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7 Cups 13th Birthday Paper Plate Awards: Nominations Open!!
by Heather225
Last post
 August 23rd
...See more Hello, everybirdy!! In celebration of 7 Cups' 13th birthday (July 7th!), we want to recognize and appreciate the contributions, accomplishments, and milestones we achieved both individually and as a community. A "paper plate award" is a humorous, informal, and often homemade award given to someone to recognize a unique, funny, or specific characteristic, habit, or contribution, put on in various settings like schools, sports teams, or community events. In the context of 7 Cups, a Paper Plate award is given to a community member for their unique personality and contribution to the community. We will share the awards winners as part of our 13th 7 Cups Birthday events.  The rules of nomination are simple: * Anyone can nominate anyone! Yes, you can nominate yourself! * You may submit as many nominations as you like! Some examples:  * @Heather225 earns the paper plate award for the most emojis * This year’s paper plate award goes to me because ___________ * Paper Plate Award goes to 7 Cups for ______________ * To @Username for ______________  ✨ Submit your nominations here! [https://forms.gle/u47wFKyZBYg6ozTe6] Form closes July 10th!! Be creative and have fun!!  ------------------------- We expect to announce the final awards by July 24th!
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13-Day Countdown to 7 Cups’ 13th Birthday: Celebrating #13YearsofCare (Master Post)
by SoulfullyAButterfly
Last post
 July 7th
...See more 7 Cups is turning 13 on July 7! To celebrate, we’re beginning a 13-day countdown to our birthday, highlighting the care, connection, and community that have made 7 Cups what it is today. To celebrate, we have a mix of ongoing forum based and live events scheduled. Participants will be presented with a commemorative badge to mark their participation in the celebration. Ongoing Events/Forums: 🧁 Submit Your Videos, Voice Messages, or Graphics Here! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/7CupsTurns13_2738/JoinUsinCelebrating7Cups13thBirthdaySubmitYourVideosVoiceMessagesorGraphicsHere_384569/] 🧁 13 for 13: Words That Define Us & Our Community [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/7CupsTurns13_2738/13for13WordsThatDefineUsOurCommunity_384451/] 🧁 7 Cups 13th Birthday Paper Plate Awards: Nominations Open!! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/7CupsTurns13_2738/7Cups13thBirthdayPaperPlateAwardsNominationsOpen_384453/] 🧁 Color Your Season: A 7 Cups Birthday Challenge [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/7CupsTurns13_2738/ColorYourSeasonA7CupsBirthdayChallenge_384437/] 🧁 Submit Questions in Advance: Birthday AMA with Glen & the Community Team. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/7CupsTurns13_2738/SubmitQuestionsinAdvanceBirthdayAMAwithGlentheCommunityTeam_384506/] 🧁 Support in Every Language: Share a Message of Care in Honor of 7 Cups Turning 13! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/7CupsTurns13_2738/SupportinEveryLanguageShareaMessageofCareinHonorof7CupsTurning13_384511/] 🧁 7 Cups Talent Showcase: Submit Your Creative Work for Our Birthday Celebration [https://www.7cups.com/forum/projectsandevents/7CupsTurns13_2738/7CupsTalentShowcaseSubmitYourCreativeWorkforOurBirthdayCelebration_384512/] 🧁 You Aren’t Broken, You Have a Care Deficit - Try the Care Calculator Here  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/GlensNookCommunity_547/YouArentBrokenYouHaveaCareDeficitIntroducingtheCareCalculator_384433/] 🧁 Share Your Best 7 Cups Stories  [https://www.7cups.com/forum/therapy/General_2432/7CupsBirthdayStories_384782/] [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/GlensNookCommunity_547/YouArentBrokenYouHaveaCareDeficitIntroducingtheCareCalculator_384433/] 🧁 What Bought You to 7 Cups? Share Here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/trauma/JournalingStories_318/Whatbroughtyouto7cupsoftea_385209/] Events to be Scheduled/Announced: 🧁 Live Community Team Birthday Party and High Five Live - Date and Submissions Announcement 🧁 Annual PB, Smalls, and Community Cupcake Awards 🧁 Community Birthday Video Announcement Live Events - all to be hosted in the Special Events chatroom: Date Event Name Host Time June 22, Monday Way of the River: Finding Your Flow Workshop SoulfullyAButterfly 12 PM EST Adults; 1 PM EST Teens June 23, Tuesday Stress Management Workshop SoulfullyAButterfly 12 PM EST Adults; 1 PM EST Teens June 24, Wednesday My 7 Cups Care Story - Sharing Circle Style SoulfullyAButterfly 12 PM EST June 25, Thursday Caring and Growing Mindfully Soulsings and AmiablePeace77 5 PM EST Mindfulness; 3 PM EST Teen Time June 26, Friday 7 Cups Trivia Night with Suryansh! Suryansh 2 PM EST Teens; 3 PM EST Adults June 29, Monday Madlib Monday with Mod Iris!  