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Best Therapy for Social Anxiety Ontario

Discover the best therapy options for social anxiety in Ontario. From cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to mindfulness-based approaches, Ontario offers diverse treatments tailored to your needs. Licensed therapists provide personalized care to help you manage and overcome social anxiety, empowering you to lead a more confident and fulfilling life.

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⠀⠀ ⠀⠀❝⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ╱╱⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ THE MEMBERS %!? ❞

ib. @venusvity & mentions of @moirtre

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀﹒ %%﹐⠀SAMUEL MYUNG, professionally known by his korean name SUNGJOON is one of the three founding members of CHAOS THEORY, previously known as THEXPLANATIONS. in 2009, sungjoon started a band with his cousin, JAEHWAN and their friend QUINTON in quinton's garage. most of the music they played at the beginning were covers, but slowly sungjoon began to write music for the band. sungjoon was hesitant about both the addictions of EIKŌ and ZHIXIN, and signing on with SOLARIA GARDENS.

unfortunately for solaria, sungjoon proved to be a liability of an artist, known for his reckless behaviour and bad manners with fans. sungjoon found himself in three scandals within months of each other. one being his attitude to fellow gemini artist. (which prompted a horrifying livestream apology) afterwards, his own drug use was called into question and in order to avoid persecution, he was sent back to canada to receive rehab. while in rehabilitation, a solaria garden's insider leaked information that sungjoon's hiatus was not because of his drug use but instead because he and jaehwan got into a physical altercation

as of now, sungjoon is once again an active member of chaos theory, and has hinted at his feelings towards his scandals in all of their most recent lyrics.

STAGE NAME: SUNGJOON

BIRTH NAME: samuel myung

DATE OF BIRTH: april 21, 1993

PLACE OF BIRTH: toronto, ontario

HOMETOWN: toronto, ontario

ETHNICITY: korean

NATIONALITY: canadian

POSITIONS: lyricist, bass guitarist

FACE CLAIMS: lee seunghyub

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀﹒ %%﹐⠀JAEHWAN, born JACKSON MYUNG is the cousin of SUNGJOON, and one of the founding members of CHAOS THEORY, and the creator of the name, and original name THEXPLANATIONS. from the very beginning of the band, jaehwan was the one making most of the big decisions, including adding EIKŌ and ZHIXIN, and signing with SOLARIA GARDENS.

jaehwan, out of all the members, is the one who struggled the most with moving from toronto to seoul. despite quickly finding love from the band's tour in korea, jaehwan would go on to struggle with the authority of the band and his own mental health for years to come. one of his biggest challenges was between him and sungjoon in their own personal family rivalry. despite being in a drastically better place, even considering each other friends now, jaehwan has continued to feel doubt in his ability to trust the other members with the business side of chaos theory.

despite tensions rising between him and their manager, jaehwan has kept this secret from the other members, and his wife.

STAGE NAME: JAEHWAN

BIRTH NAME: jackson myung

DATE OF BIRTH: july 08, 1993

PLACE OF BIRTH: toronto, ontario

HOMETOWN: toronto, ontario

ETHNICITY: korean

NATIONALITY: canadian

POSITIONS: lead vocalist

FACE CLAIMS: park junhee

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀﹒ %%﹐⠀everyone's favourite social butterfly, QUINTON ONG. quinton grew up in toronto with his three bothers, and his parents. at 12, quinton's father walked out on them, and at 15, his mom got remarried to JAMIE REYES, who would eventually adopt quinton and his brothers officially. quinton's childhood was corrupted by his father walking out and the bad path's his older bothers took and even with his step-father's help, quinton struggled a lot with anager management, which is what got JAEHWAN to convince him to join the band.

after signing with SOLARIA GARDENS, quinton would become the most popular member of the band. still to this day, quinton interacts the most with fans, despite being private at the same time. quinton went from being the most emotionally distant member, to somewhat of a companion to each member, being confieded in by each of them, as well as other idols under solaria,

in the past few years, quinton's music career has shifted to directing music videos, making his debut with NO VARIETY's TATIANA's second mixtape title track. he has continued with directing, through other friends of his music, and CHAOS THEORY's most recent music. he also became the main editor of no variety's CELENE's dance showcase show.

