in May.   DreamTouch and PositivePumpkin22- Leadership Development Program Hi all! Hope everyone is doing alright. We’re excited to share with you that @Mahad2804 has joined us as a Mentor Leader for LDP focussing on Sub-communities. We’re excited to see what they bring to the program. Please join us to congratulate them here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ldp/AnnouncementsAppreciation_2121/NewMentorLeaderMahad2804_327770/]. On the trainee front, we had 4 new graduates on our Leadership Development Program - @JustSophia, @TheOnlyChresser, @daydreammemories, @Brightlynx1428. Big congratulations to all of you! As usual our program has been running smoothly on the daily tasks - thanks to the LDP team. We’ve been able to process/complete all tasks within 3-6 days of submissions. We look forward to welcoming more trainees in the program and to witness their growth as future leaders! If you’re interested, please apply from here  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ldp/LeadershipDevelopmentCourseStartHere_2118/LeadershipDevelopmentProgramBecomealeader_288442/] tommy: Hi everyone! It has been another fun filled month and we have continued to strengthen our communities. Please click here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/EventsDiscussions_2666/April2024ForumDiscussionsSpotlight_328472/] to find our latest forum discussions and events for April, a great starting point if you're new to the forum or if you'd like to get more involved with what we have to offer. If you are interested in supporting our forums as a leader please do not hesitate to reach out to me or submit an application here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehAkk72S0RWV1oQ5zShECQ6s-_fDYaxPE974iHorzqNRo1Ag/viewform]. Here's to another amazing month!
May 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 May 4th
...See more Dear Community, I hope you all are well! My daughter just came home from freshman year (my son comes home later this week). A long time ago we talked about people as circles. People that are supportive can be drawn as larger circles and drawn closer to you as the center circle. People that are harmful, can have their circles shrunk so that they are smaller and they can be drawn further away. This is just a simple way to become aware of the way that other people impact you and to understand that we are in charge of how big and how close all the circles (people) are to us in our lives. In the pic below, the horizontally lined bigger circles are people that are closer to me. The ones with the tic tac toe designs (both horizontal and vertical) are moderately close to me. The smaller circles with no lines are the people further away that I choose to interact with less frequently. Separately, I was having another conversation about 7 Cups with a psychologist. He was saying how he provides therapy for his clients, but cannot be their friends. And that often it is hard for people to find new friendships. People struggle to join a bowling club, hiking or running club etc. In short, it is just hard to make inroads and build new relationships. As he was talking, I shared how we help people by providing emotional support AND we provide a thriving and compassionate community. We are a place where people can go to get mental health support and make friends. That is something beautiful about what we do here. Thank you all for being big circles in my life! And thanks for being big circles for one another!  H May is here, and with it comes one of our most important awareness months on 7 Cups: Mental Health Awareness Month! Throughout May, we'll shine a light on the importance of mental well-being, breaking down barriers, and building bridges by fostering open conversations promoting empathy and understanding. We'd really love your help! Read about what we're looking for here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/CommunityActivitiesEvents_1908/JointheCelebrationMentalHealthAwarenessMonth2024_327915/] You don't need to be in a role; you only need to bring your lovely self and a passion for helping others. Please consider volunteering so we can make this year extra special! It’s always a special treat when I get to highlight the greatness on our teen side, and in this month's Spotlight I had the pleasure of showcasing the work of teen leader @ReganL [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/LeadershipSpotlight_2282/LeadershipSpotlightReganL_327493/]! Swing by after this update to give congrats. We're always looking for the next champion to recognize — you can nominate our next star via this form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHVHsSPon2gUT04Kud-FzM2C0Davv7wanaI60ve-B16z4hiQ/viewform]! One last thing — are you a newbie learning how to get around the platform and unsure where to go for help? I got you covered in our brand new Q&A thread [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/WelcomeIntroductionsto7Cups_1163/7CupsNewbiesQAThread_327365/] dedicated to guiding you along your journey! Replies are given within 72 hours by myself or other community members. If you’re ever in doubt, I’m a PM away: @Heather225 Laiba I am happy to report that the next forum workshop series is now live! This season we are covering Conquering Anxiety, it will cover some of the most used and effective ways of managing and overcoming anxiety. All participants who do all the given exercises and complete the series will receive a certificate as long as they do it before the deadline. More information here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/anxiety/Resources_412/NewSeriesishereConqueringAnxiety_327475/] We have a new teen-exclusive group session series, Mindful Minutes [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/TeenCommunityIntroductions_621/NewTeenSessionsareherePresentingMindfulMinutes_326653/]! Mindful Minutes is the new teen side session series replacing Mindful Mondays and Fantastic Fridays. The goal of these sessions is to teach participants valuable emotional regulation skills and help in managing emotions. Thank you to @Kenzolena for helping with the planning, launch and maintenance of this new group series.  