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Entries by Northern Lakes CMH
Our Journey November 2014 Issue Here
The 8th Annual Art of Recovery Open House Reception coming up next week Wednesday (Nov 5), NLCMHA Recovery Blueprint, Regional Day of Education, a new statewide poetry initiative, and executive staff changes at NLCMHA are all included in the November 2014 issue of Our Journey. Note that the Blueprint with its new themes of Heath, […]
Congratulations to Carol Serylo for Receiving the Partner of Excellence Award!
Congratulations to Carol Serylo for receiving the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards’ 2014 Partners in Excellence Award for the Northern Region. Carol is a person who has demonstrated over many years a deep commitment to recovery system transformation as well as increasing public understanding of and decreasing stigma associated with mental illness. Carol […]
October 2014 Action Group
We had a great discussion about what worked well at this year’s Recovery Celebration and what we may want to do differently for next year’s celebration. We also had a good talk about stigma and more. Here are the October Action Group meeting notes.
Feathers in the Wind: A Story of Awareness and Apology
by Jenifer Strauss While speaking at the Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Annual Recovery Celebration in September, I was telling a childhood story that I had shared before but not with the mental health community. While telling the story, I was caught up in the memory of being an energetic eight-year-old child on my way […]
Recovery Celebration: Treasure Your Happiness!
Our annual Recovery Celebration held recently at The Barn Hall in Manton was a grand success, with a record turnout! The theme was Treasure Your Happiness and we had lots to be happy about! We honored several staff (Lauri Fischer, Ruth Pilon, Pen Scott, Pat Munsell, Alicia Drum, Linda Hawkins, Lynda Hogaboom, Amanda North) with […]
Our Journey Newsletter October Issue Here
Read the Our Journey October 2014 Issue to learn about a regional education day, our annual Recovery Celebration recap, the special opportunity to participate in our upcoming Photobiography group to learn to tell your story, and some information on our upcoming 8th Annual Art of Recovery: The Human Journey Show!