Schedule time for joy + connection.

A Mental Health Check-In Subscription offers team members a chance to take off their superhero capes, have a moment to breathe, acknowledge what's going well and not so well, and tap into joy and creativity. Attendees leave with things to look forward to, recipes to try, and tools to be great(er) at work, school, home, and everywhere in between.

Big feelings welcome.

What happens during a mental health check-in

During these scheduled touch points, staff and leaders will have space to:

  • practice mindfulness, 

  • celebrate themselves, 

  • unpack victories and challenges,  

  • share about things impacting their or everyone’s life, safety, morale, etc., and

  • prioritize joy and wellbeing.

Attendees will be able to share and hear personal experiences and coping strategies, and collaborate on tools for thriving using GetSomeJoy’s creative wellness frameworks.

Virtual or In-Person

Breakout Sessions / Workshops

Monthly, Quarterly, or as needed

Presentation + Panel Discussion

Each session lasts 30 to 60 minutes

Wellness Strategy + Resource Development

At least 1 in 5 adults will navigate a mental health challenges each year.

Create space to foster connection, offer support, and center joy.

Create space to foster connection, offer support, and center joy.

OUR JOY-INFUSED ACTIVATIONS

Conference/Retreat Grounding Session

Kick off your convening with an upbeat, inspiring mindfulness moment that offers attendees space to celebrate themselves, reconnect with the convening’s theme, and consider opportunities for finding joy and prioritizing self-care while learning and networking.

5-30 minutes

topics vary

add-on resources available

Keynote presentation or talk

Hire a dynamic speaker that will engage, challenge, educate, and inspire your attendees. Bring a memorable, trauma-informed, joy-infused perspective to your conference or event.

Potential topics:

  • Joy-infused leadership, education, mental health care, or community building

  • Write Your Way To Clarity: Literary Therapy as a creative wellness tool for qualitative research and community building

  • Navigating grief and loss through creative wellness strategies

  • Trauma-Informed Leadership/Organizational Development

  • Creating Space for Joy at School/Work

  • Mental Health First Aid as a Community Building Tool

  • We can also collaborate on a presentation/talk that meets your needs.

20-90 minutes

topics vary

add-on resources available

Literary Therapy Wall Exhibit + Resource Table

A traveling public installation that invites participants to reflect and write about what they're doing to getsomejoy. Setup the Wall in a public space to invite community members to reflect + share responses, art, stories, and resources.

Exhibit Includes:

  • Bright yellow, double-sided Literary Therapy Wall (1 or 2 available)

  • 3 sets of Literary Therapy Postcards

  • Connection to Peer Support Group + wellness resources

  • Print or digital griefKit guides

  • Fried chicken stickers, pens, markers

  • GetSomeJoy staff

1-hour to several days

topics vary

add-on resources + virtual edition available

How people engage with GetSomeJoy’s Community Literary Therapy Wall:

Read community insights on mental health, joy, grief, burnout, healing, etc.

Share a little or a lot. Write, draw, color. Whatever you need, whatever you feel.

Select a Literary Therapy Writing Prompt for reflection.

Connect through creativity, shared vulnerability + exchanging tools for thriving.

Breakout Session, Workshop, Panel

Kick off your convening with an upbeat, inspiring mindfulness moment that offers attendees space to celebrate themselves, reconnect with the convening’s theme, and consider opportunities for finding joy and prioritizing self-care while learning and networking.

Potential experiences:

  • Navigating Grief with Creative Wellness Strategies

  • Trauma-Informed Engagement in High-Need Environments

  • Trauma-Informed Care: Supporting Peers/Staff/Students Navigating Grief

  • Literary Therapy for Educators + Administrators

  • Creative Wellness Strategies for Housing Justice Advocates

  • Creative Wellness Strategies for Human Resources Professionals

  • We can also collaborate on an experience that meets your needs.

30-120 minutes

topics vary

virtual or in-person add-on resources available

Custom wellness resources

Meet your community’s needs with a vibrant, engaging creative wellness tool, tailored to reflect your audience’s strengths, perspectives, contributions, and challenges. Includes asset consultation, design, and production.

A few possibilities:

  • Custom print or digital editions of griefKit: Crowdsourced tools and considerations for raggedy times

  • Literary Therapy Exploration Workbooks for additional exploration outside workshops

  • JoyKit resource guides for group wellness initiatives

  • Special greetings, relevant resources, recipes, community-specific messages via a custom Joy Report Newsletter

20-90 minutes

topics vary

add-on resources available

Schedule a meeting to explore your solutions.

Let's discuss your community's unique needs and discover how our GetSomeJoy@Work Solutions can support your community wellness goals.

ADVENTURES IN JOY: A CLIENT CASE STUDY

A participant at the Midwestern CBO Summit celebrates recent victories as part of a GetSomeJoy Awards Ceremony during the conference’s morning plenary. (photo: Kollin Benson)

Spreading joy @ NMAC’s regional cbo leadership summit series

In the fall of 2025, GetSomeJoy launched a partnership with NMAC, a leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS, to bring sustainable creative wellness strategies and joy to their regional CBO leadership conference series in Houston, Oakland, Philadelphia, and Detroit.

Collaboration elements:

Conference Grounding

Breakout Sessions

Interactive Literary Therapy Wall Exhibit + Resource Table

Presentation + Panel Discussion

GetSomeJoy has collaborated with these organizations + others

GetSomeJOy@work Testimonial

“GetSomeJoy@Work helped us pause, breathe, and show up better for ourselves and each other. It gave us practical tools to prioritize mental health and connect more deeply as colleagues.”

- Ayanna F. - VP of Housing, National Urban League

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