STAGE NAME: QUINTON ONG

BIRTH NAME: quinton ong

DATE OF BIRTH: august 15, 1993

PLACE OF BIRTH: mississauga, ontario

HOMETOWN: toronto, ontario

ETHNICITY: korean

NATIONALITY: canadian

POSITIONS: drummer

FACE CLAIMS: johnny suh

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀﹒ %%﹐⠀IT BOY, ENZO MASAKI, professionally known as EIKŌ is one of solaria garden's most popular member. eikō was added to the band in 2012, after becoming friends with QUINTON and JAEHWAN in college. eikō really was the missing piece, and his addition was the beginning of legitimate gigs for the band, beyond just weddings. he was able to get them into clubs that they couldn't legally play in. after the move to korea though, eikō's confidence in his place in the band dwindled, and it became more of job than a passion for him.

eikō became friends with NO VARIETY's DAVINA, and since has been overwhelmed by dating rumours, despite denying them multiple times. besides, it helps that he's been spotted at the same club with five different people in the past few months. because of his own scandals, and the hiatus the band took, his passions shifted from music to acting.

recently, however, eikō has seemed to find a lot more passion in the group and has seemed to rekindle his friendship with the members in the past few years.

STAGE NAME: EIKŌ

BIRTH NAME: enzo masaki

DATE OF BIRTH: october 30, 1993

PLACE OF BIRTH: toronto, ontario

HOMETOWN: toronto, ontario

ETHNICITY: korean

NATIONALITY: canadian

POSITIONS: electric guitarist

FACE CLAIMS: yuta nakamoto

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀﹒ %%﹐⠀FENG ZHIXIN, moved to toronto when he was seven years old and from that first day, him and EIKŌ were the best of friends. thanks to eikō's insistence that they go to college together, they became friends with QUINTON and JAEHWAN and eventually the two would be added to their band.

in the early days of living in korea, zhixin and SUNGJOON did not get a long, mainly because zhixin was very blunt about his opinions on sungjoon's attitude and this caused a major rift between all the band members after sungjoon lashed out at zhixin.

zhixin, since the beginning of their mainstream days, was the most private member and it has stayed that way. however, zhixin has slowly become a more known member because of his fashion ventures and starting to interact more with fans publically. his dynamic with sungjoon also seemed to heal over night.

STAGE NAME: ZHIXIN

BIRTH NAME: feng zhixin

DATE OF BIRTH: december 23, 1993

PLACE OF BIRTH: guangzhou, china

HOMETOWN: toronto, ontario

ETHNICITY: chinese

NATIONALITY: chinese

POSITIONS: keyboardist

FACE CLAIMS: xu minghao

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hi Steph, I’m sorry to bother you with this but I feel so lost and your blog has been a source of light for so long. I’ve been trying to hold on a job for a while but had to quit two because of mental health reasons. I am embarrassed though, how do I cope with this? At the same time I know I am capable since I do have skills, but the environment/circumstances is just so stressful..

Hey Nonny *HUGS*

Ooof I am SO sorry that you're dealing with that stuff, and I wish I could do more than offer hollow words. Please know I am not a professional so please just take what I say as anecdotes that I hope will help you too <3

Nonny, there is NOTHING to be embarrassed about, and it took me a LONG time to realize that. Seeing a therapist has helped me immensely with those feelings of shame. I'm also fortunate enough to have a day job that I'm 8-years-tenured at, so honestly I just went right to the top with the HR manager in the room, told them exactly what my therapist recommended for me, and now I'm allowed some accommodations should I need them.

However.

Mental health is WOEFULLY undervalued in the corporate world, and very few of us end up with employers who are both understanding and accommodating to our needs, and I can understand why you want to keep it to yourself in fear of job loss. I'm a Canadian in Ontario, and we have laws that employers cannot fire or lay you off strictly because of mental health issues (which I believe is a fairly recent thing). You don't state where you're from, so I'm going to guess it's the US, which I – from afar and tumblr posts – understand is horrific to employee-rights. So, yeah, I can understand why you feel trapped.

