*Special Edition: Uplift*
Below you will find some resources to help with the life changes as a result of COVID-19. Please feel free to pick and choose to share with your networks or simply forward along this email.
Tuning Into the Beauty of the World from Home
Explore.com has tons of live feeds, from the Sheep Barn at Farm Sanctuary and the Gathering Room at Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary to the Smith River in California's Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park.
Take a virtual garden tour on YouTube, from the New York Botanical Garden to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA.
NPR Music is compiling a list of live audio and video streams from across the globe, categorized by date and genre, with links out to streaming platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Google's Arts & Culture Collection provides virtual tours of hundreds of museums around the world.
Take a beautiful virtual hike set to ambient music. Search YouTube for more relaxing nature videos.
Resources for Maintaining Optimism
The Good News Network shares inspiring and uplifting news from around the world.
Creativity, Kindness, and Canals Offer Hope Amid Outbreak from the BBC
A Brief Guide to Making a Better Tomorrow from adrienne maree brown
Best Comedy Podcasts to Binge During Coronavirus Quarantine from New York Magazine
Stories Offering Hope During COVID-19 Pandemic from ABC, including stories of recovery
Actors, artists, and activists are reading children's books on Instagram in partnership with Save the Children and No Kid Hungry. Follow #savewithstories to watch.
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Join two of Greater Richmond SCAN's Mental Health Clinicians, Margo Buchanan and Rachael Kaufman, for this virtual training on how to practice self-care as a family during COVID-19. We will discuss the impact of this big change on our brains and behaviors, and the importance of incorporating self-care into your daily routines and rituals with your family. Specific to caregivers, we will address how to incorporate ways to connect as a family, mindfulness strategies, yoga practices, and more tips to meet your and your family's needs during this ever-changing and demanding time. If possible, please bring paper, colored pencils/markers/crayons, and a pen to utilize during this interactive training.
Mental Health America of Virginia's Warm Line is a peer-run service for individuals, family members, and other concerned parties in Virginia who would like someone to talk to, or who request community mental health resources, or who have specific questions about their recovery journey. The peers who answer the Warm Line listen with compassion and provide non-judgmental support. Call 1-866-400-6428, Mon-Fri 9am-9pm and Sat-Sun 5pm-9pm.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 24/7 support for survivors and their loved ones. Call 1-800-799-7233, use the website's live chat function, or text LOVEIS to 22522. They also provide services for those who are deaf and hard of hearing.
SAMHSA (the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) offers a Disaster Distress Helpline for immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. For services in both English and Spanish, call 1-800-985-5990. To connect with a trained crisis counselor, text TalkWithUs (for English) or Hablanos (for Spanish) to 66746.
For questions and support, contact:
Melissa McGinn, MSW, LCSW
State Trauma Informed Community Networks Coordinator
mmcginn@grscan.com
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