Connections
Connections is designed to help build and enhance the relationships people need to be successful in achieving their goals. Its purpose is to be an avenue for the exchange of information that includes people’s dreams, stories, concerns, successes, etc. Its intent is to connect us all – the individuals who sit around the board room table, our customers, our administrators, caregivers, and our partners in the communities in which we live. People who are working every day to realize our vision for a higher quality of life for everyone in our communities.
As one of those partners that share that vision for persons with mental health disabilities and substance use disorders, we are sharing this electronic copy of Connections. We hope that you will review it and share it with others.
You may also want to contribute or hear about others experiences. We connect by sharing stories. They create indelible pictures. A simple story can teach us more than reams of prescriptive documents about the important ingredients of effective services. We need your stories so they can be shared with others.
If you would like to contribute to a future edition of Connections, please contact the editor Lois Shulman by phone at (248) 361-0219 or by email loisshulman@comcast.net.
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Connections first Podcasts were created at our CMHA Annual Fall Conference in October of 2022. These first podcast interviews were created during an Educational Breakout Session before a live audience of Conference attendees.
Now, I present to you the voices of those with lived experience from that Conference and the podcasts that followed.
I hope that you enjoy listening to their individual podcasts with the joy I received sitting with each of them.
Each of the podcasts that follow on our website will be created by me with a passion to hear and embrace the person sitting before me on screen or in person.
I look forward to the opportunity, continuing to create podcasts and collecting writings for Connections that inspire, encourage and empower you the listener and the reader.
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Articles
Transitioning into the Individual You have Chosen To Be
Losing a Loved One to Suicide is a Lonely Journey, Especially when it is a Murder-Suicide
On-going Recovery Requires Grief Support for Survivors
Love, Betrayal, Anger, Liberation & Freedom
My Experiences at Dreams Unlimited Clubhouse
Living with Mental Illness
Comfort Found in Poetry
Momentum Center for Social Engagement
I was my own Judge and Jury
Home and Community Based Services Final Rule
The Power of Acceptance
Beautiful Minds
No Child is a Waste of Time
Orange is the New Cat
Supported Decision-Making
Yes Your Advocacy Makes A Difference!
A Long Road to Recovery from Schizophrenia and Depression
Create a Moment to Thrive – Even When Struggling Just to Survive
Magic Happens when People Come Together
And Now for the Rest of the Story…
Our Peacefulness Within
A Personal Journey Back in Time: Mental Health….Then and Now and the things that matter most
Previous Connections Editions:
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Connections Winter Edition – 2020
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Connections Summer Edition – 2019
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Connections Fall Edition – 2018
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Connections Spring Edition – 2018
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Connections Fall Edition – 2017
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Connections Summer Edition – 2017
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Connections Fall Edition – 2016
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Connections Spring Edition – 2016
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Connections Spring Edition – 2015
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Connections Fall Edition – 2014
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Connections Spring Edition – 2014
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Connections Fall Edition – 2013
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Connections Summer Edition – 2013
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Connections Winter Edition – 2013
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Connections Summer Edition – 2012
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Connections Winter Edition – 2012
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Connections Winter Edition – 2011
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Connections Fall Edition – 2010
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Connections Fall Edition – 2009
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Connections Spring Edition – 2008
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Connections Winter Edition – 2008