Honestly Nonny – and this is just because I felt encouraged by my therapist to do so – just talk to an HR person about options to accommodate you, like maybe they let you work nights when there's less people and distractions, or let you do hybrid work... And if need be, get a doctor or psychologist's note to present to them.

Honestly Nonny, I'm probably the worst person to ask about this, because I KNOW I'm privileged enough work a job that was willing to work with me. You know why? Because, like you, I have the skills that are valuable enough to keep me around. It took working an entire pandemic at home to prove to them I could be granted those accommodations, but yeah, sometimes, your work IS noticed, even if they don't say anything to you.

So, my thoughts are this: talk to a counsellor or therapist or even your doctor (mine is a talk therapist, and we're working on cognitive behavioural therapy, which is essentially giving me tools to cope with my day-to-day), because just having an unbiased point-of-view is helpful. Talk to your HR manager to see if they have the capabilities to accommodate your needs. AND if your job has PTO or Sick days, TAKE THEM. That's what they're there for. There is NO shame in taking a day off because you can't get out of bed. OR offer to work at home on those days, which is what I do.

Sorry I'm not much help other than this, Nonny. I have so much empathy for you, especially since I have very bad headspace days where I can't physically bring myself to go to the office. I truly hope you find a solution that works for you, but AGAIN, DON'T BE ASHAMED. You are only human, and we are NOT made to work 40+ hours a week for 60 years.

If anyone has much more useful advice, please do offer it <3

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over the past few jobs i've had since like 2018 i've been very good at enforcing my time boundaries. recently, i've had a number of comments about this in the form of others who feel envious of my ability to sign off. so today i am here as a professional adult to tell you: you have to make your job listen to you. you have to tell your job when you work. i'm not magically some outlier about this, i'm not special, i'm just a person who read my work contract and makes my company adhere to what we agreed. the point is: you need to determine your work boundaries and you have to be the one to maintain them.

the job i really nailed down doing this was before i went to grad school and had to balance that time, and before i had my stroke and became disabled. i was just working a job as an admin assistant / marketing coordinator to four (4!) real estate sales people (realtors). if you know anything about realtors you likely know they work all the time. all of it. they are working. or schmoozing, but that's still work for them. so, in that industry a lot of admins end up working long hours to get reports out, create marketing collateral, fill in lease abstracts, what have you. it's extremely normalized. all the old guard of older women admins at every job i've had in real estate would work beyond the 9-5. so, how'd i do it?

perhaps it's because they were sales people that me saying i would work 9-5 but come in 8-4 on the days they wanted an 8am meeting helped, perhaps they intrinsically understood the value of my time. but i doubt it, because again, i worked in an industry where practically every other admin worked long hours for no reason. but i did tell them they could have my phone for emergencies and that was it, if they needed me once i went home it was going to wait until i was back in the morning. there are so very few, so minuscule in number, situations where your business job will ever have an after hours emergency that you need to work overtime unpaid for. everything else? it's not that urgent. they can wait. and they did. i worked my 8-4 on mondays and 9-5 the other days for months. you may think, "oh but if i leave at 5 and others are still working i might hinder my ability to get a promotion" and if you work at a place where that is the case, that is well beyond the only thing inherently wrong with your work environment and you should look for something else. i worked commercial real estate, not only did i get promotions, i was headhunted from competitors and offered better pay and positions. and in every firm i saw the admins working beyond their hours. every single one. and people would comment on me not working until 7pm in a jealous way, but again. i wasn't doing anything special. i just wasn't letting the company out of the agreement it made with me. during the time i was doing part time grad school and full time work i just told my bosses, (and my potential ones when i interviewed for those "our dick's bigger than yours" games cre firms play with each other), that i would work 8-1 on days i had to commute to school and make up my hours other days. i didn't ask for this. i laid it out to my bosses and said this is how it is going to be. i said if there was ever anything absolutely urgent they could try and email me while i was in class but i would be unlikely to respond. my work never suffered for me working my agreed upon hours, nor when i needed to shuffle them to accommodate school. and sure, if you have an unreasonable boss it is going to be incredibly difficult to get them to respect your time because they do not respect you. either you can try and make it work, try and fight for yourself every single day, or you get a new job. i have had garbage bosses who neither respected my time nor me as a person. i cannot advise how you change those people, only that you need to get the fuck away from them as soon as you are able. no job is worth your health, mental or physical. here in ontario you have the right to disconnect now, the right legally to turn off your phone and ignore your work emails and calls. you may not live in ontario so i do not know what your legal rights are, but i will say to read your work contract. get familiar with your rights as an employee. if you're confused about anything call your local law school they tend to have student phone banks for questions and i've used them for some help with employment law questions i've had in the past. the thing is, you sign a contract to accept a job, but the company also signed this contract. you are held to adhering to it in order to continue to have your job. so, too, you should hold the company to it in order to keep having you. You are the asset. make them remember that.