CommunityModIris 12 PM EST Teens; 1 PM EST Adults June 30, Tuesday July 1, Wednesday AMA with Glen and the Community Team! Pre-submitted answers and chitchat SoulfullyAButterfly and GlenM 12 PM EST July 2, Thursday Hope Grows Here: A Guided Self-Care & Journaling/Reflection Session with Our Clinical Director Lisa Meighan 12 PM EST Adults and Teens July 3, Friday July 6, Monday Talent Show + Coloring Page Gallery Announcement SoulfullyAButterfly 12 PM EST July 7, Tuesday Main Birthday Event TBA in the Community Community Team TBA Want a calendar invite to your preferred live events? Please RSVP through this form: Click Here [https://forms.gle/7xDDVScroxQzBCHP7] Once you fill it out, we’ll use the email you provide to send a calendar invite for the event. We’ll keep the guest list hidden from other attendees, so others should not be able to see who else was invited. Please make sure to use the email address where you’d like to receive the invite. Would you like to host an event to join in the celebration? Please contact me so that we can support you! 
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13 for 13: Words That Define Us & Our Community
by Heather225
Last post
 July 6th
...See more As 7 Cups celebrates 13 years of care, healing, connection, and kindness, we invite you to be part of the heart of our birthday celebration. Words are powerful. They can hold our experiences, our emotions, our memories, and the moments that made us feel seen. So we’re asking you to share: Which word(s) best describe your experience on 7 Cups? It could be a word about the community as a whole, or about the people who make it special - from listeners and members to leaders, peers, and everyone who helps care flow here. During our Birthday Events this July, we’ll gather 13 of the most powerful, heartfelt, and relatable words from the community and celebrate them together. ✨ Submit your word(s) here [https://forms.gle/txkML88nfMaN6bor9] ------------------------- Already submitted? Feel free to drop your word in the comments below too, so we can all cheer on your reflection together! #13YearsofCare
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The Official Summer Word Chain Game
by SoulfullyAButterfly
Last post
 57 minutes ago
...See more Ready to catch some summer fun? Here is the latest edition to this fun Word Chain Game This game is simple: build a chain of words related to summer, sunny days, vacations, and all things bright and breezy. How to Play The word you post must start with the last letter of the previous word. Keep your word related to summer (beaches, road trips, warm weather, refreshing treats, or outdoor fun). If you run out of words, you can use "happy" or "energetic" words. Be creative! Try to avoid the most common words to keep the chain going longer and more challenging. Example Chain: Beach > Hammock > Kite Let’s start the chain! The first word is: Sunshine
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Lovely Letter Links: Hearty Word Chain Game
by SoulfullyAButterfly
Last post
 1 hour ago
...See more Ready to feel the love?  This game is simple: build a chain of words related to Valentine’s Day, romance, friendship, and all things sweet and lovely. How to Play The word you post must start with the last letter of the previous word. Keep your word related to Valentine’s Day (flowers, sweets, dates, feelings, or tokens of affection). If out of words, you can use "lovely" or "kind" words. Be creative! Try to avoid the most common words to keep the chain going longer. Example Chain: Cupid > Dreamy > Yearning Let’s start the chain! The first word is: Heart 
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Listeners - Welcome to 7 Cups! Introduce yourself Here!