Additionally,  Spark of the week [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HopesCorner_2162/PresentingSparkoftheWeek_325922/] is being maintained where light-hearted and inspiring quotes from teens are featured and everyone can join the reflection, it will be wrapped up in week 6. Lastly, the thought of the week was launched. Thought of the week [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HopesCorner_2162/HopesThoughtsMostlyQuotes2024LetsChat_326524] is more discipline-focused and long-term initiative with the goal to help people reflect on 1-2 quotes every week.  Obs A huge shout-out to all of you. Thank you everyone for your presence and compassionate support to uplift each other in the group support chats. Some of the key updates of this month are:  * Stress Awareness Event [https://www.7cups.com/forum/healthyliving/AnnouncementsIcebreakersFun_2561/StressAwarenessWeekwUsYourenotalone_326969/]: Thank you everyone for participating and supporting in a one-week stress awareness event. It was great to hear and explore our thoughts and struggles related to stress. * Launched Chatroom Leadership Buddy program [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerChatroomsInformation_2144/IntroducingLeadershipAccountabilitySupportBuddyprogram_327894/]: Finally we did it! With the help and suggestions of everyone and special thanks to our chatroom team for working hard to make this suggestion actualize.   * Also, I appreciate all listeners, and leaders joining us in the Mission listener group chats revival [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/General_2422/MissionListenerSupportChatRevivalJoinus_327030/]. It was great to see everyone coming together to keep the group chat active to ensure proper support and guidance to all listeners and as well as get to know each other.  * 35+ group chat is 24/7  now [https://www.7cups.com/forum/35plus/General_2431/AttentionAll35Joinyour247GroupChattoday_327718/]: If you are 35 or 35+, we have an exciting update for you. We have a dedicated and exclusive group chat of 35+ that is now available 24/7. Let’s come together to share, discuss our challenges, and emotions and support each other.  Upcoming event: Looking ahead, we are excited to host Mental Health Awareness Month in May [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/CommunityActivitiesEvents_1908/JointheCelebrationMentalHealthAwarenessMonth2024_327915/]. It will be a great opportunity for all of us to come together and spread awareness, discuss mental health significance, and combat the stigmas related to mental health and tips & strategies to take care of our well-being. We look forward to seeing you there.  SoulfullyAButterfly This month we continued to nurture our latest new group chat for the adult side called “Daily Reflections”. During the month of April, the  monthly theme for this new chat space was “Nurturing Inner Strengths”. We discussed self-compassion, emotional resilience, mindfulness in daily life and the importance of connections and community. Additionally the daily prompt activity was posted in our forums under the Community Challenges Community.  If you missed out on the Daily Reflections during April, you can find the prompts listed here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/community/DailyReflections_2660/DailyReflectionsApril2024NurturingInnerStrengthsPromptsMasterpost_326591/] We look forward to celebrating May, Mental Health Awareness Month across the community with aligned themes for reflection, discussion and support. Evelyne The Anonymous Evaluations Team has started a new pilot to help ensure adequate support for listeners emotional wellbeing.  ST has put out a new discussion thanks to @Auwolf! They also have a new PA that will be starting shortly.  Care Team has been super busy with continuing to support our fellow Listeners! The number of requests that our team has taken has jumped almost 21% from February to April! @SnowTabby has become Care Team's newest Mentor Leader and we are so lucky to have them supporting the team! We have had so many great events thanks to @SnowTabby and @ChillingRain! Please keep an eye out for more events in the near future 🙂 @MindfulJourney22 is Care Team's newest Guide and we are excited to see all they are going to accomplish! ❤️ We are excited to see all the Listeners we support this month! CheeryMango And just like that another month has flown by. May is going to be an action packed month for the communities with one of the highlights being the Mental Health Awareness. Sign up for those who are interested in posting forum posts throughout the month can be done here [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L0OHMBKe-h4PD2qCEBOG_oicUbXzPhZF-JfWTSpZluI/edit#gid=1704628436] or contact myself or tommy for more information. We welcomed some new and great leaders to our communities for the month of April. Join us here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/WelcomingLeaders_2402/ForumLeaderAnnouncements_310826/?p=10] in congratulating our recently onboarded leaders.  We are currently looking for new additions to join our Communities Leadership Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/LeadershipResources_2404/MeetTheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_276125/] as Project Agents. There are currently four focuses available for you to choose from: Events, Engagement, Community Building and Leadership. The application form and full details of what we are looking for can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/JointheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_315413/].  A friendly reminder for all forum supporters, community mentors and community mentor leaders are asked to fill out the Subcommunity Leadership Check-In Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/1IiVSq3OubFdfQ1nkI8ZHCy_QXABHXyyz55JKRRAEu50/viewform?usp=mail_response_notification&edit_requested=true] for the month of April so we can keep updated on what’s going on in your team and roles and see how we can offer our assistance.  Lastly, if you notice or experience any difficulties while using the forums, please help us to track and report any bugs in this thread. A gentle reminder when reporting bugs or issues, please give as much detail like time and location as to where it was experienced and include screenshots or any error codes so we can properly investigate it. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to what the new month brings!
