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I strongly believe in psychology - as a psychology student - I view our Psyches/psychology to be a key for all success in life. I believe that soulfully, we are all butterflies - we suffer from trials and misfortunes, and bit by bit, we are purified by our sufferings, until we are able to soar like a great butterfly. But the greatest thing amongst the chaos of this world, is that we can unite in the face of darkness in order to grasp the light. Conquer your life today, and reach out whenever needed!

🦋I am a verified, trained active listener with experience on several leadership teams here. I believe in the power of listening and motivating one another for success. Apart from my work here, I am a bookworm, poet, and lifelong learner. I enjoy advocating mental health and have leadership experience and training.

🦋 My journey at 7 Cups started as an intern. I graduated my internship here with honors, and put together a project on Social Media Depression (link found at the end of my bio).

🦋 My current roles include being the Programs Coordinator - I oversee the Content Volunteer Team and the Translations Project. I also enjoy being a Peer Supporter, Moderator/Room Supporter, as well as a forum-worm).

🦋 In the past, I have loved being the CML for the Veterans and Military Support Community and the Family and Caregivers Support Community as well. I have worked with great teams including the 35+ and 50+ subcommunities, and have been a discussion writer and feed team member as well.

🦋 I have not been raised or born in Pakistan and am only just recently adjusting to the culture/norms associated with the country. My first and primary language is English and I am not fluent enough in Urdu. Kindly respect that.

🦋If you are interested in learning more about the Community Projects and the Honors project, discussed above, please click the links below. Thank you!

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Happy 13th Birthday, 7 Cups! Celebrating 13 Years of Care - Community Video!

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July 12th

Live Event: Join Us for 7 Cups’ 13th Birthday Party with Glen & the Community Team!

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July 7th

13-Day Countdown to 7 Cups’ 13th Birthday: Celebrating #13YearsofCare (Master Post)

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July 7th

Join Us in Celebrating 7 Cups’ 13th Birthday! Submit Your Videos, Voice Messages, or Graphics Here!

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July 6th

...See more 7 Cups turns 13 on July 7th, and we want YOU to be a part of our special celebration! 🎉✨ We're inviting everyone to share their creativity in various forms for our birthday video and graphics compilation. Here’s how you can contribute: Prompts to Consider (Choose one or more): * Video Message: Record a short video (10-30 seconds) sharing why 7Cups matters to you, a message of thanks to the community, or your wishes for 7 Cups in its 13th year. * Voice Message: If you prefer, record a voice message (audio file) instead of a video. Please ensure there is an accompanying graphic that you would like to be displayed, or we can add one for you. * Graphics Contribution: Are you skilled with graphics or design? Submit your original artwork, digital designs, or creative visuals that represent the spirit of 7 Cups and its community. Submission Guidelines: * Video and Voice Messages: Please ensure your recordings are clear and heartfelt. Please do not use any copyrighted music other than your voice in your video! (To avoid copyright issues, the final video will be posted on YouTube.) If submitting a voice message, include a graphic you would like to be displayed, or we can add one for you. * Graphics: Submit your artwork in JPEG, PNG, or PDF format. Deadline: We're getting a head start on this to ensure everyone has ample time! Please submit your contributions by July 2nd to be included in our birthday compilation. If you need an extension, let me know. How to Submit: * For videos, voice messages and graphics, upload your files to the designated Google Drive listed on the form (If you need to share the link to your submission, contact me for the email.) Issues with Submission: If you encounter any issues with submitting your form, please contact me. Important Note: By submitting your content, you agree to grant 7 Cups permission to use it in the birthday celebration video, to be published online ------------------------- Click here to access the form: https://forms.gle/pPLeNYnf1x3a5mjd9

7 Cups Talent Showcase: Submit Your Creative Work for Our Birthday Celebration

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July 2nd

Support in Every Language: Share a Message of Care in Honor of 7 Cups Turning 13!

