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Recipe! Sweet Pumpking Autumn: Pumpkin Spice Sweet Potato Dessert (Vegan Gluten-Free)with Cranberries and Pepitas

To celebrate Autumn together, we're here to share with all you sweet people our favorite flavor's recipe! That's Sweet Pumpking Autumn, a Pumpkin Spice Sweet Potato Dessert with Cranberries and Pepitas (Pumpkin Seeds)! This vegan and gluten-free recipe is a star in the fall, especially when paired with a cider beverage of your choice, and with our autumnal flavor pairing playlist! 

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Semicolon ; What Comes Next is the Best Part of the Story - MHSD Day 21

💚[TW: Suicidality] Day 21 of 21 (June 2); not done. Not alone. Not “Other.” Not ever. One more day, one more month, one more year, one more life to live. We’re sweeter together! We love the fact that we’re all a bit nutty as we complete this 21 day clause; what comes next is the greatest part of the story. How we all create a world made to support mental health and all aspects of health among each other and each of the other 344 days of the year!

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Mental Health-Focused Book Club Recommendations for Summer Inspiration! MHSD Day 18

Mental Health Stigma Detox Day 18 - Mental Health-Focused Book Club Recommendations for Summer Inspiration! Revitalizing our book club-related content after a break, here are a few of our favorite reads related to mental health, as we make this summer a sweet one! All links to the official book page are below, with a few options for some local independent booksellers and used book stores as well; of course, check your public library and/or audio platforms too!- "Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me" by Charlamagne Tha God- "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" by Bessel van der Kolk- "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and...

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Let’s Talk Exercise and Mental Health - MHSD Day 16

21-Day Mental Health Stigma Detox Day 16: Let’s keep moving forward! This is one of my absolute favorite topics, speaking as Founder Will H. Hansen I briefly touched on it in our company story as exercise for the purpose of proving mental health has been incredibly powerfully personally since childhood. Without intending it to at first, this benefit to mental health has also been such a common focus and the most rewarding and powerful part of seeing changes in personal training or performance clients, and group fitness students over the last 7 years. Especially when in combination with nutrition coaching, lifestyle changes, and in collaboration with a psychiatric care team when needed. Anyway, just passing along some sweet info we’re jazzed...

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Let's Remove Structural Stigma in Crisis Response: 911 or 988 - One Crisis Response Doesn’t Fit All! MHSD Day 15

Mental Health Stigma Detox Day 15 - Structural Stigma - how public structures express stigma (stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination) against people experiencing mental illness is a huge part of how mental health stigma negatively impacts people. It’s crucial to solve this area as we seek a mental health stigma-free world! The point when someone is struggling so much that they or someone close to them has to call for emergency help should be when people rush to their aid and help them become well. While not a reality for many, that reality is becoming more and more true, thanks to national and local advocacy efforts. We recommend looping into the work that AFSP and NAMI have done to make it...

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