Envision:You

Practicing gratitude can be a powerful way to boost your mood, reduce stress, and support your mental and physical health. 💛✨ Reflecting on what you're grateful for—whether it's parts of your journey, loved ones, or small joys—can create space for healing and positivity. 🌟 During the winter season, mental health can feel heavier due to the holidays, seasonal affective disorder, and other challenges. 🕯️ How to Have the Talk (@HowToHaveTheTalk) offers insights and tools to help start meaningful mental health conversations. Gratitude speaks louder than words. 🌼 Show us what you’re grateful for—without saying a thing. Tag @HowToHaveTheTalk and @envisionyouco to spread the love and celebrate the quiet beauty of what fills your heart. ✨ 🌈 Envision:You Intern Maya (she/her) chose to express her gratitude with a photo of community—a reminder of the power of connection and belonging. 🤝💖 #EnvisionYou #LGBTQIAWellness #LGBTQIAMentalHealth #Wellness #Gratitude #GratitudeInSilence #HTHTT #WhatMattersMost #Denver #Colorado #NonProfit #HowToHaveTheTalk [Image Description 1: Envision:You staff pictured smiling together. End Description] [Image Description 2: Background is multi-layer colors with light orange, dark orange, blue, and grey. How to Have the Talk logo listed on the right hand corner. Text reads, “How to Have the Talk is a program designed to support meaningful conversations about mental health with LGBTQ+ Peers and loved ones. This winter, embrace gratitude and connection as tools for resilience. Show us what you’re grateful for—without saying a word—and celebrate the quiet strength in sharing.” End Description.]

Thank you and Happy Holidays from Envision:You! 🌈

Tomorrow needs us. All of us. It is not too late to give a gift this holiday season to ensure that the LGBTQ+ community has a brighter tomorrow! 🌈 Your donation goes directly to our LGBTQ+ programming like our How to Have The Talk program, where you can discover important resources, explore how to express your mental health through a variety of ways and support your loved ones. 🩷 Click the link to make a gift before the end of the year! https://buff.ly/3Zzd2Z7 . . . . #mentalhealth #colorado #lgbtqnonprofit #queer #donate

Tomorrow needs us to provide safe and affirming places for our queer youth. Our Q is for Questioning program is designed to equip adults to better help and support LGBTQ+ youth who deserve to feel safe, seen and supported. Will you be the one to help create a tomorrow for our queer youth? Click the link to give a gift before the end of the year! https://buff.ly/3Zzd2Z7 . . . . #lgbtqyouth #colorado #nonprofit #mentalhealthmatters #giving #holiday

❄️🌈✨Winter solstice magic meets queer joy in the softest kind of chaos: a snowball fight. Sometimes, the best way to shake off the weight of seasonal slumps is to bundle up, step outside, and let yourself play! Even when the days are short and the cold feels heavy, there’s light in movement, laughter, and moments shared with people who make you feel at home. Here’s to honoring the season, embracing joy, and finding warmth in the little things. #WinterSolstice #QueerJoy #SeasonalSelfCare #SnowballFightMagic #GetOutsideAndPlay #Envision:You #QueerJoy #HappyWinterSoltice #MentalHealth #Colorado #Denver #LGBTQIA #SnowballFight #MentalWellness #SelfCare #CozyColorado [Video Description: The video captures employes of Envision:You engaging in a snowball fight. The video then transitions to another employee juggling three snowballs. The last transition captures three employees engaging in a conversation and laughing with each other. End description.]

What scripts do you use to ask for help or to set boundaries? We recommend reading (or listening) to “Set Boundaries, Find Peace” by @nedratawwab #BreakTheStigma #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthIsHealth #MentalHealthMatters #YouAreNotAlone #EnvisionYou #HolidayCoping #HolidayHealthTips #LGBTQHealth #SetBoundaries #HolidayBlues [Image 1 description: [red and green holiday ornaments line the top of a cream colored page, gray snowflakes fall down the side while red, yellow, and green strings of lights line the bottom of the page]. Tips for Holiday Coping. 1. Pick a safe person: have one (or a few) folks on standy to discuss anything challenging coming up, especially if you’re in recovery or going into an event space. A safe person can even be a pet, in a pinch! This will help you feel connected. 2. Mentally exit, mindfully: keep yourself separate from conversations that might focus only on you, if you don’t want that. Focus on hobbies (new or old) to bring joy. This could be your book stack collecting dust, your saved podcast, a forgotten instrument, or craft project. 3. Practice boundaries & requests: plan your verbal boundaries if you anticipate tough conversations - having scripts is extremely helpful. If it’s hard to ask for help, what specific things might feel good to receive? Prepare by writing it down or saying it out loud. 4. Give yourself space to say no: your mental health will thank you by being specific with what you can and cannot make space for. Holidays can be a big time of social and financial pressure - we thrive when we curate what feels right for each of us. End description.]

