by guild | Dec 27, 2022 | Featured, Mental Heatlh
It’s plain to see how Guild’s clients struggle and need support. After all, it’s our mission to empower people dealing with mental illness and/or experiencing homelessness, neither of which is easy or comfortable. But, when we hear stories like Ray’s, it’s important...
by guild | Dec 20, 2022 | Featured, Homelessness, Housing, Mental Heatlh
When we meet new clients, the recovery work often includes looking at their childhoods. Though we can’t ever go back in time to heal the wounds created by early traumatic experiences, we can at least discover how those experiences affect our mental health....
by guild | Dec 5, 2022 | Community, Featured, Mental Heatlh
We are surrounded by beauty in this season. There’s the quiet of freshly fallen snow, the candles in the windows, and the bright lights of trees and menorahs—the delight in the eyes of a child at all the magic around them. The sounds of beautiful music fill our...
by guild | Nov 24, 2022 | Community, Featured, Julie's Musings
We find ourselves in that contemplative time of year when many of us reflect on what we’re grateful for and celebrate the people and parts of life that matter most to us. I practice carving out time each November to intentionally think about what I feel thankful for,...
by guild | Nov 19, 2022 | Community, Education, Featured, For Support People, Mental Heatlh, Program Highlights, Resources
When someone in your life passes away, how do you move forward without feeling like you’re leaving them in the past? “Rituals help us gain normalcy to a situation,” says Patricia Harmon, certified End of Life Doula. “We need to acknowledge what has happened. Death is...
by guild | Nov 15, 2022 | Featured, Homelessness, Housing, Program Highlights
The Housing First Model is an evidence-based practice that recognizes how difficult it is to address health, employment, and other challenges without addressing the basic need and human right of stable housing. “Stable housing is life-changing. People are able to seek...