March 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 May 1st
...See more Dear Community, I hope you all are well! It is starting to warm up here and the sun is shining at least a few days out of the week. It is always a relief for me to move out of the winter. We’ve been hard at work on a number of fronts. A big change we’ll be releasing - hopefully this coming month - is a new onboarding process. I’ll share a much more detailed post in the coming weeks, but wanted to give you a glimpse of what’s to come. The above is probably our 70th iteration on this little graphic. I hope you like it. Any and all feedback is welcome in the comments. In short, when a person comes to 7 Cups we’ll create a plan for them. Each day they come back and do 3 items (learn, explore, grow), the person will take a step up towards the summit. We think this new model will provide more structure and support. Also, thanks for all the heart warming words on the letter of hope (https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/GlensNookCommunity_547/ALetterofHope_324507/)post! Reading your responses was the highlight of my week. Thank you! 🙏❤️✨ H Have you ever experienced a difficult time in your life that ultimately led you to become a stronger, more compassionate person? Maybe you faced hardship, loss, or personal struggles that made you question your path. But instead of letting those experiences define you, you used them as fuel to grow and give back to others. These stories of overcoming challenges and turning pain into purpose are powerful. They remind us that even amidst darkness, there's light to be found and a way out to a brighter future. They instill hope that anyone can find their way and we’ve seen countless successes through the support of our dear caring community. As part of an upcoming campaign, we’re gathering your inspirational stories of hope and perseverance. Check out the forum post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/SoulfullyAButterflysContentGarden_2136/TurningPainintoPurposeShareYourRedemptionStoryGotHope_324083/] and consider sharing yours! When ready, fill out this form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKOltkR0NMvLJILcgl6YLxpgvtat_USNaGAT3XYgwH4XjF9w/viewform] and we’ll be in touch. And for all of our newbies, we see you and we want to ramp up efforts to welcome you through our Welcome Sessions [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/WelcomeIntroductionsto7Cups_1163/IntroducingNewbieMemberWelcomeSessionsAreyounewJoinUs_322916/]. We will begin hosting in March, serving both members and listeners. And the rest of you are invited to join the welcoming committee! We could also use some help welcoming newcomers in the forums. If you’re interested in making a difference in a new user’s journey, I’ve got some tips for you here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/WelcomeIntroductionsto7Cups_1163/HowtoWelcomeNewUserson7Cups_324288/]. And if you simply want to drop a heartfelt hello, that would mean everything to our newbies (and me!). Lastly, want to plug our Events Calendar [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yZzlHDt-vqQ7p_EDxTALY1x9Divq1s35zmEdS6PLNBE/edit#gid=1947094466]! Get in touch with your team leads ASAP if you’d like to add special events or team-related activities to it for the new month. Laiba It has been an eventful month! The highlight has been the launch of a teen-specific challenge called Small Steps. The goal is to aim to do small things for yourself in the category of sleep, food, exercise, and mental health. Teens get stars for completing certain tasks and it is fun to take care of yourself when others are joining in and people can cheer each other on. We have a leaderboard that helps us see everyone’s progress. If you are a teen you can check out the challenge here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/TeenZoneCommunityTeam_590/SmallStepsWeeklyStepsThreadFeb26March3Week2_324479/] The building self-esteem series continues! With a special guest post by @Kristynsmama and @pandanfe. Both of them bravely and generously shared their experiences with building self-esteem and supported others through tips and words of encouragement. You can view their post here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/selfesteem/BuildingSelfesteemseries_2655/BuildingSelfEsteemSeriesLearningfromOthers_324117] and you can see all the posts in the series here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/community/CommunitySpace_2590/BuildingSelfesteemSeriesOngoingActive_321259/] Lastly, Carnegie Mellon University is looking for adult listeners residing in the USA to help their study by filling out a short questionnaire. Find more information here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HopesCorner_2162/Doyouhave5minutestofilloutaquestionnaireIfsoyoucanhelpwiththisresearch_324561/] Obs It has been a wonderful month filled with discussions, learning and celebrating awareness weeks. The February Group Support Event: Kindness, Courage, Connection [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/GroupSupportCommunityEvents_2295/FebruaryGroupSupportEventKindnessCourageConnection_323080/] went well and thank you everyone for their contributions and support. In the Sharing Circle news, @Lou73 introduced  Hosting Heros [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/MemberSharingCircles_2109/HostingHeros_324437/] initiative to recognize, celebrate and appreciate our dedicated and committed hosts. If you have anyone to nominate, please share and nominate them.   