My name is InsightfulPhoenix or Phoe 🥰 I'm 100% Nonbinary bean, my pronouns are she/they I'm a proud parent, I'm also very much engaged💖 I enjoy the little things in life. Please respect my pronouns, boundaries as a person. We all have things we go through so choose kindness, because some people fight silent battles💖

-No Longer Active- Goodbye, 7Cups. Thank you for all the memories and opportunities and amazing moments. I will never forget the time I spent here.❤ Might return someday, but until then, Farewell. :) -Vic (2021-2022)

𓇢𓆸♡ Hi, I'm Rose🌹. ♡ (^=˃ᆺ˂) 𓇢𓆸 ♡🌹 If you are around the Sharing Circles, and you see someone doing a fantastic job of hosting, please nominate them here for Hosting Hero. Please don’t nominate me, as I just got “Hosting Shero” Sunday, February 25, 2024. It’s an award I will always treasure, and in fact, I’m printing it out to place on the wall so I can look at it. The award is thanks to You! Thanks to everyone who nominated me! Here's the link to the nomination form next time you notice anyone here hosting well! https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/MemberSharingCircles_2109/HostingHeros_324437/ [https://www.7cups.com/forum/groupmod/MemberSharingCircles_2109/HostingHeros_324437/] ♡🌹Conversations are limited to no more than 30 minutes for each chat. You can leave me messages in between chats and I will check back with you.  All conversations are held in strictest confidence!  We can have asynchronous chats, where you leave a message and then when I get to your message, I will leave a message for you, and we can have a conversation that way. This is actually how I prefer to chat since I’m a new puppy mum and my schedule is kind of wild these days.  World Clock and Time Converter: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ ♡ (^=˃ᆺ˂) 𓇢𓆸 My Fantastic Listener Twin: Mindful Journey22 My Awesome and Amazing Member Twin: Geminieyss4unz ✿ڿڰۣ— ♡🌹CRISIS: 7 cups Listeners do not have the training or back up to support you properly if you are in Crisis. In other words, your Crisis is worthy of better help than I can provide at this time. If you are currently in a crisis situation where you or another in your environment are at risk of being harmed, Please log off 7 cups and please go here to one of these links. https://7cups.com/crisis Find a helpline has international listings and categories for all types of crisis. It is the best link I have found in my experiences as a Crisis Counselor (not on 7 cups) for International Links. Please note that some crisis lines have hours (eg., 9-4 business hours— the hours are listed on this site if they are available) and some do not accept calls from outside the country, though many do. This resource is maintained by a very reputable organization and if I were in crisis, I would go here first. https://findahelpline.com [https://findahelpline.com/]  Here are some other alternatives: International Suicide hotlines: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html  Suicide crisis lines are listed here by country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines ♡ (^=˃ᆺ˂) 𓇢𓆸 Here are a few additional sites for help: https://Mentalhealth.com https://Crisiscenter.com  https://988lifeline.org FREE or LOW COST THERAPY: Mental Health America is website that offers information and resources to support and find help for a friend or loved one: https://bit.ly/MHA3res Now Matters Now is a website that offers support for coping with thoughts of suicide through teaching DBT skills, videos, and personal stories: bit.ly/NMN_ref [http://bit.ly/NMN_ref] Open Counseling is a website that provides a directory of local and affordable counseling. They also have virtual options: http://bit.ly/OC_ref OPC is a directory of low-cost options for in person & online therapy; the site has a one-time lifetime membership fee or services https://openpathcollective.org Rise Above the Disorder connects people with local mental health providers and subsidizes costs for those who can't afford it. https://bit.ly/yrad_r ♡ (^=˃ᆺ˂) 𓇢𓆸 HELP WITH FOOD, HOUSING (USA) If you may need help with food, housing, or immediate needs, this website has a list of organizations in the USA organized by zip