by Mara Briere | Dec 2, 2019 | Family experience, Family Life Education, Fundraising, Holidays
December '19 Newsletter Tis the season to contemplate the past year, celebrate the current year, and consider the upcoming year. Noting that the holidays have their stresses, here are a few tips for getting through. It is useful to note that the needs of our loved...
by Mara Briere | Nov 4, 2019 | Advocacy, Comedy, Family Life Education, Uncategorized
Why We're All So Depressed Jim Jeffries, an Australian US citizen makes astute observations about some of America’s big issue. He is famous for his bit on gun control (https://youtu.be/0rR9IaXH1M0) and he also has a regular show on Comedy Central. He...
by Mara Briere | Oct 21, 2019 | Coaching, Family experience, Family Life Education, Moving On, Self Care, Support, Transitions
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by Mara Briere | Sep 21, 2019 | Advocacy, Coaching, Family experience, Family Life Education
Our Family The difference between family-centered care and person-centered care is something that families need to be aware of. Family-centered care in when the professionals and peer counselors consider the family to be the client and include the family in their care...
by Mara Briere | Sep 4, 2019 | Coaching, Family experience, Family Life Education, Safety, Self Care, Support
Here at Grow a Strong Family, we are working diligently on building tools since we were awarded a CHNA15 mini-grant! Grow a Strong Family: Spread the Support Project Description: Develop the training and certification online course with mentoring for...
by Mara Briere | Dec 14, 2019 | Coaching, Holidays, Self Care
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by Mara Briere | Oct 29, 2019 | Coaching, Family Life Education, Fundraising, Holidays, Support
November 2019 Newsletter One of our Board Members, Laura Baliestero, gave her supporters a “Tea” on a Sunday afternoon in October. The event was called, “Women I Love Lots, ” and included two exceptional speakers, Nancy Pizzo Boucher, and...
by Mara Briere | Oct 10, 2019 | Advocacy, Coaching, Family experience, Family Life Education
The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let things go. Nancy Boucher has graciously shared an activity that speaks to the heart of what so many of us need: how to advocate! How do we reach those who need to hear what we have to say? Our lives have been...
by Mara Briere | Sep 9, 2019 | Family experience, Family Life Education, Managing Symptoms
It is so interesting how a constellation of physical symptoms may actually be manifestations of a serious mental health disorder. I came across this picture on Facebook and it gave me food for thought. In the past year, I have lost a very dear friend because I did not...
by Mara Briere | Jul 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
There is NO daytime Replanting Lives Support Group in August. Feel free to come on the second Wednesday (8/14) from 7-8:30 pm to our home offices in Bedford MA. Share...