In the Teen news, we are working on strengthening Teen Transition Program. We introduced teen transition supporter  role [https://www.7cups.com/forum/agingup/TeenTransitioningMentoringProgram_2492/IntroducingNewRoleTeenTransitionSupporter_324604/]to offer extended support to transitioned teens to adult side. Also we rolled out a Teen Birthday form [https://www.7cups.com/forum/agingup/General_2532/NewBirthdayform_324428/] to celebrate birthdays together with community.  We are also working on bringing  an initiative to encourage more connection and learning experience with Adult- Teen Listener on the teen side. We will keep us updated with the announcement soon. Thank you everyone for their support, empowerment and compassion in the community.  SoulfullyAButterfly This month we celebrated International Boost Self-Esteem Month with a self-esteem exploration event held in Special Events. The room was filled with prompts and insightful shares every day for 10 days. We are looking forward to organizing more ways to explore, share and grow together as a community.  Lastly, we have one open research opportunity for listeners which is based on Simulation-Based Training of Active Listening Skills, being researched by a team from Stanford University. To read more on how you can help their next round of research, click here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/SoulfullyAButterflysContentGarden_2136/March2024ListenerResearchParticipationOpportunitySimulationBasedTrainingofActiveListeningSkills_324705/]. Evelyne Here are some highlights from our teams: Care Team has just finished having Care Team Week! @serenePeace3726 and @ReganL are their newest Guides, and @SnowTabby is training to become a Quality Mentor.  For Anonymous Evaluations Team, 8 people join AE just this month. They’ve been collaborating with LCT for increased listener quality as well. @Heathermarie95 has completed their co leader trial phase for the AL team! Congrats!  The safety discussion on 'supporting member feeling unsafe' received so many upvotes and many members left thoughtful feedback. @Aurewolf is writing thoughtful discussions each month to help educate the community.  Listener Coaching Team had a listener coach complete their training and officially become a listener coach (@JustSophia)! They also exceeded their monthly quota and hosted a teen icebreaker session. CheeryMango February was a bit of a quiet month in the community's domain but we are always excited for the leaders that commit their time and effort to supporting our communities. Join us here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/WelcomingLeaders_2402/ForumLeaderAnnouncements_310826/?p=8]in congratulating our recently onboarded leaders for February. Congratulations to @Kristynsmama on being our newest Project Agent.  We are currently looking for new additions to join our Communities Leadership Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/LeadershipResources_2404/MeetTheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_276125/] as Project Agents. There are currently four focuses available for you to choose from: Events, Engagement, Community Building and Leadership. The application form and full details of what we are looking for can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/JointheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_315413/].  A friendly reminder for all forum supporters, community mentors and community mentor leaders are asked to fill out the Subcommunity Leadership Check-In Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/1IiVSq3OubFdfQ1nkI8ZHCy_QXABHXyyz55JKRRAEu50/viewform?usp=mail_response_notification&edit_requested=true] for the month of February so we can keep updated on what’s going on in your team and roles and see how we can offer our assistance.  Lastly, if you notice or experience any difficulties while using the forums, please help us to track and report any bugs in this thread. A gentle reminder when reporting bugs or issues, please give as much detail like time and location as to where it was experienced and include screenshots or any error codes so we can properly investigate it. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to what the new month brings. 