by Hope
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more Welcome to everyone who's joined our lovely community! This post is outdated and no longer in use. Be sure to introduce yourself to all users in our new official welcome thread! Click here! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/WelcomeIntroductionsto7Cups_1163/Welcometo7CupsIntroduceyourselfhere_331308/] - Hi everyone! I hope you are doing well. Welcome to 7 Cups! We are so excited to have you with us!! Please tell us what brought you here and what you would like to offer support on? You are not alone! We are here with you every step of the journey! Here is a resource you may find helpful: Find Welcome Pack here! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/GroupSupport_168/CommunityManagersOffice_2008/Introducing7CupsWelcomePackMembersListeners_238986/]
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Sandplay Therapy Overview/Explanation (Resource)
by memyselfandmoth
Last post
 Sunday
...See more Sandplay Therapy [https://youtu.be/FtByYNzb9Kk?si=vGm3rFmUzjQ7OHLh] - Psychology in Seattle YouTube channel Hi all! This is just a resource and channel I've found massively helpful for navigating psychotherapy as a client and as a special interest. I hope this is the right place to post and that someone finds it interesting! I have done it myself and I liked it. 
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Does Travel Count as Therapy? Why Tourism is Great for Your Mental Health
by comfortableNight4463
Last post
 September 7th
...See more "A recently published journal article in Tourism Management found that the experience of going on a vacation can be beneficial for people who navigate dementia. Researchers note how tourism experiences may provide positive impacts as a dementia intervention. It can help those who struggle with other mental health issues as well. Understanding the Research This research is one of the first to explore connections between tourism experiences and mental health interventions through the lens of positive psychology, with such benefits as savoring the moment, feeling gratitude, and thinking about positive experiences. Travel Can Restructure Your Mind Psychotherapist with Mindpath Health, Taish Malone, LPC, PhD, says, "This study supports that restructuring your mind can be more helpful when your stimuli, environment, people, duties, and so forth change." When people go on vacation, they find themselves in a new environment and different culture, and are physically moving in ways they may not at home. Malone highlights, "Some may have a distorted view that they will not have to continue to work on their growth strategies just because the stressors they once had were specific to their at-home experiences. However, they should focus on using the travel experience as a reset to choose better practices of experiencing life altogether." While a change of scenery and the absence of deadlines may help, Malone notes that admiring the beauty in life is possible no matter where you are. Finding a Sense of Balance Neuroscientist and clinical social worker Renetta Weaver, LCSW-C, says, "The research suggests that traveling to new environments offers a social and emotional experience that boosts happiness hormones and leads to new learning in ways that differ from the habitual structure of our everyday environment." Getting out of the country for a period of travel may provide that mental or emotional escape, according to Weaver. "Traveling out of the country can also help us shift our perspective and remind us that our problems are small compared to the largeness of the world; the world extends beyond our corner." Weaver explains, "Neuroscience teaches us about the plasticity of the brain and the possibility of recovering the parts of our brain that we thought we lost. Traveling can lead to the release of dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin, which cause our bodies to heal and function well." " Read the complete article available at Very Well Mind! [https://www.verywellmind.com/travel-therapy-tourism-can-benefit-people-with-mental-health-distress-5649337] Reflection: Did you get a chance to travel this summer? How has it been on your mental health? *The initial planning and travelling can be quite stressful but once you get there, it's very exciting! I'm in Dubai for the summer and I'm enjoying it so far.* #Travel #Tourism #MentalHealth
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Members - Welcome to 7 Cups! Introduce yourself Here!