code. http://findhelp.org [http://findhelp.org/]  WARMLINES For a list of warmlines (not crisis lines, but lines where you can talk with someone) by state in the USA, please consult: https://warmline.org/warmdir.html#directory ✿ڿڰۣ— You can usually find me in Adult Member Sharing Circles, 8-9 a.m. EST Wednesdays and Fridays. You may also find me picking up on-the-spot Facilitation from time to time. Adult Member Sharing Circles are my very favorite place on 7 cups. From time to time, on Mondays, I will facilitate a Gratitude Circle in the Positivity Room, 8-9 a.m. EST. ✿ڿڰۣ— 🌹 Alfred Sisley Rose from my garden for you: https://imgur.com/a/Qokpnyn 𓇢𓆸 If you’re a new Member and you’re looking for the hub of all the info on what to do, here you go! ♡ 🌹Here is the New Member Welcome Pack, a Google Doc that explains how to connect with listeners, how to use our group chat rooms and forum, and a few other things like safety and reporting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CL9Yu_6zixlapOjdrhCgKLy9JN5wY3HWdrGH7PIO2WI [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CL9Yu_6zixlapOjdrhCgKLy9JN5wY3HWdrGH7PIO2WI] Help link: https://help.7cups.com/hc/en-us/requests/new [https://help.7cups.com/hc/en-us/requests/new] Self-Help Guides https://www.7cups.com/supportGuides/selfHelpGuides.php   Guide to Managing Family Stress https://www.7cups.com/family-stress/ Mindfulness Guides: https://www.7cups.com/exercises/mindfulness/   Listener Primer https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nXShObboR646WnkXOdY1FwmCXyYbmPwii3ZtRGqwFhk/edit?hl=en&forcehl=1# [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nXShObboR646WnkXOdY1FwmCXyYbmPwii3ZtRGqwFhk/edit?hl=en&forcehl=1]   Censor updates form:  Censor Updates [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOYDIsgeWmqr4e5hKpTFZ_TC7CnG7OB1DV6mhocHx1kWYWzQ/viewform] ✿ڿڰۣ— When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the question students asked him most was: Do you believe in God? And he always answered: I believe in the God of Spinoza. Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, along with Descartes. According to Spinoza, God would say: “Stop praying. I want you to go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you. “Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you. “Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. Sex is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything that others made you believe. “Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes—you will find me in no book! “Stop asking me, ‘Will you tell me how to do my job?’ Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry or bothered. I am pure love. “Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you, I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies, and best of all, free will. Why would I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How could I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that? “Respect your peers, and don't give what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life—alertness is your guide. “My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, not a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now—and it is all you need. “I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record. You are absolutely free to create in your life. It’s you who creates heaven or hell. “Live as if there is nothing beyond this life, as if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist. Then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is an afterlife, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask, ‘Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?’ “Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea. “Stop praising me. What kind of egomaniac God do you think I am? I'm bored with being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me. “Stop complicating things and repeating as a parrot what you've been taught about me. Why do you need more miracles? So many explanations? “The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders.” ✿ڿڰۣ— John Roedel (author): “Me: Hey God. God: Hello. Me: I'm falling apart. Can you put me back together? God: I would rather not. Me: Why? God: Because you aren't a puzzle. Me: What about all of the pieces of my life that are falling down onto the ground? God: Let them stay there for a while. They fell off for a reason. Take some time and decide if you need any of those pieces back. Me: You don't understand! I'm breaking down! God: No - you don't understand. You are breaking through. What you are feeling are just growing pains. You are shedding the things and the people in your life that are holding you back. You aren't falling apart. You are falling into place. Relax. Take some deep breaths and allow those things you don't need anymore to fall off of you. Quit holding onto the pieces that don't fit you anymore. Let them fall off. Let them go. Me: Once I start doing that, what will be left of me? God: Only the very best pieces of you. Me: I'm scared of changing. God: I keep telling you - You Aren't Changing!! You Are Becoming! Me: Becoming who? God: Becoming who I created you to be! A person of light and love and charity and hope and courage and joy and mercy and grace and compassion. I made you for more than the shallow pieces you have decided to adorn yourself with that you cling to with such greed and fear. Let those things fall off of you. I love you! Don't change! ... Become! Become! Become who I made you to be. I'm going to keep telling you this until you remember it. Me: There goes another piece. God: Yep. Let it be. Me: So ... I'm not broken? God: Of course not! - but you are breaking like the dawn. It's a new day. Become!!!” 🌷 (Stop, breathe, think how wonderful you are.) 𓇢𓆸 Here are some links to some Mindfulness Exercises on 7 cups: https://www.7cups.com/exercises/mindfulness/?showlist=1 🌷 Here’s a resource should you be at loose ends how to start a difficult conversation with someone. Seize the awkward gives tips for starting those conversations, while taking care of yourself at the same time. https://seizetheawkward.org/ ✿ڿڰۣ— Free confidential support from a helpline/hotline near you - online chat text or phone (international just put in your country)  https://findahelpline.com/  𓇢𓆸 Tiny Habits free program here on 7cups to easily add new habits into your life  https://tinyhabits.com/program/   sign up for a tiny habits coach  https://bjfogg.typeform.com/to/QXc0WJ ᎧᎮܔ Free procrastination workbook and self-help modules  https://bit.ly/2GOcU3e 𓇢𓆸 ProgressiveMuscleRelaxation https://youtu.be/f7I2Upk5jqI * https://youtu.be/ihO02wUzgkc ✿ڿڰۣ— Systematic Desensitization to reduce triggers that cause panic attacks or phobias  http://bit.ly/2yUhPbg   🌷 Great website everything related to Self Desensitization and free ebook  http://web.csulb.edu/~tstevens/Desensit.htm 💐 Visuals that help with breathing during panic attacks  https://dailyburn.com/life/lifestyle/stressed-gifs-breathing-exercises/ ᎧᎮܔ 7cups discussion on dealing with panic attacks  https://bit.ly/2MomF97 𓇢𓆸 7cups discussion on reframing negative thoughts  https://bit.ly/2OnBaxv ✿ڿڰۣ— 30 grounding techniques to quiet the mind  https://www.healthline.com/health/grounding-techniques ♡🌹 7cups discussion on managing negative internal dialogue  https://bit.ly/2HOwCLl .❀。• *₊°。 ❀°。 Relaxing piano music and water sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6J0ylYTO4s ♡ (^=˃ᆺ˂) 𓇢𓆸  To send a cuddle to anyone on 7 cups click here: https://rarelycharlie.github.io/cuddle ♡ (^=˃ᆺ˂) 𓇢𓆸 ♡🌹𓇢𓆸Sharing Circles 𓇢𓆸I'm a Believer in Sharing Circles because of their storied origin from the councils of Indigenous Peoples during which a "talking stick" would be handed around the circle to listen to each person's views. The purpose there was for each individual voice to contribute to collective decisions for the benefit of the group. 𓇢𓆸I believe that in sharing our personal wisdom, support and validation, the group as a whole is enriched greatly and balance and equality are created and respected. 𓇢𓆸Each voice gets the chance to be heard, and in turn, each person develops their own voice. 𓇢𓆸By listening to each voice and incorporating each of our personal wisdom, we can integrate the insights and lived experience of others into our own mentality and coping mechanisms, and become better able to manage the stresses of modern society. 