April 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 April 5th
...See more Dear Community, I hope you all are well! The leaves are coming back on the trees here and we had our first day in the 80s yesterday. It felt a little bit like summer. I wanted to take a minute and thank all of the people that run the different campaigns on 7 Cups, lead group discussions, and ask and answer weekly forum posts. I demo the site a lot for different groups. These campaigns are like a thread that one can follow across the site. You can go from one group to the next, or from one community to another, and see how all of the different threads are woven together. It is beautiful to see. We have also been hard at work on creating a new home page. It has been a long time since we’ve updated our “front porch” (hat tip @belovedme). Part of this is because we invest most of our resources updating what happens across the platform. And a big thank you to all of you that help us iterate on changes to make the core platform stronger. We are now finally ready to update the external facing parts of the site. You can see a little glimpse below. The new home page, and also the new onboarding I talked about in the last update, will help new users better understand what we are all about. I’m looking forward to sharing it with you all hopefully later this month or early next. H Happy April, and hello to a new fruitful quarter! In this month’s Leadership Spotlight, we feature one of our longest-standing contributors, @Jenna. Jenna is one of our leaders at the heart of LSR, and she’s also well known for being the head of the Peer Support Pogram. Their congratulatory post is here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/LeadershipSpotlight_2282/LeadershipSpotlightJenna_325864/] We started the LS Program back in September of 2021 and we’re still going strong, thanks to you all for recognizing and building one another up. Check out who we’ve highlighted so far [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/LeadershipSpotlight_2282/LeadershipSpotlightSeriesOurfeaturessofar2021March2024_325880/] and consider nominating someone! [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHVHsSPon2gUT04Kud-FzM2C0Davv7wanaI60ve-B16z4hiQ/viewform] We continue to work hard to coordinate activities across the community and bring attention to all the exciting things we’ve got going on through the maintenance of our Events Calendar [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yZzlHDt-vqQ7p_EDxTALY1x9Divq1s35zmEdS6PLNBE/edit#gid=1811547765]. If you'd like to submit an event, you can do so here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfR0pLsJjrWC952reILl6GWpNOUApCbKJi-aJ-k0AJZaZTM1Q/viewform]. Note that regularly scheduled group/chatroom events can be found on the on-site Community Calendar [https://www.7cups.com/forum/communityCalendar.php] And one last thing for the teens: we have launched a weekly Safety Tips series [https://www.7cups.com/forum/safe7cups/TeenSafetyTips_2661/TeenSafetySeriesTip1_325795/] just for you. Please subscribe to the Safety and Knowledge community to catch notifications for these. We are accepting tips that we can feature in upcoming posts! [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzLkYr3ZLSs-b-HouzEwGkIo10iFiMJnHr1wZhCfv1vvKmHQ/viewform]Let’s spread awareness and help each other stay safe, both on Cups and across the internet. ATls are strongly encouraged to participate. Teenies look up to you and you can make a big difference! Laiba Hi everyone! March has been an eventful month. I have summarized the key events below.  7 Cups Academy  * Introduced an AI policy to ensure the trainees can continue to benefit from academy courses/programs and have clear guidelines on the boundaries placed on AI use. You can read post here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/AnnouncementsandUpdates_2197/7CupsAcademysAIPolicy_326219]  * On Internship front, we removed the weekly forum progress report requirement and instead introduced an optional check-in thread. Listeners can view that post here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/interns/InternshipProjectAnnouncementandUpdates_1899/InternshipWeeklyProgressCheckin2024_326281/]  * We launched our awaited Group Dynamics course which is an updated and more flexible version of the discontinued Group Support Program. More info on the course here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/GroupDynamicsCourse_2663/GroupDynamicsCourse_325981] Community Initiatives * The teen-exclusive Small Steps Challenge came to an end with 11 teens qualifying for the wellness certification. A total of 16 teens participated earning a total of 2341 stars. More on that here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/teens/TeenZoneCommunityTeam_590/SmallStepsChallengeTheFinalLeaderboard_325866/].  * Additionally, spark of the week was launched where teens can submit positive quotes and reflections, the best of which are picked and shared with our community. You can view the first post here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HopesCorner_2162/Sparkofweek1Keepontrying_326171] * I also started a Weekly Quotes Chain [https://www.7cups.com/forum/motivation/InspirationandMotivation_2229/WeeklyQuotesChainThemeDisciplineandAccountability_326524/]! Theme: Discipline and Accountability for people who prefer quotes and thoughts surrounding those themes. * Our Building Self-esteem series came to an end. You can view the last post and how you can participate here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/selfesteem/BuildingSelfesteemseries_2655/BuildingSelfesteemSeriesItisaWrap_325105]. Stay tuned for the launch of a new series soon.  