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July Newsletter: You Have the Power to Grow

Growing is hard. It’s difficult to unlearn the habits, thoughts, and feelings that you’ve learned and taken on throughout your life.

Is there an aspect in your life that you want to improve upon? Maybe it’s getting out and playing more, maybe it’s remembering to set your phone down and be present in the world, or maybe it’s just wanting to learn more about yourself and others. Maybe it’s setting a sleep schedule, trying new foods and mindfully eating, or moving your body in a way that’s fun for you.

When you know that “You Have the Power to Grow,” you can do anything. Accepting different perspectives becomes a little easier, understanding different backgrounds and experiences is easier, and gaining knowledge and understanding becomes easier. July is also Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Awareness Month, and these communities can face unique struggles. By understanding the unique struggles that BIPOC individuals face, we can expand our worldview to better support BIPOC communities. Having the power to grow can mean that you’re ready and willing to change the way that you see the world and how you navigate the world. However you choose to grow, just know that we support you and your journey towards becoming the best version of yourself (that you desire).

Check out the July Newsletter focused on YOU HAVE THE POWER TO GROW here.

Learn to Play (Again), and You Learn to Grow

Writer Diane Ackerman had this to say about this week’s topic: “Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.”

Unfortunately, we adults too often get so immersed in our responsibilities that we forget the value of play. As children, we learned through play, and we grew through play. It wasn’t just fun and entertainment. Through play, children learn how to use their imaginations, cooperate with others, achieve goals, and much more. There’s no reason why that has to stop after we grow up. And that’s why we chose “play” as one of the topics for this month’s theme of “You Have the Power to Grow.”

You Have Power to GrowKristi HornerJuly 21, 2022Play

It’s Easier to Move if You’re Unplugged

As writer Anne Lamott said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” So if you’d like to unplug right now to recharge and reconnect, by all means, do so! Maybe you can take this opportunity to participate in our Move With Courage challenge, which encourages movement of ANY kind, to help all of us improve our physical and mental health.

And after that, when you reconnect, you’ll find that everything is still working, including us … for YOU.

You Have Power to GrowKristi HornerJuly 14, 2022Media Consumption

Finding It Hard to Get Motivated? You Have the Power to Make It Easy!

It’s July, and not only do we have a new theme for the month – “You Have the Power to Grow” – but we’re also “off and running” with our first-ever nationwide virtual fundraising event, Move With Courage. Maybe our challenge to encourage movement of ANY kind, to help you improve your physical and mental health, will give you some extra motivation and self-discipline, which happens to be our topic for this week.

You Have Power to GrowKristi HornerJuly 7, 2022Self-Discipline, Motivation

You Have the Power to Grow 🌱- July 2021 Newsletter

Most people want to become better versions of themselves. This isn’t easy. It takes effort, hard work, a degree of risk, and having a growth mindset.

Read our July Newsletter here.

Can You Come Out and Play?

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
– George Bernard Shaw

What’s a better stress reducer than play? Think about how your mood changes after tossing a ball to your dog or molding play dough with your child.

You Have Power to GrowKristi HornerJuly 22, 2021Play

Disconnect to Reconnect – and Grow in the Sun

Disconnecting from technology at times can help us reconnect with the rest of our world. When we step away from our phone or computer, even for a short time, we may find new and different things to do and people to interact with. Doing so can allow us to grow, which is why this topic is part of this month’s theme, “You Have the Power to Grow.”

You Have Power to GrowKristi HornerJuly 15, 2021Media Consumption

Our Challenge to You: Do What It Takes

Self-discipline and motivation are two important components of a growth mindset. Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do things that you know you should do when you don’t want to do them. It’s about identifying “what to do” and then actually doing it. Motivation is our willingness and excitement to do those things that are necessary to achieve a goal. It also includes the understanding of “why” we want and need to do something.

You Have Power to GrowKristi HornerJuly 8, 2021Self-Discipline, Motivation