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July 25th

...See more As part of 7 Cups Turns 13 and #13YearsofCare, we’re celebrating the many ways care is shared across our global community. For this birthday activity, we invite you to submit a short supportive message or letter answering this question: What would you say to someone who is struggling right now? Your message can be: * a few kind words * a short note of encouragement * a message of hope * a reminder someone may need to hear today You’re welcome to write your message in your own language. Because care is universal - and sometimes the most comforting words are the ones that feel most like home. You can use the 7 Cups 13 Years of Care birthday frame below to share your message and help spread awareness of 7 Cups and the support our community offers. How to Participate 1) Write a short supportive message for someone who may be struggling. Feel free to write it in your own language. If comfortable, sign it with a first name/username/pseudonym and also mention your country. 2) Add your message inside the 7 Cups Turns 13 birthday frame 3) Reply to this post with your finished submission Not Sure What to Write? Here are some ideas: * “You are not alone.” * “It’s okay to take things one step at a time.” * “Even now, there is hope.” * “You deserve care, kindness, and support.” Through this activity, we hope to show that no matter where we come from or what language we speak, care can still reach someone who needs it. Please note: Submitted notes may be shared on 7 Cups social media or other community celebration spaces as part of our birthday event. You are welcome to sign your note with a pseudonym, username, first name, or leave it unsigned. We can’t wait to see your messages and celebrate 13 years of care together.

Answers Now Posted: Birthday AMA with Glen & the Community Team.

