Mental Health

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    For some, holidays are the most challenging time of year

    With the death of the former First Lady Rosalynn Carter on Sunday, many news outlets are remembering her as a champion for mental health advocacy alongside her husband, former President Jimmy Carter.

    As a member of the Governor’s Commission during her husband’s Georgia governorship, she workedread more →

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    Golden Light Meditation with Lisa McKenzie, BSN, MEd, MBA

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    Lisa will guide participants in a practice of flowing golden light through the body to places where there is discomfort and disease and feel emotions such as sadness and anxiety. As you shower these places with golden light, limiting patterns & beliefs are cleared. The body heals, the story disappears,…

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    Meeting Death as a Friend

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    Preparing thoughtfully for our death (at any age) can greatly help our family, friends, and communities when our time comes. It can also deeply enrich our experience of living.

    In this free workshop we will go over the basics of end of life preparations, both practical and spiritual. We’ll begin…

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    Community Integration Group

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    Aspen Psychedelic Resource Center hosts a community integration circle 6:30 – 8 at A Spiritual Center in the 3rd Street Center in Carbondale. This is a community-centered psychedelic integration circle for people to share, process, and receive support for their transformational experiences in a safe, communal setting.…

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    Meeting Death as a Friend

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    Preparing thoughtfully for our death (at any age) can greatly help our family, friends, and communities when our time comes. It can also deeply enrich our experience of living.

    In this free workshop we will go over the basics of end of life preparations, both practical and spiritual. We’ll begin…

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    Free Community Narcan Training and Volunteer Opportunity

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    Join High Rockies Harm Reduction at the Garfield County Public Health building in Glenwood to learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose with the life-saving medication Narcan, information on local resources and services for people who use drugs and their affected friends and family members, and opportunities…

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    GarCo Report: Mental health agency cites social media, isolation as #1 threats for youth

    Connecting with others on social media is not the same as connecting in-person, according to Sarah Fedishen, program director for the Aspen Hope Center (AHC). AHC was one of three mental health agencies presenting updates at Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting. “Oxytocin doesn’t happen on social media,” she said.… read more →

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    AZYEP airs teen mental health forum on May 4

    May is mental health month, and the kids are talking about it. One evening in April, a hodgepodge of people with connections to teens, including teens themselves, participated in a mental health forum. As a reporter and lay person, I had the opportunity to participate, and want to share… read more →

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    Turning 'pain into power'

    From a young age, Jack Holden Raife wanted to learn to fly airplanes. Sadly, he was just 18-years-old when he passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 2, explained his obituary, found on the opening page of the leaflet passed out at the young man’s memorial on Saturday, Aprilread more →

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    Pre-Apres Narcan Distribution Party

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    High Rockies Harm Reduction and Aspen Strong Foundation present a night of live music, from local musicians Mugsy Fay and DJ Alex Brough, trivia, food, drinks and Narcan and Fentanyl Test Strips for all!!!

    This Pre-Apres party at The Sterling in downtown Aspen is an opportunity for anyone in the…