Obs This month, Group Support organized Self-harm Awareness [https://www.7cups.com/forum/selfharm/General_2451/SHA1Doyouthinkselfharmdefinesyou_324983/]Month, and thank you all for joining and participating in the forum and group chat discussions to support and empower each other. That was uplifting and encouraging for all. Also, we organized a Verified Listener Campaign [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerVerificationProject_1839/VerifiedListenerCampaignfor7CupsListeners_326200/] to discuss and talk about our listening journey and route to becoming a Verified Listener. If you are not a Verified Listener yet, learn how to here!  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerVerificationProject_1839/GetVerifiedon7Cups_290064/] In the Listener Chatroom news, thank you to @hopedreamlove for leading the leadership meeting. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerChatroomsInformation_2144/ListenerChatroomLeadershipMeetingFridayMarch22_325791/] We discussed some important points to make listener group chats more effective and received suggestions to support our leadership team better. Based on the feedback, we are working on reviving the Leadership Buddy Process to support our new leaders. Also, working on a simple and group effort idea to make our listener group chats active and lively.  And, thank you to @JustSophia for helping us update the Chat support FAQs document with more information and resources.  Similarly, in the Group chats, we are working on reviving pop-up discussions and will be rolling out the pop-up discussions 3.0 in the upcoming days. Please stay tuned for all updates.  In the weekly prompts in the forums front, thank you to all participants for your participation and support. Due to your ongoing support and empowerment, in these dedicated communities, we were able to bring more support and comfort to many members. Also, in the periodic feedback, the Weekly Prompts received an average of 9/10 rating. Thank you to all who shared their feedback and suggestions.  Thank you to everyone for your continued support, compassion, and empowerment in the group chats, forums, and to me.  SoulfullyAButterfly This month we opened up a new group chat [https://www.7cups.com/forum/community/General_2530/IntroducingDailyReflectionsNewCommunityGroupChat_325184/] for the adult side called “Daily Reflections”. During the month of March, the first monthly theme for this new chat space was “Celebrating Growth and Change”. With weekly themes including cultivating a growth mindset, building resilience as well as celebrating achievements and setting new intentions, the group chat hosted daily prompts for users to explore alongside the community. We have enjoyed seeing the deep reflections and shares in this space and hope that it will add another layer of support to our community. If you missed out on the Daily Reflections during March, you can find the prompts listed here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/community/General_2530/DailyReflectionsMarch2024Prompts_325348/]. This new chat will host a new theme for April, to be announced soon. If interested in helping out with leading reflections in this space, please PM me. In other news, our long-ongoing global research opportunity with IPU based on Systemic Psychotherapy will be closing its data collection phase by March 31st. Thank you to all our listeners and members who have joined the research throughout the past several months. We have one open research opportunity for listeners which is based on Simulation-Based Training of Active Listening Skills, being researched by a team from Stanford University. To read more on how you can help their next round of research, click here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/SoulfullyAButterflysContentGarden_2136/March2024ListenerResearchParticipationOpportunitySimulationBasedTrainingofActiveListeningSkills_324705/]. Evelyne We are currently looking for new quality project agents to help us continue our goal to have quality across the board! Please reach out to me if you’d be interested in helping out with team leadership tasks for quality teams. If you’re new and need a listener coach to help you with listening skills, please reach out to @kindheartedlily. @AnnaSilverberg is my new Quality Assistant and is working on new listener initiatives to help with questions and their journey.  CheeryMango Join us here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/WelcomingLeaders_2402/ForumLeaderAnnouncements_310826/?p=8]in congratulating our recently onboarded leaders for March.  We are currently looking for new additions to join our Communities Leadership Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/LeadershipResources_2404/MeetTheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_276125/] as Project Agents. There are currently four focuses available for you to choose from: Events, Engagement, Community Building and Leadership. The application form and full details of what we are looking for can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/JointheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_315413/].  A friendly reminder for all forum supporters, community mentors and community mentor leaders are asked to fill out the Subcommunity Leadership Check-In Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/1IiVSq3OubFdfQ1nkI8ZHCy_QXABHXyyz55JKRRAEu50/viewform?usp=mail_response_notification&edit_requested=true] for the month of March so we can keep updated on what’s going on in your team and roles and see how we can offer our assistance.  Lastly, if you notice or experience any difficulties while using the forums, please help us to track and report any bugs in this thread. A gentle reminder when reporting bugs or issues, please give as much detail like time and location as to where it was experienced and include screenshots or any error codes so we can properly investigate it. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to what the new month brings. 
