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10/26/2026

MENTAL HEALTH DOESN’T HAVE TO BE SPOOKY | OCTOBER ISSUE

🪞 The Mirror That Never Says “Enough”

The things that haunt us aren’t always monsters.
Sometimes, they’re the expectations we place on ourselves.

The feeling that we should have done more. The fear of making mistakes. The belief that we can finally relax, feel proud or feel good enough once we’ve reached the next goal.

But then we reach it… and the goal moves again.

Perfectionism can make it difficult to recognise our own progress because we’re always looking at what still needs to be improved.

And sometimes, underneath the constant striving, there’s a fear of disappointing others, being criticised or not being good enough.

But you don’t have to earn your worth by getting everything right.

You can care about doing a good job without expecting perfection from yourself.

You can want to grow without treating who you are today as a problem to fix.

And you can be proud of yourself while still having room to grow.

🤍This week, try asking yourself:

What would “good enough” look like if I didn’t have to prove anything to anyone?

Save this for the next time your inner critic tells you that you should have done more.

And if you want more conversations like this, visit our website or subscribe to the Be Heard newsletter to stay up to date with our resources, Be Heard Talks and upcoming events.

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10/22/2026

Anxiety doesn’t always look like panic.

Sometimes it looks like irritability.
Sometimes exhaustion.
Sometimes shutting down, feeling numb, becoming restless, or struggling to do something you know you need to do.

Our nervous system responses can look very different from person to person and understanding those patterns can help us become more curious about our experiences instead of immediately judging ourselves for them.

Instead of asking:
“What is wrong with me?”

Try asking:
“What is happening in me right now?”

That small shift can create space for curiosity, awareness and compassion.

And that’s exactly the kind of conversation we’ll be exploring with nervous system regulation educator and professional speaker Tia DeVincenzo (Tia DeVincenzo) during our next Be Heard Talks: Understanding Your Nervous System.

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10/20/2026

Your nervous system isn’t trying to make your life harder.
It’s trying to keep you safe.

Your body is constantly taking in information, sometimes before your conscious mind has even figured out what you’re feeling.

That can look like a racing heart, tense muscles, restlessness, anxiety, exhaustion, shutting down, or feeling numb.

Understanding your nervous system isn’t about being calm all the time.
It’s about learning to recognise what your body is telling you and building the capacity to move through what life brings.

🧠 So what is your nervous system trying to tell you?

We’ll be exploring this and much more with nervous-system regulation educator and speaker Tia DeVincenzo () during our next Be Heard Talks.

📅 Thursday, October 29
🕐 4–5 PM ET
💻 Online
🎟️ Free for the Be Heard community

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10/15/2026

Your body can notice things before your conscious mind has words for them.

That’s one reason anxiety, overwhelm, shutdown and stress can feel so confusing.

Understanding your nervous system isn’t about being calm all the time.

It’s about learning to recognise what your body is telling you and understanding what you need next.

🧠 We’re going deeper into this conversation later this month.

Be Heard Talks #2 - Understanding Your Nervous System

📅 Thursday, October 29
🕐 4–5 PM ET
💻 Online
🎟️ Free for the Be Heard community

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10/14/2026

MENTAL HEALTH DOESN’T HAVE TO BE SPOOKY | OCTOBER ISSUE

The Anxiety Maze

The things that haunt us aren’t always monsters.
Sometimes, they’re the thoughts that won’t let us switch off.

What if something goes wrong?
What if I missed something?
What if they’re upset with me?
What if I can’t handle it?

So we think harder.
We replay conversations.
We plan, check, Google, prepare and try to predict every possible outcome.

And somehow, the more we try to find our way out, the deeper we get into the maze.

Sometimes, anxiety makes us believe that if we think about something long enough, we’ll finally feel certain.

But you don’t have to solve every “what if?”

Try asking yourself:

Can I control this?
If yes, focus on the next small thing you can do.

If I can’t control it, what can I focus on instead?

What is happening right now?

You don’t have to find an answer to every possibility your mind creates.
Sometimes, you just need to find your way back to the present.