Register for the 2025 Pride in Public Health Summit TODAY! The February 2025 Pride in Public Health Summit will address the intersectionality of public health, mental and behavioral health, and economic opportunity to improve the overall well-being of the LGBTQ+ community! The Summit is proudly co-hosted by Envision:You, an initiative of @mentalhealthco, and the @coloradosph at the @cuanschutz. It will bring together panel discussions, breakout sessions, and other engagement opportunities, on February 7th, 2025 with both in-person and virtual options in Aurora, Colorado. A reception will be held prior to the event, on the evening of February 6th. Registration is $30. Includes parking and meals. To register, visit: https://buff.ly/41oee4e #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #PublicHealth #Summit #CUThere #RegistrationOpen #LGBTQCommunity #TransHealth #MentalHealth #Queer #SafeSpace #Pride #equality #MentalHealthMatters #EnvisionYou

SAVE THE DATE 🌈 Join Us for a Night of Empowerment and Community! 🌈 As our LGBTQ+ community navigates increasing political challenges, we invite you to an evening of strength, solidarity, and joy. 📅 When: January 16, 2025, at 6:00 PM 📍 Where: Town Hall Collaborative 🎟️ Tickets: $15.00, see link in comments This unique event will provide: ✨ Practical insights and valuable resources to support and empower our community. ✨ Uplifting moments of laughter, featuring drag performances and comedy. ✨ A meaningful conversation with community leaders on critical topics that matter to us all. Our founder, Steven Haden (he/him), will be moderating this impactful discussion, and we hope you will join us for a night of connection and inspiration. Gain practical tools and guidance on: ✅Navigating transgender rights and legal protections amid political changes ✅Accessing mental and physical health resources, including coping strategies ✅Promoting family wellness and understanding protection frameworks ✅ Exploring partnership rights and co-parenting guidance ✅Building connections with community support networks 🌟 Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details! We understand the fears and concerns facing our community and invite you to an evening of practical tools, emotional support, and the joy of celebration. 🎉 ✨ 21+ event 🎟️ Tickets: $15.00, see link in comments 🙏 Special thanks to Rocky Mountain PBS for sponsoring part of this event! Join us for an unforgettable night of connection and resilience. 🌈 And thank you to the following organizations for their community partnership. Bread and Roses Legal Center Queer Asterisk The Center on Colfax Envision:You One Colorado Ticket link: https://buff.ly/4f6VCsE [Image Description: The background is multicolored with the messaging “Stronger Together”. Text reads, “January 16, 2025 6:00 PM 21+. LGBTQ+ Community Night: Building Resilience Together. A night of information, resources, and laughter. Town Hall Collaborative 525 Santa Fe Drive”. End Description]

Tomorrow needs us and tomorrow starts with healthcare providers that can affirm their clients and understand the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. Colorado Gives Day might be over, but we still need each and every one of you to help us create a tomorrow where every member of our community has access to a trained affirming mental health provider when needed. Click the link to give a gift before the end of the year! https://buff.ly/3Zzd2Z7 . . . . #giving #coloradononprofit #lgbtqnonprofit #fundraising #denver #colorado

✨Asexuality is the A in LGBTQIA+ community! ✨ 🌈 Asexuality is a sexual orientation, not a behavior, a choice, or a medical condition. There are many ways to be ace and is completely individual, just like any sexual or gender identity in the queer community! 🌈 If you have a youth and/or loved one in your life whose identity falls within the asexual spectrum and you want to know more, then our Q is for Questioning program might be the chance for you to explore that! 🌈 Q is for Questioning is for trusted adults with LGBTQ+ youth in their lives and are seeking support + educational tools and strategies to help best affirm that youth! Please visit the Q is for Questioning webpage which is linked in our LinkTree or follow this link: https://buff.ly/46dmJj3 to learn more!! ✨ What’s an Ace-Spec misconception that you’d like to debunk right now? ✨ 👀 #acecommunity #asexuality #asexualcommunity #asexualsupport #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqia #queer #transgender #nonbinary #equality #lgbtqrights #queeradvocacy #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #Denver #Colorado #nonprofit #queerfamily #qisforquestioning #EnvisionYou #acepride Image 1 Description: Lavender background with asexual rainbows and daisies. Femme-presenting person holds an asexual pride flag. Text: “Identities in Focus: The Asexual Spectrum.” Image 2 Description: Top half shows asexual pride colors. Text: “Asexual” with definition: “The asexual spectrum refers to orientations asexual or closely related. Asexual people may not experience sexual attraction or may experience limited/conditional attraction, but may feel romantic, sensual, or aesthetic attraction.” Image 3 Description: Top half shows Aceflux pride colors. Text: “Aceflux” with definition: “1. Fluctuating orientation always within the asexual spectrum. 2. Orientation fluctuates between no, some, and much attraction.” Image 4 Description: Top half shows asexual spectrum pride colors. Text: “aego/anegosexual” with definition: “Describes those feeling a disconnect between self and arousal. Aegosexuals may fantasize about sex from a third-person perspective.” Image 5 Description: Top half shows apothisexual pride colors. Text: “apothisexual” with definition: “Refers to asexual individuals repulsed by sex or sexual activity. Not to be confused with 'sex-negative,' which means finding sex immoral.” Image 6 Description: Top half shows asexual spectrum pride colors. Text: “demisexual” with definition: “Sexual attraction occurs only after forming an emotional bond, which varies by person in nature and duration.” Image 7 Description: Top half shows fraysexual pride colors. Text: “fraysexual” with definition: “Sexual attraction to those not well known, often fading as emotional connection grows.”