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July 26th

...See more 7 Cups is turning 13 on July 7, and we’re celebrating #13YearsofCare with a special birthday AMA featuring Glen, our founder, and members of the Community Team. This is a chance to ask questions, reflect on the journey of 7 Cups, and hear more about the heart, history, and future of our community. Live Event: Wednesday, July 1 at 12 PM EST Who can attend live: Adult users only, teens can use this forum though! Questions: Please submit your questions in advance by replying to this forum post We’ll gather questions from this thread before the live event. Some questions will be answered during the live session, and responses will also be shared here on the forums so community members can still take part even if they are not able to attend live. Please keep questions kind, respectful, and community-centered. Drop your question below and help us celebrate 7 Cups’ 13th birthday together. Update July 1, 2026: We had a great session and Glen, @Heather225 and I enjoyed answering your questions. Here is a compilation of what Glen had to say for all the submitted questions: @jesusredeemedme2425: Was there anything specific that made you start 7Cups? Not just a desire to help people, but a specific event in your life, etc? Glen: I had a pretty difficult childhood and early adolescence. I know what it feels like to be in a lot of pain. Over the years, I had a number of mentors look out for me. I didn’t want people to feel that pain alone. Listening to someone is the easiest way to help them feel heard and not alone. It is how we give love, hope, and compassion to others. It is a simple, but very powerful intervention. And all of you have received that or given it here, so you know exactly what I’m talking about. Thank you! 🙏 @LightWinter3974: What are you doing today to self-care💖? Glen: I exercise daily and journal quite a bit. I also pray several times a day. Last, I talk with people that love me. @sereneMango2512: What are the major challenges that 7 cups team thinks we struggle with and what will we be doing in the upcoming year for them? Glen: We have been working on 7 Cups for 13 years! We have come very far, but we still have a very long way to go. Ideally, we’d be able to optimally help each person that walked through our “front doors” by matching them with the best listeners, groups, exercises, forums etc. All of the “digital therapeutics” or “nutrients” that could best help them heal and grow. This is a problem we are still trying to solve. We have made a lot of progress and with more tools / capabilities coming online we should be able to accelerate that progress. We are hard at work at it and will keep at it until we get there! @Remina: Where do you see 7cups in 10 more years? Glen: Great question! I wrote this post in 2015: A Letter from 2020: What I Imagine Mental Health will look like in 5 Years: https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/GlensNookCommunity_547/ALetterfrom2020WhatIImagineMentalHealthwilllooklikein5Years_32207/ It was fun to read it again. We have made measurable progress on 7 Cups and as a field on much of these points. One thing I didn’t see coming at all was the impact of AI. It just wasn’t really a thing back then. We had a very basic version of Noni, but she was mostly just a happy dog that smiled at you. She was based on a basic decision tree technology. JITT, moderation, AI for research etc. wasn’t even on the horizon. My guess is that AI will continue to become increasingly powerful. On 7 Cups, we will use it to better help us support one another. I like to think of 7 Cups as a deep and big forest where we all flourish. There are many happy animals and critters running around. All of the trees get plenty of sun and water. There is a deep joy when you walk through the woods. I imagine our forest getting more beautiful, diverse, and lovely over the next 10 years! @Tulipsmile: What is one core value or lesson from the past 13 years that you believe will continue to guide the future of this beautiful community? Glen: There is a saying that “we are smarter than me.” It is kind of hard to capture, but our community - made up of all of us - is brilliant. The way we have co-created 7 Cups as a safe haven for people all around the world. I try to listen to all of the signals, because I deeply value and admire our community. My hope is that our collective intelligence will continue to help us make gains in better helping people. @cheerfulKiwi1776: What is something you learned out of this continuing journey here on 7 cups? What did 7 cups gave to you? Glen: I have learned 1000s of things from this community. You can find them all here in my section called Glen’s nook: https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/GlensNookCommunity_547/. I try to capture all that you have taught me. Another good place to check out is the Way of the River community. This is organized in a course or programmatic way of all the things the community has taught me over the years. You can find it here: https://www.7cups.com/forum/wayoftheriver/ The community has given me hope, love, and courage. You all have made me a better person. I am very thankful for the kind messages, prayers, and encouragement. Running 7 Cups is one of the hardest things I’ve done in my life. All of the deposits you make in my emotional bank account help. @cheerfulKiwi1776: Also another thing. Why are therapists only for adults and to be paid? Do you think that 7 cups will ever have any paid version (I hope not)?? Glen: We are not in a position to do teen therapy. Maybe in the future! 7 Cups will always remain free. 99.8% of what we do is at no cost. .02% of people upgrade to premium or to talk to a therapist and that is what helps us keep the lights on. It has always been a struggle to financially support 7 Cups. It still is, but I remain hopeful that we can figure it out so that it isn’t as challenging. @GnomedBinary: Are there any tips you would give today's listeners that you wish you gave to listeners 5 years ago? Glen: I wrote this post called Care is Electricity a couple of months ago. You can find it here: https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/GlensNookCommunity_547/CareisElectricity_381633/. I wish I had had a deeper understanding of this idea 5 years ago. It would have simplified things considerably for us. Back then, I still thought that we needed to optimize the tech more. And I think I needed to go through that to better learn key lessons. At the core of it, I think caring is what heals. @Samuriheart: Do you think 7Cups will stay online based or advance in years to come? Glen: 7 Cups will always be online. Do you mean will we ever be IRL or in-person? I