January 2024 Community Update!
by GlenM
Last post
 April 4th
...See more Dear Community, Happy Holidays! I am just getting back home. I grew up in New England and finally made it home last night after nearly 15 hours in the car. I’m so glad to be home! And back in the office. I missed our work! A nice thing about the holidays is that the world quiets down. Everyone agrees to not call or email one another. I love that quiet space. It gives me a lot of time to think in bn walks with family, presents, and way too many desserts. This month, 7 Cups has achieved a great milestone by launching talk therapy [https://www.7cups.com/forum/therapy/General_2432/WeveLaunchedTalkTherapyon7Cups_319430/]! Talk therapy can be a great alternative to text-based therapy. Our users now have the flexibility to select text-based therapy or therapy over an audio/video live session. I think about us (7 Cups) all the time. I’m still percolating and refining some ideas that I hope to share soon. As always, your ideas, thoughts, and feedback are always very welcome. I wish you all a lovely New Years Eve and Day! I hope 2023 can be put to a nice close - like closing the last page of a book - and that 2024 opens before you with hope, peace, and community leaping from the pages. H As we close out 2023, and ring in the new year, I thought it'd be fun and therapeutic to do some reflection exercises as a community to get us thinking ahead. I’ve rolled out a challenge: 2024 Finish the sentence [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HsHangout_1970/2024Finishthesentence_319754/?post=3440560]. Please give it a try and once you’ve finished that (and bookmarked the page to revisit!), consider Writing a Letter to Your Future Self [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/CommunityActivitiesEvents_1908/WriteaLettertoYourself7CupsStyle_320322/]. It's like those letter-writing sites but instead of scheduling them to send it back to you, I will be doing it! There's no due date. I'll be scheduling them as they're submitted! I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the love and support you’ve poured into our community over the year. You take such good care of each other on every level, from leader to listener to member, and it’s that unwavering spirit of compassion of human sincerity that sets us apart and makes us a truly unique and special force in this world. I look forward to continuing to nurture great work relationships with you, and getting the opportunity to collaborate with even more of you, as we drive our mission and further expand our reach. Everything 7 Cups stands for is the result of your efforts - we couoldn’t do this without you! Happy New Year! Laiba It has been a great month for the Academy leadership team. We onboarded two new ambassadors, @HealingTalk and @Positivepumpkin22. Both are incredibly dedicated and experts in their programs. Additionally, we updated our latest course, Inner Development Goals Course to include reduced practicum requirements. @Kristynsmama became our very first graduate of the course. The list of all grads will be announced soon.  The Inner Development Goals Course [https://www.7cups.com/forum/academy/AcademyPrograms_2311/InnerDevelopmentGoalsCourse_318284/] was added as an elective choice in the 7 Cups Internship, Content Development and Marketing program, Leadership Development Program, and the Quality Listening Program.  Learning about cognitive distortion series came to an end, we covered a total of 10 popular distortions. In Dec, we covered Should statements [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HopesCorner_2162/DistortionNo9Shouldstatements_318942] & Mental Filtering [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HopesCorner_2162/Distortion10MentalFiltering_319730/]. Thank you to everyone who followed along and worked on their personal growth then you may want to check out the posts made for our therapy event here.  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/therapy/General_2432/Day125DaysofGratitudeSelfCareandPersonalGrowth_318564/] Obs Thank you all for your best efforts to bring compassion, support, and encouragement to everyone. Your actions made a world of difference in the group support chats. I hope we continue to do same and scale it further in 2024. On Group Support front, a bunch of updates:  * We got the most exciting feature update- Quote Reply! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/FeatureUpdates_2525/FeatureUpdateQuotereplyinchats_318965/] We received positive and uplifting feedback from all who tried it. It allows to create a smooth and easy to follow conversation flow for everyone in the group chats.  * We introduced Group Support refresher quizzes [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/GroupSupportQuizzes_2285/GroupSupportGuidelinesRefresherQuizPartI_317922/] to refresh the memory on the important guidelines of providing support in a group setting. It was a great to notice how many did well with the refresher. Attempt them if you haven’t yet! On the Listener Group Chat front, shout out to @Hopedreamlove to organize fun filled 12 days of Teen Listeners holiday event [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/ListenerChatroomsInformation_2144/12DaysofChristmasTLEvent_319262/]. Thank you everyone to join in and participate and making these sessions special and memorable.  Also, we initiated Listener Level-up Series [https://www.7cups.com/forum/listenerjourney/Checkins_2484/ListenerLevelup1Howareyoufeelingaboutyourlistenerjourneysofar_319666/] to discuss diverse listening topics together and learn from each other to level up our listening experiences as team. Please do join and share your thoughts as every experience and learning counts.  