Minds Matter Association

Happy Wednesday everyone! ✨

We wanted to let you guys know about our quick change of plans! To prevent burn out- and due to some changes, our team will be taking a summer hiatus. We love all that we do for Minds Matter and to continue to do that with the best of our ability, we need a short break.

We are excited to come back in the fall with more energy, more ideas and better content!

We hope everyone understand and has a great summer! We will see you in the fall ❤️

Happy Saturday everyone ✨

As we wrap up our conversation about Men’s Mental Health, we wanted to let everyone know that speaking about your mental health and seeking help is more manly than suffering in silence.

Let’s work together to set good examples, and break stigmas around men’s mental health!

Happy Wednesday everyone ✨

In continuation of our conversation about men’s mental health, we wanted to debunk a few myths surrounding men’s mental health!

If there any more that you guys can think of, comment down below! ✨

Happy Monday everyone ✨

This week, we want to talk about Men’s Mental Health and how it is usually overlooked in our society. There are a lot of negative statistics surrounding men’s mental health due to that overlook and this week, want to not only shed some light on it but also talk about how to continue acknowledging the topic as we continue.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Thanks for being so patient and amazing! We love constantly creating content for our community but due to upcoming projects, we will need to take a hiatus this week.

Keep your eyes peeled for all our upcoming opportunities and projects next week and make sure to take some time off for your own mental health as well!

-The MM team

Happy Sunday everyone! ✨

To finish off our week, we wanted to make a strong statement.

Strong Statement Alert: Unhealed wounds from our childhood will always (I mean like...98% chance 😏) show up in our romantic relationships as adults. As a relationship becomes increasingly serious and relies on our vulnerability and connection...the unhealed parts of ourselves that developed through childhood trauma and, of course, other significant experiences gets triggered.

Here are some common ways that unhealed trauma can show up!

Happy Thursday everyone! ✨

Let’s start off by saying, no judgement here. Chances are you have engaged in at least one of these tendencies/behaviors at some point or another in a past or current relationship.

✨The important thing is to understand WHY...especially if at the root of it..it's because you don't feel emotionally safe with your partners, friends or family members.

Emotional safety in the context of a relationship is when we feel we can express ourselves and be vulnerable with our partner without judgement, shame or backlash. We trust the other person with our emotional wellbeing and vice versa.

So if you find yourself engaging in any of the behaviors listed... there's a good chance there needs to be more emotional safety in your relationship.

✨If your relationship is lacking emotional safety, take a moment and try and identify possible reasons... Is it due to individual or relational past trauma? Unhealthy coping skills? Betrayal? Codependency? Abuse? Low self-worth or low self-esteem?

🙌🏽Awareness is the first step...otherwise we will repeat what we don't repair.

Happy Tuesday everyone! ✨

This week, we wanted to finish off our series by talking about healthy relationships, what they are and what they look like. The information we are going to talk about includes not only romantic relationships, but friendship, family relationships and more.

Today, we will start off by describing what a healthy relationship looks like as well 5 top skills for a healthy relationship.

Happy Friday everyone! ✨

To end our week, we wanted to share this amazing quote from the amazing author Brenè Brown.

She has written many incredible books about mental health, trauma, healing and we highly recommend all of them.

We also wanted to leave you with a question. Ask yourself, are you choosing yourself today?

Happy Wednesday everyone! ✨

As we continue our conversation about boundaries this week, we would like to offer some tips on how to start setting these boundaries. You can use our helpful mnemonic using the first letter in the word boundaries to help you remember. Check it out.

Happy Monday everyone ✨

This week, we are talking about boundaries, what they are and why they are so important.

Our post this week goes into detail about all the different types of boundaries and examples on what they look like and how to enforce them.

If you have more examples of types of boundaries, comment down below! 😊

Happy Sunday everyone ✨

We are going end off our week talking about generational trauma in different cultures with this incredible quote from Alice Walker.

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Those who benefit from your silence and pain, and who do not allow you to grow and bloom, cannot not be acknowledged as a friend or a kin.

