Flourish Labs

Happy #Pride 🏳️🌈! The #LGBTQIA+ community has been strong on Peers.net right from the beginning. We're #proud that half of our peer supporters identify as LGBTQIA+, and to partner with OutCare Health & The Trevor Project. We're excited to celebrate #Pridemonth and offer free chats for all LGBTQIA+ identifying people throughout June ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Go to Peers.net/queer and use code PRIDE24 #lgbtqia #mentalhealth

❤️🧡💛HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! 💚💙💜 We at Flourish Labs are thrilled to celebrate and support the LGBTQIA+ community this month and always. We're also excited to announce a brand new addition to the Peers.net website: our LGBTQIA+ page! On this page, you can get to know ourpeer supporters who are part of the #LGBTQIA+ community and ready to connect with you. Read about their journeys and find someone whose experiences resonate with you. Life’s challenges can be tough—you can talk with an LGBTQIA+ peer supporter who shares your life experiences and is trained to help. Plus, to celebrate Pride Month, we’re offering FREE chats throughout June for all LGBTQIA+-identifying people (ages 12-30) using code PRIDE24! If you or anyone in your network could benefit from this resource, please share the code or reach out to us with any questions. 🏳️🌈 Visit our new page here: peers.net/queer #PrideMonth #MentalHealthAwareness #LoveIsLove #PeerSupport

In honor of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, we invited our teammates, peer supporters, and Peer Advisory Committee members to share their personal experiences with mental health. It's been truly inspiring to read each other's stories and learn from one another. This experience also serves as a powerful reminder that we're never alone in our struggles. 🤍 Each of us encounters unique and often challenging times with our #mentalhealth, and a recurring theme in these narratives is the importance of reaching out to our support systems and sharing our experiences. Doing so can have a profound impact on both ourselves and those around us. 💪 Check out excerpts from our personal stories and more in our newest blog: https://lnkd.in/ewqP7avj

Join our founder Obi Felten at a free webinar on #Peer support tomorrow! https://lnkd.in/gKuAGtDp Register here: https://lnkd.in/dAZz7a49

A few weeks ago, we quietly launched a small pilot: every night, for just a few hours, we started offering the ability to message with one of our amazing peers in real time on Peers.net, get immediate support for whatever you’re going through, and schedule follow-up chats whenever needed to keep the conversation going. 💬📱 Check out our latest #blog to discover what we learned and what lies ahead for us: https://lnkd.in/e9BTvMqK #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawarenessmonth

I'm feeling INSPIRED y'all. Flourish Labs was selected to participate in Headstream Innovation's 2024 Accelerator cohort, and I had the privilege of joining the in-person kickoff event over the last few days. Spending time surrounded by passionate innovators that are also working to improve youth mental health is invigorating AF 💪 Shoutout to the whole Headstream team for curating a fantastic group of entrepreneurs in this space and for facilitating an interesting, thought provoking kickoff this week. I truly can't wait for the rest of the program (see the smile below for proof)! #mentalhealth #youthmentalhealth #peersupport #innovators

📲 Check out this thought-provoking article shedding light on the intersection of social media and teen mental health. With everyone buzzing about the U.S. surgeon general's warning, it's time to rethink how we view digital spaces for young people. Instead of just talking bans, this article explores how social media could actually become a tool for mental health support. Engaging teens where they naturally spend time (digital spaces) is crucial. That's why we've recently begun testing immediate access to a peer supporter on Peers.net. Because sometimes, a conversation with someone who truly empathizes can be the turning point we need. 🤍🧠

It's National LGBTQIA+ Health Awareness Week! 🏳️🌈 This week, we're all about prioritizing health in every way possible: mentally, physically, and emotionally. Living authentically means taking care of ourselves on all fronts, especially in a world that might not always get it. Check out our latest Peers.net blog for tips on staying healthy and happy, tailored specifically for the LGBTQIA+ community. Let's support each other and thrive together! ✨ #LGBTQHealthAwareness #SelfCare #Wellness https://lnkd.in/eRVp-y7F

The latest episode of the Beautiful Voyager podcast is out now! It features Obi Felten of Flourish Labs. I've wanted to get to know Obi for a while because her background in product incubation (she was the first non-eng member of the team behind Google X, Alphabet’s innovation lab) resonated with me, and I knew that she is looking at innovation in the mental health space as well. In this interview, we talk about her newest mental health project, peers.net, where her ambition is to fill gaps in the mental health support space by training official peer supporters. I learned about this type of work initially from an early member of the Beautiful Voyager team named Patrice Massicotte, CPS, and am so happy to hear it gain momentum and, hopefully, traction. To that end, if you are interested in training to become a peer supporter -- or sign up for peer support yourself -- go to peers.net and use the code "bevoya" for up to 4 free sessions!

Great article by Laura Lovett in Behavioral Health Business on the importance of incorporating #mentalhealth care in #oncology. Thank you Laura for calling out #peersupport as a potential resource for cancer patients and featuring our work. We'd love to collaborate with pediatric cancer hospitals to offer peer support to their patients. Please get in touch!