Curing the Valentine’s Day BluesAh February, the month when aisles at grocery stores are filled with pink and red candy, hearts,balloons and stuffed animals. The month when restaurants are showing off their limited edition,three-course Valentine’s Day menu and magazines are featuring the best dates to take yoursignificant other on. But, there’s only one “problem” – […]
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Last week, I had the honor of interviewing our own Stephanie Newman for the Mental Health Download. Stephanie has been with the Association since 2017, starting as a Housing Support Specialist before earning a promotion to Street Outreach and Rapid Response Case Manager – a move that has allowed her to truly shine. Stephanie is
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We are exactly two months from gathering at the Best Party in Town! With dinner, dancing, and jaw-dropping entertainment all for a great cause, Carnivale 2023 is sure to be the best event in Oklahoma, and ticket sales are live. THE EVENT Hope. Stability. A safe place to call home – all things our programs
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Mental Health is no laughing matter, but comedy sure is good for the soul, and that’s why we are so excited to be partnering with Loony Bin Comedy Club in Tulsa for a philanthropic evening of stand-up! On Sunday, February 5th, the Loony Bin Comedy Club is generously donating all ticket sales to MHAOK. They
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Last month, we spent a lot of time working with two of the Oklahoma Watch journalists as they covered our boots-on-the-ground efforts to assist fellow Oklahomans who are struggling. Arie Fife was the lead reporter on this story, and she did an excellent job highlighting the work our Street Outreach, Street Medicine, and A Better
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Hope as defined by Oxford Languages is a feeling of expectation and desire for acertain thing to happen. They also define it as grounds for believing that somethinggood may happen. But what happens when you don’t have any hope or when all hope is stripped away bycircumstances or past experiences? If someone were to ask
Picture this: You’re on your couch after a long day of work or school scrolling through social media when you come across a picture of one of your friends on vacation at the beach. You keep scrolling and see another friend just bought a house. You keep on scrolling and see an acquaintance was gifted
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It’s of no surprise that the rates of suicide and mental health struggles, such as anxiety and depression, have steadily risen since the pandemic’s birth and are continuing to do so, still. In this age of prominent social media connection, economic struggle, and very real school safety concerns, available resources are increasingly important. We are
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Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority. That is the theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day, fitting for an age flushed with pandemic, political, and social stressors. Recent years have inarguably highlighted an increase in mental health struggles. The latest data from Healthy Minds Policy Initiative shows that one in
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Mary Escue was a natural caregiver, spending her last ten years as a beloved home health case manager. She was a daughter, a sister, a mother, a grandmother. And she was fiercely loyal in each of those roles. She was a woman with an infectious laugh and a passion for her patients, and on December
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