𓇢𓆸Trying a new approach, or seeing something from another perspective, sometimes gives the fresh air necessary to breathe on old thinking and rustle it up to give energy for movement and growth. 𓇢𓆸We also can learn new vocabulary to describe our emotions and become more emotionally literate. For some of us, learning the vocabulary of the heart is a big journey. 𓇢𓆸Much personal growth can be attained when up to 7 minutes of focused sharing time is applied consistently and regularly towards internal sorting, and when the same person who is sharing is also learning to support others. 𓇢𓆸The cohesion of the Sharing Circle group can lend a feeling of community strength that may not be possible individually. 𓇢𓆸This link is about the origin of Sharing Circles within the groups of Indigenous Peoples: https://ravenspeaks.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sharing_Circle_Instructions_SECONDARY.pdf 𓇢𓆸Here's an article about Sharing Circles and the possibility for restorative justice through them: https://passthefeather.ca/sharing-circles/?v=e4b09f3f8402 𓇢𓆸Finally, there are some strong theoretical principles from group therapy that are taught through groups like the Sharing Circle. Please read here for more information about the therapeutic forces at work within group therapy. https://pmhealthnp.com/stages-and-yaloms-therapeutic-forces/ 𓇢𓆸 More about Yalom's Group Factors: (1970) https://www.cpsp.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3-IXB2-Yalom-Group-Therapy-Methods.pdf ♡🌹  "When you wonder whether or not your life will ever be changed, if you will ever be changed into My image, remember this. Our Father is using in your life the same power that He used to raise Me from the dead. This Resurrection Power is what will allow the old you to die off and the new you to be reborn into my likeness. Trust Him to complete what He has begun." (Eph 1:19) ♡ (^=˃ᆺ˂) 𓇢𓆸 ♡🌹Advice for Strangers on: Life: The only thing predictable about Life, is that Life is Unpredictable. Grasp Life firmly, Ride the Waves, Hang on Tight for the Ride. Peace is worth working for with your Whole Life. We can all co-exist and share. Let’s do this. Prayer is under-rated in its Power to soothe, heal and calm the stresses of Everyday.  Love: Love Big. Love Always. The more Love you Deliver, you will receive Three-fold and more. The Universe is basically composed of Love actualized into a material form. Love Little. Love with small gestures of kindness. Wipe the dishes. Take care of the trash. Wash someone’s feet, with their permission of course. Give your loved one a back rub. Do something nice without expecting them to notice. God notices. Finance: Be frugal. Live simply within your means. Laugh often. Share. Don’t let money or the lack thereof stand in between you and your Splendid Dreams. Money is simply a construct and a tool. Money will come your way once you open the flow within yourself to receive the abundance that is waiting for you. Help People.  Education: Attain the very highest degree you can. Strive! A degree is something no one can ever take away from you. Your knowledge and skills are woven into your very essence. You will learn how to think without being attached to your thoughts. Rich discussions ensue. Life is more fun. The whole of the World awaits you. From Calm Rosebud for Benitta’s book. 𓇢𓆸 “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”  William Hutchinson Murray ♡ (^=˃ᆺ˂) 𓇢𓆸  “Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. "But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal. "A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said. "We are at our best when we serve others.”  ✿ڿڰۣ—🌹 Mother Teresa's Anyway Poem People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God; It was never between you and them anyway. [Reportedly inscribed on the wall of Mother Teresa's children's home in Calcutta, and attributed to her. However, an article in the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/arts/08MAXI.html] has since reported (March 8, 2002) that the original version of this poem was written by Kent M. Keith [http://www.paradoxicalcommandments.com/index.html].] ✿ڿڰۣ—  ♡ Love and (^=˃ᆺ˂) Courage, 𓇢𓆸  Rose 🌹 ♡ (^=˃ᆺ˂) 𓇢𓆸

