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As You Are: An Interview with Claire Curran
Looking back on 2021, Joseph Maley Foundation saw a great deal of change, and one especially exciting change was the addition of our newest educational offering: As You Are. As You Are focuses on gender and family diversity, with an intentional goal of ensuring that...
Giving Kindness: Staff Feature
The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting colder, and soon it will be a brand new year filled with new challenges and adventures to navigate. But before it begins, many will celebrate the end of the calendar year with the holiday season - which, at its...
Good Vibes Only: Feel-Good News Stories to Brighten Your Day (Pt. 3)
As the holiday season approaches, and the days get shorter, we all could use a bit of good news to make our days feel a little more optimistic and stress-free. So, we've compiled yet another list of somewhat recent news stories that might just help brighten your day!...
DIY Spooky Season Decorations
It's Spooky Season! What a fun time of year to get together with family and friends and get crafty with some fun, easy, inexpensive, and clever DIY Halloween decorations you can make yourselves and reuse year after year. Not only will you have yearly Halloween...
Accumulating Positive Emotions in the Short-Term
We (and many others) have said it before and we'll say it again: prioritizing your mental health is important. But sometimes, it can be hard to move this virtue into action. With work and school, appointments and practices, it just seems like there's not enough time...
Back to School: Activities for a GREAT Year! (Activity #3)
Our final back-to-school activity is one that you and your family can practice every day. Positive affirmations. Positive affirmations are short, declarative sentences with a decidedly optimistic tone. Affirmations are stated in the present tense. That's the case even...
Back to School: Activities for a GREAT Year! (Activity #2)
In our last blog post, we challenged you and your family to create a vision board for the new school year. A vision board can serve as a way for you to identify your long-term goals, and inspire you to achieve them. Now that you've taken the time to acknowledge those...
Back to School: Activities for a GREAT Year! (Activity #1)
Getting back into the swing of things for a new school year can be a jarring transition after a sun-soaked summer. Each school year comes with more challenges AND more opportunities, so the beginning of a new school year is the perfect time for students to check in...
DIY: Create Your Own Superhero Alter Ego
You may know by now that there's real power behind striking a superhero pose. So while you and your family are showing off your power poses left and right this summer, why not create a superhero alter ego to match? We'll help you get started. First, let's get crafty....
5 Disability-Focused Podcasts You Should Listen To
Listening to podcasts can be a great way to explore new hobbies, content areas, and expand your knowledge on a plethora of topics. With so many podcasts out there, it can feel overwhelming trying to find the right one for YOU. To help you along your podcast journey,...