🌀 Save this for the next time your thoughts start taking you in circles.

And if you want more conversations like this, visit our website or subscribe to the Be Heard newsletter to stay up to date with our resources, Be Heard Talks and upcoming events.

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10/13/2026

ANXIETY ADVICE FROM TULI 🐾

We asked Tuli, our office dog, how she handles anxiety.

Her credentials: she naps on the office floor, takes frequent breaks, ignores every email, and has no idea when the next meeting is.

She might be onto something.

We don’t recommend taking all your mental health advice from a dog. But Tuli does know a few things:

🐾 Not everything needs a response.
🐾 Rest isn’t something you have to earn.
🐾 You can’t predict what’s next, so stop trying.
🐾 Slow down before you hit your limit, not after.

Anxiety keeps us doing, fixing, checking and bracing for what’s next. Sometimes the first step is just noticing where you are: in your thoughts, in your body, in this actual moment.

That’s what we’ll dig into at our next Be Heard Talks. (Tuli will not be presenting.)

📅 Thursday, October 29
🕐 4-5 PM ET
💻 Online
🎟️ Free for the Be Heard community

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10/12/2026

MEET TIA DEVINCENZO

What if your nervous system isn’t something to fight, but something you can learn to read?

Tia DeVincenzo is a nervous system regulation educator and speaker. She combines neuroscience, somatic training and real-world experience to help people understand what’s happening in their bodies when they’re overwhelmed, stuck or going through change, so they’re not living in survival mode by default.

One line of hers we keep coming back to:
“Calm is not weakness. It’s a skilled advantage for life.”

Regulation isn’t about feeling calm all the time. It’s about noticing your body’s signals and having more room to respond instead of react.

At our next Be Heard Talks, Tia will walk through four ways dysregulation can show up:
→ Functional freeze
→ Protective responses
→ Misalignment
→ The discomfort that comes with growth

📅 Thursday, October 29
🕐 4–5 PM ET
💻 Online
🎟️ Free for the Be Heard community

Save your spot and subscribe to our newsletter for future talks and events.

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10/10/2026

What does being heard mean to you? 🤍

For World Mental Health Day, we asked our team a simple question.

Because mental health isn’t only about symptoms, diagnoses, or coping strategies.

It’s also about having space for your experience.

Being listened to without judgment.
Being able to tell the truth.
Feeling understood.
Knowing that what you’re experiencing matters.

This year’s World Mental Health Day theme is “Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change.”

At Be Heard, we believe there is power in listening — really listening — to the people behind the experiences.

Because sometimes, being heard is part of healing. 🤍

What does being heard mean to you?

10/07/2026

MENTAL HEALTH DOESN’T HAVE TO BE SPOOKY | OCTOBER ISSUE

The Curse of People Pleasing

Not everything that haunts us is a monster. Sometimes it’s the dread of letting someone down.

It looks like saying yes before you’ve checked your calendar. Apologizing for things that aren’t your fault. Rehearsing how someone might react before you’ve even asked for what you need.

Do it long enough and it stops feeling like a habit. It starts feeling like your personality.

Kindness and boundaries can exist together. You can care about someone and still say no.

One small place to start: give yourself a pause before you answer.

“Let me think about it and get back to you.”

You don’t owe an instant yes, or a long explanation.

For more conversations like this, plus Be Heard Talks and upcoming events, subscribe to our newsletter.

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10/05/2026

Sometimes everything around you is quiet, and your body is still braced for something to go wrong.

That’s one of the harder parts of anxiety to explain. Other people see that things look fine, and they don’t see the alarm still going off underneath.

Often it isn’t a sign that something’s wrong right now. It can be a nervous system that learned to stay on guard and hasn’t caught up to the fact that things are different.

Getting better usually doesn’t mean the anxiety goes away. It means noticing an anxious thought without automatically believing it, getting curious about what’s setting it off, and slowly showing your body that not every moment needs protecting.

The goal isn’t zero anxiety.
It’s anxiety no longer running the show.

If this sounds familiar, our clinicians can help.

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