Hi! My name is Jennie and I am a Community moderator. I'm unfortunately not available for 1-1 chats. 

I greatly love learning new things, nature, cats, and much more. The topics I do  not take at this time are 1 weight management  2 eating disorders 3  alcohol /  drug abuse 4 addiction chats 5 financial stress any other topic that is not listed here I am ok taking.

Welcome to my bio!  Please note that my response time is within 3 days.  Hello, Bonjour, Hola, Guten Tag, Ciao, Ola, Ni Hao! I'm CheeryMango or commonly known as Mango here on 7cups. I'm currently the Subcommunities Coordinator which means I oversee all operations within the Subcommunity Domain.  Please feel free to reach out for support connected to the site and Subcommunities! I am unable to take on chat requests right now. Please connect to our listeners here!  [http://7cups.com/BrowseListeners]

  READ BIO BEFORE MESSAGING. due to my roles and personal life, I may not always accept chat requests Browse Listeners [https://www.7cups.com/BrowseListeners] I only take *teen* chats. If you are an adult member, please reach out to somebody else. In order to chat with me, please schedule a time with me to do so (at least 24hrs before appointed time). I am usually available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and the weekends from 9am-1pm ET. important to know that chat sessions with me last anywhere from 30-40 minutes. 🌺 Hi there! Welcome to my page :) I am Kate, a young woman from a city in the northern area of Greece. I am a high school student, studying in the humanities field and am working towards studying psychology or English philology in university. I initially joined this site to get support in regards to my at the time relationship, and decided to also join as a Listener, doing exactly what I plan on having as my profession in a few years from now: be there for people. My main role here is to be there for you no matter what you go through, no matter how big or small it is. And no matter how many roles I take on on this site, I will still be here for you. For that is my main goal, my biggest contribution to this community. 🥰 Some of my hobbies include: dancing, writing, reading books (romance, fantasy, mythology and non-fiction), filming videos as well as taking pictures. 🌺 I am only available for supportive conversations on the topics listed on my profile. For any other topic, please contact another listener. Thank you! 🌺 My contribution to this community goes beyond being a Listener. Here are some other roles I have taken up: Verified Listener. I have been verified by the community for my commitment to active listening skills and quality chatting. That means the community expects of me to maintain professional, kind, open-minded and understanding towards you at all times. Chat Supporter. I am considered a listener who has expertise in the role of a listener and is eligible to provide specialized support to listeners on 7cups in regards to their role/supportive chat. Peer Supporter. I am considered a listener who is capable of listening to fellow listeners after a difficult chat with a member and provide support and show empathy to them after this tough situation they were in. Global Moderator. I ensure a welcoming and safe space for everyone in the member community chat rooms. I am found quite often there, especially in the Teen Community Chatroom. Pass by and say hi! Doorkeeper. I can open and close community rooms. If you need a room opened or closed, you are welcome to contact me. Chatroom Mentor/Teen Chatroom Star. I help moderate the 7 Cups listener chatrooms and support the listeners, too. Community Mentor Leader for the Relationship Stress community. I overview the Relationship Stress community and forums. Are you interested in joining the team? Let me know! Safety Patrol Team Member. I flag profiles that go against the website guidelines. 🌺 My status usually indicates: Green: I am online and ready to take a chat. Orange: I am online but busy, which means my responses will be slower. Red: I am offline. You can leave me an offline message during that time. Expected response time is 24-48 hours after your message is sent. If you receive no response within that time range, feel free to send me a message again (I may sometimes forget to respond, so excuse me for that :P) Message me and let's schedule a chat! 🌺 My amazing twins: @Antonio7Cups @starryWillow9852

I'm Georgia I am 21 have BPD ,biploar ,selective mutism and autism in recovering from bulima and I have recovered from self harm I am here to Help fellow listeners with their mental health and improve my health. 🌸on self care not  accepting new chats accepting personal requests or members have scheduled chats with  Thank you for your patience 

All i have is love and compassion for you. Feel free to message me. Im happy to listen everyone             ❤️❤️❤️

Hello I am Zarram (She/her).  I can help anyone who wants to share their problems. If you have no one to listen to you then don't worry. I am here for you! P.S: Please do not share any kind of personal information and do not ask for it. It is against community guidelines. 

Hi, my name is Alex! I am a Community Moderator and I am unfortunately unable to take 1-1 chats.