August
August 8 is Happiness Happens Day
August 30 is National Grief Awareness Day
August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day and National Eat Outside Day
Updates in the Mental Health Sphere and DAISY’s World
Grief
Many of us are stumped on how to support our loved ones who are grieving. Some people may offer food, ask how they’re doing, or distance themselves thinking that the other person might prefer that. There’s no one “correct” way to help someone in grief, but most people could use support in a couple ways – with daily life (cleaning, helping out with the kids, running errands, etc) and with emotions (a shoulder to cry on, someone to vent to).
Read the full article here!
DAISY’s Book Club
K.C. Davis’ How to Keep House While Drowning is a gentle approach for maintaining your home with all of the other struggles you may face. With key takeaways like reframing “chores” into self care tasks and doing nice things for your future self (won’t future you appreciate having clean dishes?), organizing in ways that work for you, and that tidiness does not equate to moral superiority.
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