[coochiequeens]

After finding an article about a woman who had three kids and a husband that came out as trans I looked into what was going on in the family. Sure enough their middle child already came out as trans. And now the authors bio identifies her as trans..... But being trans isn't a social contagion

05.11.24

My wife surprised her coworkers when she came out as trans. Then they surprised her. She was ready for one reaction but was greeted with a beautiful response.

Society, pay attention. This is important.

My wife, Zoe, is transgender. She came out to us — the kids and me — last summer and then slowly spread her beautiful feminine wings with extended family, friends, and neighbors. A little coming out here, a little coming out there — you know how it is. It's been a slow, often challenging process of telling people something so personal and scary, but pretty much everyone has been amazing.

However, she dreaded coming out at the office. She works at a large technology company, managing a team of software developers in a predominantly male office environment. She's known many of her co-workers and employees for 15 or so years. They have called her "he" and "him" and "Mr." for a very long time. How would they handle the change?

While we have laws in place in Ontario, Canada, to protect the rights of transgender employees, it does not shield them from awkwardness, quiet judgment, or loss of workplace friendships. Your workplace may not become outright hostile, but it can sometimes become a difficult place to go to every day because people only tolerate you rather than fully accept you.

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06.22.16

"Come with me. You’re going to meet the prime minister."

My family and I were sitting in the House of Commons in Ottawa on May 17, 2016, when a member of the Canadian Parliament came to find us. We exchanged surprised looks and quietly rose from our seats, making our way out into the halls of Canada’s most important edifice.

We were there because we’d been invited to witness history that day.

And now, quite unexpectedly, we were about to meet the man at the helm of this historic change: Justin Trudeau.

In order to understand why we were seconds away from this meeting, it’s important to know why we were asked to be there in the first place.

In many ways, my family is a fairly typical one, with two parents, three kids, and a house in the ‘burbs. I’m a writer, and my spouse works in high tech. We throw birthday parties, pay our taxes, cut the lawn, and walk the dogs.

Our family. If we were ice cream, we’d be vanilla.

Yes, we’re pretty average except for one thing: Two of our family members are transgender.

Just over two years ago, our middle child came out as trans.

Seeing her blossom from a depressed and distressed "boy" into the radiant young lady she is today was the catalyst my partner needed to speak her own truth 18 months later: She is a transgender woman.

See rest of article

ROWAN JETTÉ KNOX (formerly known as Amanda Jetté Knox) is an award-winning journalist, writer, certified professional coach, and human rights advocate with a special focus on LGBTQ2+ rights and mental health. Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family was a #1 bestseller, an Indigo Best Book of the Year and Staff Pick of the Month, and was chosen for the 2020 Canada Reads Longlist. His work has been featured on the BBC, CBC, The Today Show, O Magazine, The Social, and The Marilyn Denis Show. He was a 2019 Chatelaine Woman of the Year, a 2020 Top 25 Woman of Influence, and was chosen as one of 2020’s Most Influential Parents by Today’s Parent. He was the 2020 gold winner in Best Column from the Canadian Digital Publishing Awards. He lives in Toronto.