by Hope
Last post
 September 4th
...See more Welcome to everyone who's joined our lovely community! This post is outdated and no longer in use. Be sure to introduce yourself in our new official welcome thread for all users! Click here! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/WelcomeIntroductionsto7Cups_1163/Welcometo7CupsIntroduceyourselfhere_331308/] - This post is dedicated to welcoming members. If you are a listener, please show support to the members who post here! Listeners can introduce themselves here. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/NewbieHub_27/WelcomeIntroductionsto7Cups_1163/Welcometo7CupsIntroduceyourselfHere_225605/] Hi there! We are so excited you joined 7 Cups! Allow us to welcome you by posting in this thread! Please tell us why you are here and what topic are you seeking support for? How can we best support you? Here is a resource you may find helpful: Find Welcome Pack here! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/GroupSupport_168/CommunityManagersOffice_2008/Introducing7CupsWelcomePackMembersListeners_238986/] Practice compassion and empathy for yourself and others. Also, on successful completion, get a chance to earn a shiny badge known as "Compassion Hero". Open Here! [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMEXP6lopKu4ZJAtmctmwk0vq9Fp7T892gWJteqmQoIJa_Dg/viewform] ------------------------- edited by ASilentObserver as of Feb 17, 2021
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Join me and @AReine
by cheerfulKiwi1776
Last post
 September 2nd
...See more An event about the end of Summer! Would you want to join us here: https://www.7cups.com/forum/countries/MentalHealthWellbeing_2687/SailingintoAutumnReadytoshareyourJourney_389517 I would love to see your creativity and see what you've got to share! 🤍 Please put your tag list here or tag a person so we can spread this Thanks
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Healthline: Are You TikTok Tired? Here’s How to Stop Scrolling and Reclaim More Zs
by sunnyWriting4806
Last post
 September 2nd
...See more “The fact that social media can disrupt sleep likely doesn’t come as a surprise. A 2016 study indicated that it could significantly impact rest, and, as a result, affect the health and well-being of young adults. More recently, a 2021 study of more than 1,000 TikTok users in China suggested that the popular app might lead to more daytime fatigue. Researchers believe the fatigue can be attributed to increased levels of cognitive arousal before bed. This research doesn’t surprise Dr. Alex Dimitriu, double board certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD. “The behavior of ‘search and find,’ especially with food, has been shown to keep sleep-deprived mice awake endlessly,” Dimitriu says. “This makes evolutionary sense — finding food may be immediately more important even than sleep.” And Dimitriu says humans view TikTok in a similar light. Charissa Chamorro, PhD, a New York City-based private clinical psychologist specializing in anxiety disorders and sleep-related issues, agrees. “With TikTok, you stay hooked because the next video could be the funniest, most talked about, or most fascinating one you’ve ever seen,” Chamorro says. “You stay up late, despite being tired, because your brain is craving its next fix of fascinating entertainment. The videos on TikTok also provide an immediate reward while the benefits of sleep are experienced later.” The blue light emanating from devices likely doesn’t help. Older research of eReaders from 2014 suggested that blue light adversely affected morning alertness, circadian rhythm, and sleep.” Some Insights From This Article * Tik Tok and other related social media platforms have become the new slot machine for the new generation. Every swipe is equating toward a temporary burst of pleasure quickly burned out by the end of the video or our disinterest prompting us to swipe again. * This addictive short spurt of dopamine has been causing people to move on their phones at night, sometimes staying up for hours at time scrolling through content posted on the platforms. * The most affected population is the most to lose from this sort of sleep disruption. Teenagers and young adults have the most gain from regular uninterrupted sleep as their brain and body are still developing. Yet these populations report the most sleep loss due to social media use. Are there any strategies that you use to prevent using your phone at night or throughout the day? Full article is here! [https://www.healthline.com/health-news/are-you-tiktok-tired-heres-how-to-stop-scrolling-and-reclaim-more-zs#How-social-media-especially-TikTok-affects-sleep] #SocialMedia #Sleep #Teens
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🌿☕🌿
by BalanceofBrainandMind
Last post
 August 29th
...See more If you could safely take off your 'I'm fine' mask for just one minute, what would you say? 🎭
