Community Identity & Resilience: From “I” to “We” What Makes Us “Us”? Our final zine invitation brings us from the individual back to the community. Create a zine that explores or promotes community identity and resilience. Community does not have…
Beauty & Nature: Notice What Is Still Here What Made You Stop and Look? Our third invitation is different. Instead of beginning with a problem, begin with beauty. Create a zine documenting something beautiful or something that connects you with…
A Resources & Information Zine Share What Helps: A Resources & Information Zine What Do You Know That Someone Else Might Need? Information can become a form of care when it reaches someone at the moment they need it. Our…
Resilience and Identity Who Are You Beyond What Has Happened to You? Our first invitation is to create a zine about personal resilience and the aspects of your identity that you value and want to preserve. When life becomes stressful,…
When Someone Is Suffering but Doesn’t Ask for Help: What Can We Do? How to offer compassion, presence, and support without crossing personal boundaries. Have you ever watched someone struggle with grief or trauma and felt helpless because they refused…
A Constellation of Light: Together, We Shine Brighter How VELA Well-being Brings People Together to Share Hope, Compassion, and Support As Halloween approaches, one simple phrase invites us to reflect: “Darkness is simply the absence of light.” Halloween is often…
What happens when generosity starts to hurt? Sometimes we give because giving is part of who we are. We offer our time, attention, resources, knowledge, emotional energy, and practical support. We may genuinely enjoy helping and believe deeply in compassion,…
Pause. Observe. Choose. A Practical Exercise for Helping Professionals and Caregivers Helping professionals and caregivers spend much of their time responding to the needs of others. In the process, it can become difficult to pause long enough to notice what…
During a recent conversation with our colleagues, Dr. Sal Terrassi shared a thought that stayed with us: “Some people in the world focus on the power of love, while others focus on the love of power.” This simple distinction opened…
Those who spend their days caring for, supporting, and helping others need care and support, too. It is so important to have moments when we can find peace within ourselves, feel supported, feel connected, and simply feel loved. Sometimes those…