Welcome to the next step in the “lets talk” movement.

A new way to destigmatize mental illness and help look after mental health

firefly moments

“Because you shine brighter outside the jar“

OWN YOUR GLOW

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Firefly Moments is here to connect professional and complimentary psychological/psychiatric services to each other and to the people who need them. We want to help fill the waitlist gap by creating a larger network and pooling resources to provide quality opportunities that offer choice and dignity. Regardless of diagnosis or level of distress, we look for options that help people stay engaged in their own self care goals while they wait for available services.

Own your glow is our founding principal. We believe that when we accept our self, exactly as we are, we can grow along side our personal struggles. Radical acceptance is a personal journey into creating, developing and adapting your own unique wellness plan. When we become open to treating our illness effectively, we can thrive with any difficulty we face. With the right skills and support network, we can overcome suffering caused by mental illness and stigma.

Pain vs Suffering

Pain + Non Acceptance = Suffering

Our pain is inevitable, suffering is entirely optional. As long as we have bodies, we will have pain. How long we choose to suffer in pain is up to us. Suffering is a construction of the mind, our thoughts and perspectives. Suffering will ease when our focus is on being mindful.

Pain + Acceptance = Willingness/Growth

Our illness does not define us, how we choose to accept ourselves and one another defines our response to illness.

~Firefly

Firefly Moments is a small but growing collection of excerpts, resources, skills and community links. We have collected combined information as well as designed a space to validate, connect and educate. We support anyone who may be struggling with psychiatric difficulties, traumatic experiences, addiction and the poverty often attached to living with a chronic mental illnesses.

Please continue reading and you will find out what Firefly Moments wants to do to help shine a light on stigma and encourage change. In short the website will guide people and provide links to aide the process of getting help. We can help discover new ways to handle acute distress as well as find people that can help you to manage long-term wellness. At Firefly we aim to encourage and empower self care strategies that can lead to improved long term therapeutic health outcomes.

Follow these links for more information

Hello! Welcome To our website, please take a moment to look around and discover more about our services and products.

Thank you for taking the time to enjoy our content. We hope you will continue to support this work and follow our updates. The rest of our website and our not profit business which is still under construction. Please feel free to look around and see what’s coming in the near future.

Please use our contact links if you would like connect or contribute to our cause. Currently, we are looking for donations from artisans and local businesses that are dedicated to aiding mental health who can provide products for our care and comfort kits. These kits as highlighted are a stop gap but effective aide to mental well being.

Project Comfort Kits

Promoting Mental Health Awareness with Acts of Kindness Care Compassion and Love.

Care Kits

Based on Effective grounding techniques, our care kits are designed to be used for mindfulness, self soothing and distraction as a means to cope with distress.

Be Mindful with a Firefly Moments

“Because you shine brighter outside the jar“

Comfort Kits

Based on effective grounding techniques, small and medium emergency care kits include items that people can use in crisis situations to help calm their mind and bodies.

Care, Comfort, Artwork and Merchandise

Care & Comfort Kits

Be Mindful – Self soothe, self care with Firefly Moments. Give Love to someone in crisis.

Works of Art

Prints, Stickers, Coloring Pages and Care Kit Products. Plus so much more to come

Firefly Merch

Dress up cozy. Our brand of Comfortable Creative Clothing and comfy stuff.

Purple Pages

Resources pages…Coming soon, stay in tune!

Short Stories

Expressions of how we celebrate our victories will include relatable chronicles from people who live with the pain of trauma related illnesses, disorders and addictions.

Prepare Packs

Get yourself ready for therapy, split into three modules. A variety of cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness skills, simplified, adapted and easy to use on a self paced basis. Links will be available soon, stay in tune!

Community Connections

Our Community Connections are coming soon, stay in tune

Firefly ~The Blog~

Coming soon…

My personal journey through illness and growth.

Dusk Grainger-Founder