Also, we started various discussion sessions and big shout out and thank you to all leaders who stepped up to make it possible. Thank you to @wishfulwillow6962, @bluerivercares, @chillingrain for going above and beyond to bring support for community.  SoulfullyAButterfly This month, we wrapped up the Stress Savvy Challenge with great reflections on the journey - this challenge helped several users explore stress in a safe environment while learning about strategies to help.  To celebrate the big launch of the 7 Cups video and audio therapy, the community admin team organized content around 25 days of Gratitude, Self-Care and Personal Growth which was a great way to reflect via therapeutic strategies. You can find this content here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/therapy/General_2432/Day125DaysofGratitudeSelfCareandPersonalGrowth_318564/]. Keeping up with the end of the year celebrations, our annual 7 Cups Word Cup activity is also live now [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/SoulfullyAButterflysContentGarden_2136/2023and2024HelpUsCreateaCupCloud_320461/]. We look forward to your reflections via words for 2023 as well as 2024.  Lastly, our research opportunities still open include the IPU based study based on systemic therapy. Systemic therapy focuses on relationships between people and the patterns of interaction within the systems that impact the well-being of the individuals within the system. If you are interested in trying this therapeutic opportunity, you can find more information and sign up here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/SoulfullyAButterflysContentGarden_2136/ResearchParticipationOpportunitySystemicPsychotherapyinformedGrowthPathandListenerTraining_311588/]. The window for signing up for this study is closing soon! All members and listeners can now apply regardless of the date they signed up at 7 Cups.  I wish you all a great time reflecting back on the great year 2023 has been and am excited to explore 2024 and what it brings for us. Evelyne We have had a successful month in Quality land. The Listener Coaching Team month we've got @KindnessMatters2020 as our new Mentor Leader and @Bluerivercares as our Project agent. They’re both are doing exceptionally great on their new roles. @AuWolf led the new safety initiatives for Safety Team. They posted the first Safety forum Discussion last week here. They also hosted the first room Safety Discussion on Tuesday.  8 people participate in the scavenger hunt that ended the 22nd.  Care Team had @ArcadianSage as our newest Guide and they are currently working on onboarding @chillingRain as our newest PA.  CheeryMango Dear Community, As we bid farewell to 2023, I’m thrilled to wrap up the year with you all! This month, we celebrated the holiday spirit with a fantastic series of festive activities on the site, bringing joy and connection to our community. You can participate in all of the events we hosted here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/generalsupport/General_2440/CelebratetheSeasonwith7CupsJoinourFestiveHolidayEvents_319038/].  In addition to the holiday festivities, we've been hard at work onboarding new forum leaders to our communities. Their dedication is vital in fostering engaging and supportive spaces for our members. @Tommy and I extend our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you for your unwavering support and contributions throughout the year. Your efforts have truly made our communities thrive. If you too would like to offer support to the communities, find out how you can offer more support to a community of your choice here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesInformation_2314/UpdatedCommunityTrackLeadershipRolesMasterpost2023_289838/]. We are currently looking for new additions to join our Communities Leadership Team [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/LeadershipResources_2404/MeetTheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_276125/] as Project Agents. There are currently four focuses available for you to choose from: Events, Engagement, Community Building and Leadership. The application form and full details of what we are looking for can be found here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7cupsleadership/CommunitiesHelpWanted_2306/JointheCommunitiesLeadershipTeam_315413/].  Thank you: @tranquilBlossom79 @Mya000 @pandanfe @AutisticYouth @OllieRNLI999 @BlueRivercares @dreamIcicle8467 @Bunnylovesyou @CompassionateArrow @Lovemymoonflowers @amiablePeace77 @EmmaE @Ninziesss @MistyMagic @PoliteOcean @EmotionsListener @RumpleSteeleSkin @VerseArt @FaithfulZareia @audienta @HealingTalk @MistyMagic @purplelady568 @SunShineAlwaysGrateful @MeaningfulSilence @AffyAvo @HopieRemi @MeaningfulSilence @Barltik2065 @KateDoskocilova @KristenHR @EmotionsListener @BlueRivercares @Clio9876 @Jem7Cups @HachiBee @bestVase7265 @SomebodySpicy13 @YourCaringConfidant @Optimisticempath @Mya000 @heathermarie95 @HachiBee @Bubbles2025 @helpfulstrawberry312 @calmKermit7178 @WorkingitThrough2 @PeacePink @starryCandy6123 @Comphi @ASilentBunny @Snor1ax @YourCaringConfidant @Clarezg  @Kristynsmama @CyclingThroughLife @ComradeRuhi @Ralien @SomebodySpicy13 @BlissfulBue @chyni @El2002snow @EmpathysGarden @Mya000 @SparkyGizmo @Sunisshiningandsoareyou As we eagerly step into 2024, we look forward to the innovative ideas and leadership our communities will bring. Together, let's make the upcoming year even more remarkable!

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