[donnerpartyofone]

I have a long-neglected email address that's my legal name @ gmail, for "professional purposes" that I never actually pursue, and it just received a psychiatrist's note excusing someone in Ontario with my same name from their biology exam, citing mental health issues. The patient even has nearly-my birthday. Not to be glib but this should really be the beginning of an international murder mystery.

[rogersonlaw]

The Benefits of Stopping Bullying

Stopping bullying is a positive way to address social inequality.

It can help build resilience, confidence and a sense of belonging for victims of bullying and prevent them from becoming a bully later in life.

Students who have been bullied may feel depressed, anxious and withdrawn from their peers. They may also have a hard time making friends and adjusting to their school environment.

Getting support and counseling can help with these issues. A mental health professional can help a student develop self-esteem and learn ways to cope with the stress of bullying.

Community groups can make a difference by creating anti-bullying programs and activities. They can also promote a public awareness of the problem and work with schools to address it.

Parents, teachers and school administrators can help by modeling positive social behavior and teaching kids how to intervene if they see bullying. They can also educate younger children about safe online practices.

Be the first line of defense – tell an adult at school and home

Students should always be told that they can speak to an adult about bullying. When they do, they can get a fair and effective response.

In the moment – stand tall, breathe deeply, act confident, make a joke or distract or divert the bully’s attention.

Disarm a bully with words – tell the bully that you will not be afraid or put up with this kind of behavior.

Then, walk away calmly. If the bullying continues, tell another person what is happening and ask them to speak to the bully.

If you are also against child bullying, Contact Rogerson Law Group today and help to stop bullying in Ontario schools.

https://www.rogersonlaw.com/child-bullying-litigation-toronto/

[gofrenchie]

Can we hear more about your shoresy headcanons?

absolutely! i love talking about them but one of them is pretty sad and could be triggering to some so TW for disordered eating/eating disorders.

so i watched shoresy (the show) with a friend of mine that i met in aa and we'd been joking for months about shoresy being in a 12 step program and noticed while watching that he never actually takes a sip of alcohol on the show.

that one's maybe more of a headcanon than a fan theory because he does hold drinks/have them in front of him in multiple scenes, and he requests a top off during the porch scene. but in my head, he's just super private about his recovery because drinking is such a massive part of both hockey and ontario culture. once you focus on it, it's pretty striking that we never see him actually take a sip whereas in letterkenny everyone's constantly drinking.

(TW: emeto) the ed thing is something i noticed first in lk with the scene of him drilling at the hockey rink until he throws up. another component is the recurring gag of him having major stomach problems. initially, it's just a joke, but my friend commented half-seriously that he has ibs and that's why he's constantly on the toilet during team meetings. i'd already been thinking about his concerning obsession with fitness/winning and the introduction of his foster family and his childhood being a fat kid, so i theorized that he could be abusing laxatives/pre-workout to keep his weight down.

this could absolutely be me making a mountain out of a molehill/projecting my own experiences of mental illness and recovery onto a television character, but i don't know. i think it'd be really incredible of the show to shed a light on eating disorders in men, particularly someone like shoresy who exists in a hyper-masculine world like (semi?) professional hockey.

but yeah that's it! i really love shoresy and i hope we 1) get a season 2 and 2) get to see more of his mental health journey because there's definitely something going on there.

[robertehicks]

The Impact of Men's Therapy on Mental Health

A global data report from the World Health Organization states that men are more likely to die by suicide than women!

The 21st-century man faces unique hardships that are difficult to navigate alone. Yet he does so.

Luckily, Ontario men’s mental health counselling services provides a safe space for them where they can express their emotions and break free from societal expectations. They also confront issues such as stress, anger, and relationship difficulties.

From a younger age, many men are taught to suppress their feelings. Unfortunately, this behaviour leads to internal struggles that manifest in various ways. Online Mens Therapy for Professionals in Ontario helps men develop healthier coping mechanisms, improve communication skills, and build stronger relationships. Therapy is not about weakness. It is about strength - having the courage to seek help and work towards personal growth.

Male-focused counseling in Ontario helps men gain valuable insights about themselves that they never knew before. They learn to prioritize self-care and ultimately lead happier, more fulfilling lives. So why do men need therapy, you ask? Because they have every right to heal, grow, and thrive on their terms.