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A Sincere Appeal to the 7 Cups Team
by AmatAllah
Last post
 August 29th
...See more I’m respectfully reaching out to any 7 Cups admin or community team member who may be able to help review my account and reconsider its closure. I have spent more than 290 hours listening and supporting members on 7 Cups, and I have received more than 50 reviews during my time on the platform. 7 Cups has been meaningful to me, and I truly valued being part of this community. I understand that concerns or complaints can happen, and I also understand that no listener is perfect. However, I was not aware of the specific reason behind the complaints or which guideline I had violated. I have already submitted an appeal and completed the required form, but I have been waiting for more than a week without receiving a response. I’m therefore reaching out here in the hope that an admin or responsible team member can kindly take a look at my case. I am fully willing to follow all 7 Cups policies and community guidelines, complete any additional training, or take any steps the team considers appropriate. I genuinely want to understand what happened, learn from it, and do better. If any 7 Cups admin or team member sees this and can help, please feel free to contact me privately. I can provide my Listener username and the email address associated with my account so you can identify my case and help me with the next steps. I sincerely ask you to please give me another opportunity to have my account reviewed and, if possible, restored. I truly hope I can continue contributing positively to the 7 Cups community. Thank you for taking the time to read my appeal. 🙏
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Need Support
by Sig91
Last post
 August 28th
...See more What a person should choose when it is between your best friend and a husband? Best friend was the one who stood in my every ups and downs while husband was always there to push you down, and now when your terms with your husband is going good just because of your best friend unlimited support with you to make this marriage stable, now husband is demanding to leave that best friend out of your life because she is just a non sense person who has no goals or motivation of achieving something in life and he is demanding you to focus on logical meaningful things to grow in life. And on every next day you are fighting with your husband for your priorities as in my life yes my best friend is my life and priority, im standing where no one’s understands me and i can’t even share this with my best friend that what type of stress and *** i am going through because once she will know she will leave me with him, and i am nothing without her, my day starts with her and it ends with her. She means too much to me that no one in this world would understand. I am heartbroken i am in anxiety i don’t know how to handle this situation alone.
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7 Cups 13th Birthday Paper Plate Awards: Nominations Open!!
by Heather225
Last post
 August 23rd
...See more Hello, everybirdy!! In celebration of 7 Cups' 13th birthday (July 7th!), we want to recognize and appreciate the contributions, accomplishments, and milestones we achieved both individually and as a community. A "paper plate award" is a humorous, informal, and often homemade award given to someone to recognize a unique, funny, or specific characteristic, habit, or contribution, put on in various settings like schools, sports teams, or community events. In the context of 7 Cups, a Paper Plate award is given to a community member for their unique personality and contribution to the community. We will share the awards winners as part of our 13th 7 Cups Birthday events.  The rules of nomination are simple: * Anyone can nominate anyone! Yes, you can nominate yourself! * You may submit as many nominations as you like! Some examples:  * @Heather225 earns the paper plate award for the most emojis * This year’s paper plate award goes to me because ___________ * Paper Plate Award goes to 7 Cups for ______________ * To @Username for ______________  ✨ Submit your nominations here! [https://forms.gle/u47wFKyZBYg6ozTe6] Form closes July 10th!! Be creative and have fun!!  ------------------------- We expect to announce the final awards by July 24th!

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Below are the applications and leaders for community projects on 7 cups of tea! Leaders, please contact @CheeryMango if information or links need to be changed.

Forum Team: @CheeryMango
Music Therapy: Inactive at the moment
The Needs Reply Team: @bookworm274
Q & A Project: @SoulfullyButterfly
Subcommunities: @CheeryMango
Translation Project: @SoulfullyAButterfly
Team Lightship: @ASilentObserver

Updated: 11/23/2022 by @CheeryMango