have thought of different ways of doing in-person sharing circles kind of like AA/NA has meetings, but I’ve not been able to figure it out in a way that would be fully safe. I’d love to do it, but it is challenging to figure out how to do it. @HealingwithMinionn: What is your plan for volunteering? Will it be harder to be selective in the future? Glen: We want anyone who wants to be able to genuinely help others to be able to provide care to people. We believe that both giving and receiving care is important. We will likely have more advanced and targeted training in the future. Right now we have the Academy (7cups.com/academy [/7cups.com/academy]) and Just-In-Time-Training. These are excellent, but you can imagine a future where we have feedback in real time. We are working on this now with an AI client simulator - an AI that acts as a client - with Carnegie Mellon University. If it works, then we will roll it out for anyone to access and learn. @comfortingmusician08: Have you considered allowing voice recordings/voice call as an option? It may benefit members to be able to openly talk if they're comfortable rather than text for certain topics. Glen: We have thought of this, especially as a premium feature. One challenge is that it is much more difficult to moderate audio/voice interactions. For example, if a person uses inappropriate language, then we can easily block those words from going through. If a person uses it as voice we wouldn’t be able to block them from saying inappropriate words. I do think this is a good idea and am interested in what you all think about this as a premium option? @KindnessMatters2020: Are there any plans to optimize using AI to enhance listener training? Glen: Yes, as discussed earlier we have AI-based clients that will be used to better train listeners. This tool will give the listener real-time feedback on how much trust they’ve built with the client. Additionally, they will be able to get real-time feedback on how they might have used a better message to create more trust/empathy. Last, there will be a score of the overall conversation with specific feedback on ways to improve. This should be very good! @MeilleureAmie: What inspired the name '7 Cups' specifically? I'm a tea person myself so I won't complain :p but I'm still curious.. why tea over coffee, when it used to be '7 Cups of Tea,' and does the number 7 hold any particular meaning? Glen: As you noted, we started off of 7 Cups of Tea. I loved this name too. See the poem below. We shortened it to 7 Cups because, in general, shorter URLs are better. 7 Cups of Tea is actually the name of a famous ancient poem. The suggestion is that each cup provides a different level of healing. It’s important that our community feels that 7 Cups of Tea is a place where you can sit down and have several cups of tea with a friend. It isn’t just a one-time meeting. You can touch base as much as you like. Click here to listen [https://vocaroo.com/1bHp9ErfSOeL] to a reading of the poem by @fristo 7 Cups of Tea, by Lu Tong (795 - 835 CE) The first cup kisses away my thirst, and my loneliness is quelled by the second. The third gives insight worthy of ancient scrolls, and the fourth exiles my troubles. My body becomes lighter with the fifth, and the sixth sends word from immortals. But the seventh—oh the seventh cup— if I drink you, a wind will hurry my wings toward the sacred island. Translated by Christopher Nelson @Luminity125: Will we ever have a voice chat/voice note option? Some people prefer that and suggest using other apps for that reason which is against the guidelines. Glen: Yes, see above! I’d welcome your thoughts on it. @Luminity125: Will therapy on cups ever be free and/or be available for teens too? Glen: Unlikely that therapy will ever be free as therapists typically charge for services. Although many therapists on 7 Cups lead group discussions and engage in the forums. I think this helps quite a bit! @Yourmikasa: is there any tips for us listeners that you wish that someone would give you too when you are new there? And how the members should respect a listener, and how a listener should respect a member? Glen: I think just being very warm and welcoming. Many people coming to 7 Cups are in a vulnerable spot. If we can be accepting and kind, then that goes a long way towards helping people feel safe. Once a person feels safe, they can begin to build trust and heal. @CommunityModAnne: What’s the most surprising or unbelievable thing you've witnessed happen here since founding 7 Cups? Something you never thought would happen here. Glen: It is really hard for people to *see* and *understand* us. They look at 7 Cups as a sort of miracle or a series of miracles. And, in some ways, they are right. We are a series of miracles. Something like 7 Cups shouldn’t really exist and yet we do. I would have thought that people would better understand us because we do exist. Instead, because we do not fit a pre-determined category it is VERY hard for them to see us. It is almost like the category has to exist first so that they can see us. That really surprised me and continues to surprise me. I’ve become better over the years at describing us (e.g., a gift economy etc.) but it still only has minimal impact. I’m still trying! @PatienceImpatiens: What’s the strangest and weirdest thing to you about a thirteen year old organization? Glen: 13 years is pretty old for an organization. Only 15% of tech companies make it this far. In some ways, I look at what we’ve built as a community and as a platform and I think - wow we have accomplished a lot! In other ways, I look at how much progress we’ve made and I wish we would have made a lot more progress. It is this strange paradox of seeing how far we’ve come, but also wishing that we would have made it a lot further. An odd toggle. I do the same thing in my own life. I always wish that I would have figured things out sooner. The truth is that the problem is the path and things happen, I believe, when they are supposed to happen. Though I wish we would have done a better job at helping more people I don’t really see much of what we could have done better. We just had to discover / learn things along the way. @lindorcarameltruffles: How does it make you feel knowing that 7 Cups continues to grow and expand? Glen: It feels really good. 7 Cups is my fifth child. All of you have helped raise it with me. It was a little baby in the beginning. Lots of crying and not really a “mind” yet that came online. Now it is super smart - much smarter than me - and incredibly compassionate and impactful. I’m really curious to see how it evolves from here.

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July 8th

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