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We are so excited to kick off our first Wellbeing Week, starting with a session of Self-Care Bingo!!! A special welcome to the wonderful people who wanted a reminder this morning 😍 tag.... inc. And to my wonderful co-hosts Cheerbear, Jupiter, and Nashy

And welcome to everyone dropping by! If you get bingo... well look at you go 🏆🏆🏆, but please dip in at your own pace, and tweak the activites to suit you!!! And perhaps most importantly - post as you go so we can share the experience  

Self-Care Bingo will be text based. This means that everything will be run right here in this thread  Refresh your browser to see new posts, and hit reply others' posts to get involved!

Without further ado... let the Hunger Games *ahem* Bingo begin!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Welcome to the May Community Wrap! Hey everyone stopping by and to those who asked to be tagged @Sans911 @CheerBear @Former-Member @isoL8 @Mazarita @frog @outlander @Shaz51 @Determined @Snowie @Maggie 👋❤️️

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Celebrating members 🎉

A big congratulations to our new Community Guides!!!!! Thanks to you and our continuing Guides for all you do. And a big thanks to everyone - Community Elders and members, who are offering support, guidance, and compassion on the forums in any capacity 💐

On the Lived Experience side celebrating @HopefulWarrior and members contributing to Chasing some words of wisdom discussing how to manage comparisons with others that weigh us down, navigate difficult friendships, and grieve losses:

@HopefulWarrior Forever welcome. we make our own choices,  own that anxiety and let it help you move forward.  You're stronger and more you than you think. x - @Trikarri

Celebrating @The-red-centaur for starting this thread Coping with mother's day  to acknowledge Mother's Day can be triggering for some, and both giving and receiving support in the thread. 

On the Carers side we are celebrating @Bonnie333 for offering words on hope, grieving, and appreciating the small wins when supporting someone in their mental health recovery: 

Two steps forward, one back is often the way. Acknowledge and grieve the losses, but try to dwell on anything positive. Hope. A little word with unlimited potential. - @Bonnie333 in My son (24) has schizophrenia 

Forum events!

This last week of May was our first Wellbeing Week on the forums! We had a week of Self-Care Bingo, thanks to all who joined and keep an eye out for the next one! The end of April also saw a great mindfulness session. It's now closed but check out the meditation and comments. We are also still celebrating National Reconciliation Week, which finishes Wednesday June 3rd, so check it out, add your thoughts, and brainstorm ways to celebrate.

Spotlight on - A blog for anyone feeling anxious about changes that come with lifting of restrictions. Some thoughts about it and tips for managing.“I’m scared of relaxing restrictions!”: Protecting our mental health while the world changes yet again.

Quotes of the month - there are so many I wanted to put, here are a few!

@Silenus 

Love the wit and humour and depth and breadth of your words.

Words matter.

We are word making creatures.

 - @Appleblossom in Writing As A Form Of Therapy 

For me, I prefer to say "I have ..." rather than "I am ..." as that means my diagnosis doesn't define who I am (to me anyway). @eth supporting another member. 

Over the past month I’ve been doing a lot of work on me and where I fit into this. I’ve found that helping myself emotionally has given me some inner peace and the ability to accept what is now which in turn is helping our daughter. 

Said by @Mikey02 

It sounds like you are trying to hold everything together, you are being pulled and pushed from all sides. I believe that deep down your daughter sees your support and resilience but just hasn't yet found a way to conquer her anxiety in a less destructive way.

It truly sounds like you are doing an amazing job in trying to keep your daughter on the right path, mothers have a huge nurturing instinct for what's needed in their children so don't let others make you feel that you can't trust that - @AmandaJ 

You'll see you can hit reply! What are your thoughts? Is there a member or thread you would like to celebrate or spotlight?  🤔

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It's Mabo Day today - the day in 1992 where Eddie Mabo's fight together in the High Court overturned the concept of terra nullius and acknowledged that First Nations people have rights to the land that persist through colonisation.

It's pretty amazing to think of Eddie Mabo's efforts and what it must have taken to fight this case. And how much it must take for First Nations people today to keep fighting for justice. Here his daughter Gail Mabo talks about her life and observing her father as he was on this journey. 

At my school we were taught about the first fleet, but not about the longstanding connection to land of First Nations people going back 40-60,000 years. It seems like the myth of terra nullius was there and still persists.

What does today mean for you? - Is it a day of celebration? A day to be reminded of the work still to be done? We'd love to hear any thoughts or resources you'd like to share.

@Jupiter !!!!