During the month of June, we celebrate Pride. For many folks, it is a time to celebrate their existence, their resilience, and their...

As many of you know, May is Mental Health Awareness month. At Cypress that can bring a lot of mixed emotions. We know that so many...

Cypress was delighted to present at the 2023 Mental Health First Aid Summit hosted by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Team...

When we teach Mental Health First Aid, we talk about the importance of “checking in” with someone when we notice some changes in them and...

Last month, Jasmine told you the story of how our Cypress name and logo came to be. She talked about how we got really nerdy about trees...

I didn’t expect that this blog would take so long to write. It started as a quick answer to a question our training participants often...

We are so excited to share our new video with you! Cypress Resilience Project teamed up with Photographer/Videographer Robert Silver and...

I recently saw an ad that talked about New Year’s resolutions versus evolutions. A resolution is making a decision to do or not do...

I am so proud to share that this year has continued to be a busy one for the Cypress Resilience Project. Since our founding, we have...

I often teach workshops on grief – how we can support others who are grieving and how to manage it ourselves. One of the things that...

There’s a myth that those of us who are productive, competent people can’t possibly be struggling with mental illness. But it’s important...

The last time I wrote a piece for our Cypress newsletter, I had received my second round of rejection letters for graduate school. I was...

In the past year or so Cypress has been fielding more and more requests for workshops focused on toxic stress management, avoiding...

The Cypress team has been waiting for July, 2022 since we heard that 988 is coming. Now finally it is here and ready to launch on July...

The Cypress Resilience Project Team is celebrating Dads everywhere this Father's Day! We know that there are lots of different kinds of...

We were recently invited to be guests on the "Am I Krazy" podcast, hosted by Robert Silver. Brooke Briggance and Jasmine Nakagawa-Wong...

Our team is constantly talking about accessibility. Accessibility means a lot of different things when we are considering the work we do...

When I teach our workshop on “Supporting People who are Grieving” – I often tell the story of my sweet dog, Honey. Honey died when she...

When we teach about managing toxic stress at Cypress, one of the things we talk about is how our experience of toxic stress is often...

When we teach our workshops on grief, one of the things we talk about is that we can’t compare losses. Each life event and person’s...