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July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, and at the Community Service Board of Middle Georgia (CSBMG), we are dedicated to highlighting the unique mental health challenges faced by historically marginalized and underserved racial and ethnic groups.

We are honored to give a shout out to our newest PEARLS trainees! Jammie Gilbert, CPS-P, Haley Monroe, CPS-Y, Juan Corona, CPS-Y, Crystal Miller, CPS-P, and Anna Hodges, CPS-Y celebrated their PEARLS graduation on June 18th!!

The one thing that stops us from making changes is ourselves! You may have heard the expression that someone “Couldn’t get out of their own way”? Sometimes there are ways right in front of us, but we are not open minded to change or simply can’t see the path to change so miss opportunities for growth.

First, there was the telegraph, then the telephone, then the fax machine, and now social media—a revolutionary way of communicating. Since its creation, social media has connected people like never before. Friends and family can stay in touch at any moment, and marketers have discovered new ways to reach consumers. With people using social media for an average of 144 minutes every day, its impact on society is undeniable.

We dream of the future and what it might look like, but what are we doing about it? If we intend to build that vision we have in our heads, we have to plan and prepare. We do this by becoming financially secure – paying off debt, saving money and building out our budgets to incorporate those dreams. Without a plan, how will you know when you arrive?