Abundance of Hope Counseling Joins Third Annual MTV ‘Mental Health Action Day’

May 18, 2023 | Books, Business

DENTON, Texas – May 17, 2023 – PRLog — Abundance of Hope Counseling Joins Third Annual ‘Mental Health Action Day’ on Thursday, May 18th

More than 2,000 organizations, brands and influential leaders around the world

will activate on the theme “dedicate one hour to yourself, your loved ones, or your community”

Learn more at

www.MentalHealthActionDay.org

Corinth,Texas (May 17, 2023) — Spearheaded by MTV Entertainment Studios and TaskForce, the third annual Mental Health Action Day will be held on Thursday, May 18th with more than 2,000 organizations, brands, government agencies, and cultural leaders supporting the global movement that encourages and empowers people to take action for mental health. Abundance of Hope Counseling is proud to be activating this year starting out by doing a Mental Health awareness interview on May 13th, with Radio station 97.9 The Beat in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex with Jazze Radio Chica.

On May 18th at 7:00 pm CST Chikeitha Owens, LPC, CBC, CCTP, owner of Abundance of Hope Counseling, will be collaborating with Dr. A Joseph Cribbins III, MD, with Texas Center for Bariatrics & Advanced Surgery.   The broadcast will be live via Instagram @one_operation_changes_life, and the topic is “Caring for your mental health before and after Bariatric surgery,” focusing on the relationship between Bariatric surgery and mental health.

May 18th 6:00 pm cst, 7:00pm est., Abundance of Hope Counseling will be collaborating with Keep it Simple Saints for MTV Mental Health Action Day presenting on Breaking the Silence : Removing the Stigma of Mental Health. The broadcast will be live via Keep It Simple Saints Facebook Page.

As part of the activation Abundance of Hope Counseling is also offering a free mental health toolkit for schools called “Beyond the Classroom: Nurturing Our Minds for a Happy Summer.” This toolkit has been tailored for the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area districts. If you are out of state or in Texas but in a different location but still interested please reach out and DM me or email chiowens316@abundanceofhope.com

“We are proud to come together with this diverse group of influential and purpose-driven partners who share our commitment to empowering and encouraging people to shift from mental health awareness to mental health action,” said Erika Soto Lamb, Vice President of Social Impact Strategy at MTV Entertainment Studios. “When we recognize that mental health is health, we have an opportunity to demystify, destigmatize and normalize taking actions to help ourselves and each other.”

This year’s call to action is to dedicate one hour to a mental health action for yourself, your loved ones, or your community. Participants are encouraged to take their first steps towards mental health action — whether for themselves, for their loved ones or to advocate for systemic changes through a wide range of tools. Free resources and tools, such as an employer toolkit and platforms for hosting and organizing events, are available for organizations and groups to help support their audiences through a myriad of ways – from starting a meditation practice to learning how to support a friend to advocating for change.

Cultural leaders including Arianna Huffington, Deepak Chopra and Gabriella Wright, and brands and organizations including Snapchat, YouTube, Reddit, NAACP and NAMI, are among those joining Mental Health Action Day 2023. A full list of partners is available at mentalhealthaction.network/partners (https://www.mentalhealthaction.network/partners).

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About Mental Health Action Day

Mental Health Action Day is an open-source movement of brands, organizations, government agencies, and cultural leaders to drive culture from mental health awareness to mental health action. The 2023 Mental Health Action Day will take place on Thursday, May 18, 2023 with a mission to encourage and empower people to take their first actions on mental health — whether for themselves, for their loved ones, or for their communities, because mental health is health. Learn more at MentalHealthIsHealth.us (https://www.mentalhealthishealth.us/) or you can follow along at #MentalHealthAction

Abundance of Hope Counseling Partners with MTV and More for National ‘Mental Health Action Day’

Apr 25, 2021 | Books, Business

CORINTH, Texas – April 23, 2021 – PRLog — First National ‘Mental Health Action Day’ to Drive People to Take a First Mental Health Action for Themselves or Others

One year into COVID-19 and amidst a most dire mental health crisis, ABUNDANCE OF HOPE COUNSELING and nearly 200 organizations team up to plan the inaugural ‘Mental Health Action Day’ on May 20

ABUNDANCE OF HOPE COUNSELING

in partnership with 193 leading brands, nonprofits and cultural leaders today announced the first-ever Mental Health Action Day, to be held on Thursday, May 20 during Mental Health Awareness Month.

Over the past two decades, suicide rates have risen, particularly among young adults. And the COVID pandemic has accelerated the already dire crisis, giving way to what many mental health professionals have called the “second pandemic.”

Though more people than ever are comfortable discussing mental health, finding effective resources and knowing how to get help remains a challenge.  Mental Health Action Day is an open-source movement of brands, organizations and cultural leaders to drive culture from mental health awareness to mental health action.

Learn more at www.MentalHealthActionDay.org

Partners will encourage people to take their first steps towards mental health action — whether for themselves, for their loved ones or to advocate for systemic changes. Resources and tools will be available for people to seek help in a myriad of ways from starting a meditation practice, learning how to support a friend, or advocating for change.

Chikeitha Owens, owner of Abundance of Hope Counseling has worked diligently educating, advocating and bringing awareness to mental health not only in individual settings but speaking at events as well. Abundance of Hope Counseling will continue to educate across social media and Speaking platforms for Mental Health Action Day.

“From Covid-19 to economic struggles and the continuing fight for racial justice, the other half of the twin pandemic is the rise of our mental health challenges,” said Erika Soto Lamb, Vice President of Social Impact Strategy at MTV Entertainment Group. “This is a critical moment to shift our culture from mental health awareness to mental health action and MTV is proud to come together with diverse cross-sector leaders on this inaugural day to encourage and empower people to take action — for themselves, for their loved ones or for the systemic changes needed to improve our social and emotional wellbeing.”

About Mental Health Action Day

Mental Health Action Day is an open-source movement of brands, organizations and cultural leaders to drive culture from mental health awareness to mental health action. The first Mental Health Action Day will take place on May 20, 2021 with a mission to encourage and empower people to take their first steps towards mental health action — whether for themselves, for their loved ones or to advocate for systemic changes, because mental health is health. Learn more at www.MentalHealthActionDay.org