Visit: https://www.kickstartmenstherapy.ca/blog/the-impact-of-mens-therapy-on-mental-health

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Mental Health Clinic Ontario

Seeking professional mental health support? Mental Health Clinic Ontario offers expert care with experienced therapists dedicated to your well-being. Visit The Insight Clinic for personalized mental health services. Schedule your appointment today.

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Empowering Men's Mental Health: Online Therapy in Ontario

Discover affordable men’s therapy solutions tailored to your needs in Ontario. Whether you’re seeking anger management therapy in Waterloo or Online Therapy Services In Guelph, our online therapy services offer convenient access to expert support. Our specialized men’s issues counseling in Waterloo addresses unique challenges men face, providing a safe space for growth and healing. With a focus on men’s therapy in Ontario, our qualified professionals offer compassionate guidance to navigate life’s complexities. Take the first step towards a happier, healthier you with our accessible and effective therapy options. Embrace positive change today with our supportive and empowering services.

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Best Therapy for Social Anxiety in Ontario

Social tension problem, otherwise called social fear, is a pervasive emotional wellness condition portrayed by an extraordinary feeling of dread toward social circumstances. It can significantly impact one’s quality of life, making even everyday interactions seem daunting. Fortunately, there are effective therapies available for social anxiety in Ontario. This blog explores the best therapeutic options, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure Therapy, and Group Therapy, and highlights key resources and practitioners in the region.

Understanding Social Anxiety

Social anxiety involves a persistent fear of being judged, humiliated, or embarrassed in social situations. Common symptoms include:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

What is CBT? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is widely regarded as the gold standard for treating social anxiety. It focuses on identifying and challenging anxiety-inducing negative thought patterns and beliefs. By restructuring these thoughts, individuals can alter their behavior and emotional responses.

How Does CBT Work? Cognitive Restructuring: This involves identifying irrational beliefs and replacing them with more realistic ones. For instance, “People are generally understanding and won’t judge me harshly” takes the place of “Everyone will laugh at me if I speak up.”

Behavioral Techniques: These include gradual exposure to feared social situations to reduce avoidance behaviors. This might involve starting with less intimidating scenarios and gradually working up to more challenging ones.

CBT in Ontario Ontario has numerous skilled CBT practitioners and clinics. Notable resources include:

The Mindfulness Clinic: Located in Toronto, this clinic offers specialized CBT for social anxiety, combining it with mindfulness techniques for better outcomes. Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre: Based in Hamilton, this center is known for its evidence-based treatments and experienced therapists.

Exposure Therapy

What is Exposure Therapy? Exposure Therapy is a specific type of CBT that focuses on directly confronting feared social situations. The objective is to decrease the trepidation reaction through rehashed openness.

How Does Exposure Therapy Work? Systematic Desensitization: This involves creating a hierarchy of feared situations and gradually exposing the individual to them, starting from the least to the most anxiety-provoking.

In Vivo Exposure: Practicing real-life exposure to feared situations, such as giving a presentation or attending a social gathering, under the guidance of a therapist.

Exposure Therapy in Ontario Several clinics and therapists specialize in Exposure Therapy for social anxiety:

Group Therapy

What is Group Therapy? Bunch Treatment includes a little gathering of people with comparative issues who meet routinely to examine their encounters under the direction of a specialist. It provides a supportive environment to practice social skills and reduce feelings of isolation.

How Does Group Therapy Work? Supportive Environment: Participants share their experiences and support each other, which helps reduce feelings of isolation and stigma.

Social Skills Training: Group settings provide a safe space to practice and improve social interactions.

Feedback and Insight: Receiving feedback from others can provide valuable insights and different perspectives on one’s social interactions.

Group Therapy in Ontario

Ontario offers several reputable group therapy programs for social anxiety:

The Social Anxiety Institute of Ontario: Offers specialized group therapy sessions focused on social skills training and exposure exercises. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH): Located in Toronto, CAMH provides group therapy programs led by experienced mental health professionals.

