Center for Hope & Healing

11/10/2025

Welcome to Mental Health Mondays! Check in with us every Monday to see how we can challenge you to improve your emotional headspace. Alongside Funeral Women Lead, we will highlight ways to handle burnout and develop emotional intelligence.
Sleep is essential for mental well being. Good sleep improves brain function, boosts your immune system, and reduces the risk of chronic diseases. Sleep is also crucial for cell repair and growth. Quantity and quality sleep matters. How much sleep you need will differ, but the average person needs 7-9 hours of sleep each night. Sleeping in a dark cool room with no electronics can improve the quality of sleep you are getting. Do you think you are getting enough sleep? How can you improve your sleep hygiene this month?

10/24/2025

Please reach out if you are struggling

(Part 2) Myth vs Truth

10/21/2025

🧠 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁, 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆

𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽.

💪 Kristen shares a few ways to strengthen it:

• 𝗕𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿

• 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆

• 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

• 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲

Leaders build social awareness by slowing down, depersonalizing, and objectively observing.

These habits create more connected, inclusive, and emotionally intelligent workplaces.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀?

There’s still time to join the 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆, where Kristen guides leaders in developing these essential skills.
👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.
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10/21/2025

💜 Invisible Disabilities Week | October 19–25, 2025

Not every disability can be seen — but every story deserves to be heard.

This week, we’re standing proudly with everyone living with invisible pain, illness, or disability. 💪

Our challenges may be unseen, but our strength, resilience, and courage are anything but invisible.

Let’s make our voices loud, our stories visible, and our compassion stronger than ever. 💜

~Karen

10/16/2025

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Love shouldn’t hurt. If you, or someone you know, is in need of support, reach out. Know that someone cares and will show up to keep you safe. For additional resources, text BEGIN to 88788 or follow the attached link: https://www.thehotline.org

10/16/2025

You are allowed to feel your pain. Feeling your pain is the pathway to healing.

10/13/2025

May you have a reflective and meaningful Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Where we are located, in the heart of Saint Charles, MO, leads us to take a moment to recognize the land of the Osage Nation. Education is the best way to counter ignorance — and it honors our collective history. Have you taken some time to learn and reflect lately?

10/11/2025

Wherever you may be in your journey, you are welcome here! Whether you are out and proud, questioning your sexuality, or unable to walk out freely, we celebrate you today. Happy National Coming Out Day! 🏳️‍🌈

10/10/2025

It’s World Mental Health Day, so we wanted to provide some resources of support. This day is meant to bring awareness — but also to know that your mental wellbeing is valued and should be protected. The work will continue in making support even more accessible for all. Any step, however small, can make a big difference in the act of taking care of yourself. Let us know if there is something we can do to hold you up through hard times.

09/30/2025

As National Su***de Prevention Month comes to a close, we want to remind all that you are not alone. Please reach out if you are in need of additional support in making the choice to stay. We are here for you.

Today is the last day of Su***de Prevention Month, and we want you to know that we carry hope for you every single day of the year. When we say that we hope you stay, we don’t just mean we hope for things to continue the same. What we hope is that there are days where staying doesn’t feel so daunting. We hope there are moments where you look back and are glad you stayed. We hope there is support given to help you through whatever you’re facing.

We are holding onto hope for you, and we’re really glad you’re here. 🧡

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09/20/2025

How can we better support those going through addiction recovery? That’s up to them to let us know. But it starts with us asking what we can do to best be there for them. Reach out. Let people know you care.

09/14/2025

The Center for Hope and Healing, partners with Baue Funeral Homes, Crematory, and Memorial Gardens, to offer a Su***de Support Group on the first and third Monday of every month. If you are needing support with your grief surrounding the loss of someone you loved by su***de, please join us tomorrow at 6pm. You don’t have to be alone in your grief. This ***dePreventionMonth, get support and choose not to carry your grief alone.