We will definitely continue this discussion in the near future, and show how many other things can tie into the generational trauma felt by different communities and cultures.

Happy Thursday everyone! ✨

As we continue to look at what generational trauma looks like in different cultures, we are able to identify and examine the symptoms that come along with it.

When the culture in the home is radically different to the dominant culture, there can a lot of confusion about beliefs and ideas to subscribe to. This can create a duality in the self – one identity in the home, one identity in the outside world – and possibly a different sense of self in moments of safety.⁣⁣
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In this instance necessity breeds parentification – if our parents spoke a different language, we can end up as defacto translators, we look after younger siblings, contribute to house in terms of labour and finances.⁣⁣
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The epigentics of trauma and stress are a fascinating new(er) field of study. Epi means above, and genetics are our genome. This means our genes express according to the environment. If the environment is one of stress, our gene expression reflects that. Our epigenetic expression is passed onto our children.⁣⁣

These symptoms are not the only signs of generational trauma in our culture and communities. There are many more that we will touch on as we continue this week.

Happy Tuesday everyone ✨

This week, we want to talk about generational trauma again but this time applied. We want to shed light on what generational trauma can look like in many different cultures as well as how they started and how to work on slowly healing from it now.

This might be a bit of a sensitive topic for many because as we go on, we will talk about how many of the cultural norms in different communities that were originally started as survival techniques and behavior to protect those people in those communities against the direct trauma they were experiencing to the time (such as war experiences, dangerous immigration, racial injustices) have become behaviors and techniques now instilled in newer generations (who are fortunate enough to not have to experience those direct traumas) as the norm and the requirements therefore creating a different form of trauma for them.

This is an interesting topic that will hopefully lead to more honest and peaceful conversations about healing and thriving.

Happy Saturday everyone ✨

As we wrap up our conversation about Complex PTSD this week, we wanted to share a quote regarding trauma.
Trauma, regardless of which kind does more than just damage a person’s brain and mind but also, their physical body and how their hormones and chemicals work. It goes deeper than many people consider.
With that being said, that is why we are also adding an incredible book recommendation from which our quote today came from.

The book,
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the healing of trauma by Bessel Van Dee Kolk M.D is such an incredible book and a definite must read for everyone, not only people who are working on healing through trauma.

We strongly recommend adding it to your reading list this year and comment down below other great books regarding trauma healing and complex ptsd.

Happy Monday everyone! ✨

This week, we are going to start off by talking about CPTSD or complex PTSD.

Complex PTSD is a trauma disorder in which many people don’t actually know or talk about. It has a lot of similarities to PTSD, especially in symptomatology but there are also very distinct differences.

Keep your eyes out for more information about CPTSD as we continue this week.

Today, we are just going to define what it is, what causes it and what it can look like in individuals.

Happy Sunday everyone! ✨

Here is a topic calendar for this month! We have so many fun project, ideas and posts scheduled and we thought it would be nice to let you guys know what we have planned topic wise without spoiling everything else. It also allows you to know what to look forward to.

If you guys have any other ideas of topics you’d like us to cover and discuss, please let us know. ❤️

Happy Thursday everyone! ✨

Here are a few ways to show up for yourself and your mental health this month in regards to Mental Health Awareness Month.

Be your own best friend.

Be your best cheerleader.

Show up for yourself because at the end of the day, you need to make yourself a priority.

Happy Monday and Happy Mental Health Awareness month everyone ✨

This month, we are excited to be talking about and highlighting some very important topics that many people suggested we talk about. So definitely stay tuned for all the fun we are going to have this month and if there are topics you would like us to touch on, please feel free to send in suggestions.

There are so many ways to care for your mental health, but we can only include so much info in one post, so here are the four activities that have been most helpful to us.

If there’s something that’s been helpful for your mental health, please share in the comments so the community can get some more ideas! 💛

Happy Monday everyone. ✨

This week we want to talk about child abuse and what it is. This will be a perfect lead into several other topics we want to talk about such as CPTSD and generational trauma and relationship boundaries as well as April being Child Abuse Awareness month. A lot of individuals have experience some form of child abuse growing up and it has effected their mental health as an adult or how they process things as adults therefore it is very important topic to talk about.

