In the world of mental health, recovery is often presented as a positive goal, and a model for how individuals can deal with their mental health challenges. Living in recovery, or simply looking at mental health through the lens of recovery, allows people to change how they think about their mental health, their lives and […]
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The third installment in the Recovery Stories video series is now available to view online. In this segment, Recovery Through Peer Support, people with lived experience discuss the role that peer support has played in their recovery, and how helping others has been central to supporting their own wellness. The Recovery Stories series features people
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The CAFE TA Center is pleased to announce the release of the second video in its ongoing series, Recovery Stories. This series of videos, all of which were assembled from interviews of people with lived experience of mental health challenges at the 2013 Alternatives conference, provides a platform for people to share their individual experience
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At the 2013 Alternatives conference in Austin, TX, The CAFE TA Center invited people with lived experience to share their thoughts on recovery. Dozens of people chose to participate, and offered their reflections on the recovery process, how the concept of recovery has changed their perspective on mental health, and what public policy makers and
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The CAFE TA Center is inviting Alternatives 2013 attendees to take part in our new video project, “What Does Recovery Mean to You?” The idea behind the project is to capture the voices of people in recovery, so they can share what recovery has meant in their own life. Then CAFE TAC will take those
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As consumer organizations grow and change, they can experience internal conflict about the path they will take through that growth. Advocates within organizations can share convictions about the importance of mental health, while disagreeing vehemently about how to move their organization forward. So how can organizations manage those conflicts, and find a way to turn
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The CAFE TA Center is pleased to present its newest online training, Conflict Resolution: Challenging Organizational Change and Growth. As consumer organizations grow and change, they can experience internal conflict about the path they will take through that growth. Advocates within organizations can share convictions about the importance of mental health, while disagreeing vehemently about how
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Discover Health From Within, which was presented in conjunction with The 15th Annual Family Cafe this June, is a training about expanding one’s perspective about who we are, the sources of our illnesses and diseases, and the ways in which we can optimize our health and live from a dynamic place where dreams once again
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One of the best ways for people that are new to a situation to become educated about their options is to speak with someone that has “been there” and “done that.” At The 15th Annual Family Cafe this June, The Family Café Delegates hosted a series of roundtable conversations for people to network with others
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In this session recorded at The 15th Annual Family Cafe this June, a 17-year-old recovering anorexic tells her story of how she faced and survived bullying. As a young adult with a mental illness and disability, she discusses the role of bullying in slowing her recovery and its ongoing effects on her life and her
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