Blog Posts
🍂Welcoming Our New Facilitators This Autumn
We invite you to join us in welcoming Sara, Maura, JaTorra, Melissa, and Chris — and to experience their wisdom in our upcoming programs.
Mental Mac-and-Cheese
I'm sneaking this missive in before November 1 because once we hit the month of Thanksgiving there is what my grandfather would call a "superfluency" of emails with the word Gratitude in them. I don't mean to sound like a curmudgeon but this is a literal example of too much of a good thing!
Hope and Resilience in Every Season
Under the trees, we reflected on how they’d weathered the seasons since January — and how the same resilience that lives in nature lives in them, too. As we admired the strength of the trees towering over us, staff shared that this practice helped them remember their own inner strength — the steady, resilient core they draw on to support the individuals and families they serve every day.
This is what mindfulness can open.
Norwalk Celebrates Mental Health Awareness with Walk, Fair, and Festivities
We're grateful to be recognized in Nancy on Norwalk for our role in the Fourth Annual “NorWALK for Mental Health: Walk + Wellness Fair.” As part of the Community Mindfulness Project, we’re proud to support events that bring awareness, connection, and healing to our community.
You’re Invited: 5 Minutes a Day in the Month of May
Join us this May to practice 5 minutes a day all month.
Two local change catalysts join Community Mindfulness Board, Will Heins retires after 10 years of service, joins as Advisor.
The Community Mindfulness Project (CMP) is proud to announce the appointment of Chrissy Cacace Mahanna and Kathy Hodge to its Board of Directors. These two dynamic community leaders bring a rich blend of nonprofit leadership and board expertise, strategic vision, and a deep commitment to well-being and equity. As CMP welcomes this exciting new chapter, it also celebrates a bittersweet milestone: Co-Founder Will Heins, who has served on CMP’s Board since its founding, is transitioning into a new role as Strategic Advisor after a remarkable 10 years of service.
Case Study: Jackie’s Story
Jackie Carizzo (top right), is a doula, CMP program participant turned Facilitator. Read her story.
Case Study: Chrissy’s Story
Chrissy Cacace Mahanna, LCSW is Vice Chair of Community Mindfulness Project’s board.
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Case Study: Marjorie’s Story [Video]
Children learn from the adults around them, so when we give adults tools to handle anxiety, stress and difficult emotions, they pass those tools along to the children in their lives.
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Case Study: Mary’s Story [Video]
Mary is a Senior Care Coordinator leading the Project Longevity program partnership at Career Resources. As a justice-impacted member of the recovery community, she is proof that individuals can change and find a way out of the systems that inequitably marginalize many. Through our training and sessions over more than a year, she has witnessed her clients' lives transform, as has her own.