Today, we are going to talk about the different types of child abuse and what they entail. Offering some information to get us started in this conversation.

Happy Monday everyone ✨

This week, we would like to start off with a trigger warning. Due to it being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we would like to talk about and address what sexual assault is and what it can look like.

Statistically, 1 out of every 6 woman has been a victim of an attempted or completed sexual assault in her life. It is way to common of an issue for us to not talk about.

With that being said, we would also like to offer some warning to anyone who might be negatively affected or triggered by this week’s material. Please take care of yourself and your traumas and feel free to not participate, share or observe this week’s posts if it affects your wellness.

Happy Monday everyone! ✨

With this week starting the Holy Month of Ramadan, we thought we would spend this week and more talking about mental health in Islam.
We are actually really proud of this post and would like you guys to spend some time reading through it if you can! It is very fascinating and talks about the history and concepts of mental health in Islam.

This month, we will also be posting Ramadan prompts and discussion questions on our website, allowing our community to have captivating discussions about topics surrounding mental health and Islam. Keep an eye out for that announcement this week 😊

Happy Monday everyone! ✨

Welcome to Sleep Awareness Week!Throughout the week we will share some interesting facts about sleep and how to optimize your time in bed 🛌

Disordered sleep or sleep deprivation can cause:
🌛daytime sleepiness
🌛reduced productivity
🌛decreased ability to learn and retain information
🌛increased risk of accidents
🌛hypertension
🌛heart disease
🌛diabetes
🌛obesity
🌛increased risk for depression and anxiety

If you’re struggling with your sleep you should speak with a clinically qualified medical or sleep professional to ensure you receive appropriate examination in determining the root cause.

Sleep is a beautiful, fascinating, imperative, incredible thing and you absolutely can achieve good quality sleep, you might just need a little help :)

Happy Monday everyone! ✨
This week, we are going to talk about racial trauma, what it can look like, how it affects our lives and how to seek treatment.

The more we talk about racial trauma this week, the more discussion questions/topics we will have for our community discussion night on Clubhouse this week. If you have any questions or topics you wanna talk about, feel free to comment them down below!!

We are so excited to announce our plans for Black History Month. ✨
We are excited to not only provide information about mental health and how it relates to our black communities but also, create an open and honest environment for discussion about that information and those topics.

Keep an eye out and join us for all the fun this month. ✨

Happy Monday everyone! ✨

A few weeks into the year, we decided to drop our newest collection of mental health and empowerment stickers.
Swipe right for all the new designs and more on our website.

Go check them out! ✨

As we continue our conversation about self sabotage; we wanted to do a deeper dive into what sabotage was and what it looked like for many individuals. We also talk about ways to overcome self sabotage in our social unpack!

Please comment down below other tips and tricks someone might use while overcoming self sabotage.

Happy Monday everyone! ✨

This week, we wanted to talk about self sabotage. Self sabotage is tendency that can be done by someone in order to maintain control and is used as a coping mechanism.

Using this as coping mechanism tend to make people feel trapped in a pattern that create problems in their lives and it could lead into negative self talk, emotional distress and much more.

Throughout this week, we will talk about how to identify self sabotage tendencies as well as how to stop them.

Happy Monday everyone! ✨

This week; we wanted to talk about racial trauma. As topical this is becoming not only in our communities throughout Minnesota but also nationwide.

We wanted to define what racial trauma was as well as what causes it and some tips on how to cope with it as a BIPOC.

Comment down below other coping mechanisms that you perform to combat racial trauma!

Happy Wednesday everyone! ✨⁣
As we continue our topic this week about toxic productivity and the hustle culture, we thought we’d define what toxic productivity was.⁣
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Generally, we assume productivity is a good thing, but sometimes it can become toxic and bad for our health. ⁣
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Not only do we define what toxic productivity is but we also explain what it can look like, and how to start healing from it. ⁣
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Comment down below one other way you can heal or stop enforcing toxic productivity in your life?