Additional Resources

Online Therapy Options For those who prefer remote treatment, online therapy platforms such as MindBeacon and Inkblot Therapy offer virtual CBT and other therapeutic options tailored to social anxiety.

Self-Help Books and Resources Books like “The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook” by Martin M. Antony and Richard P. Swinson, both based in Ontario, provide practical exercises and insights for managing social anxiety.

Support Groups Organizations such as Anxiety Canada and Anxiety Disorders Association of Ontario offer support groups and resources for individuals struggling with social anxiety.

Conclusion Overcoming social anxiety is a challenging but achievable goal with the right therapeutic approach. In Ontario, residents have access to a variety of effective treatments, including CBT, Exposure Therapy, and Group Therapy. Whether through in-person sessions or online platforms, seeking help from skilled professionals can lead to significant improvements in managing social anxiety and enhancing overall quality of life.

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Counseling for Teens: Navigating Adolescent Mental Health

This article explores the significance of counseling for teens, addressing common concerns and misconceptions surrounding adolescent mental health support. It discusses the availability of therapy for minors in Ontario, the appropriate age for counseling, and indicators for parents to recognize when their teenage son may need professional help. Additionally, it provides factual insights into teen…

[brookston]

Holidays 5.1

Holidays

Agriculture Day (Haiti)

Americanism Day (Pennsylvania)

Amtrak Day

Anxiety Disorders Screening Day

Armour Day (India)

Ayrton Senna Day

Batman Day

Chimney Sweeps Day

Couple Appreciation Day

CSS Reboot Day

Dipping Day

Doctor’s Day (Canada)

Empire State Building Day

EuroMayDay

Executive Coaching Day

501st Legion Day

First Responders Day (Ontario, Canada)

Frequent Flyer Day

Gambrinus’ Teufelstisch (Midnight Feast at the Devil’s Table; Germany)

Garland Dressing (UK)

Global Developmental Delay Awareness Day

Global Love Day

Go Fetch! National Food Drive For Animals

Gujarat/Maharashtra Day (India)

Half-O-Ween

Hobby Horse Parade (a.k.a. ‘Obby ‘Oss; Cornwall, UK)

International Day of the Podenco

International Doodle Dog Day

International Franconi Anemia Day

International Jockstrap Day

International Mesh Awareness Day

International Samoyed Day

International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day

International Victims of Communism Day

International Workers’ Day

Iodized Salt Day

Kallemooi (The Netherlands)

Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Awareness Day

Keep Pounding Day

Kevadpuha (Spring Day; Estonia)

Labour Day (Mexico)

Lei Day (Hawaii)

Loyalty Day

Maharashtra Day (Gujarat, Maharashtra; India)

Marvin Gaye Day (Washington, D.C.)

Masonic Awareness Day

Mati-Syra-Zemlya Pregnancy Day (Mati-Syra-Zemlya, Slavic Goddess of the Earth)

May Day (see below)

Mici Day (Romania)

Mother Goose Day

Moving Day (Colonial New York City)

National Black Barber Shop Appreciation Day

National Blessing Day

National Bubba Day

National College Decision Day (a.k.a. College Signing Day)

National Dance Day

National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

National Fitness Day

National Heatstroke Prevention Day

National High Potassium Awareness Day

National Infertility Survival Day

National Love Day (Prague, Czech Republic)

National Mantra Day

National Pole Dance Day (UK)

National Purebred Dog Day

National Show Your Smile Day

National Silver Star Banner Day

National Testing Coordinator’s Day

New Homeowner's Day

’Obby ‘Oss Parade (Padstow, Cornwall, England)

O’Donohugh’s Ghost Day (Ireland)

Pack Rag Day

Patient Empathy Day

Phone in Sick Day

Plant A Flower Day

Play of Saint Evermaar (Belgium)

Repentance Day (Scotland)

Riding of the Bounds (Berwick-upon-Tweed, England)

Rite of Vigyld (Elder Scrolls)

Sainfoin Day (French Republic)

Santacruzan (Philippine Girls' Festival)

Save the Rhino Day

School Principals’ Day

Silver Star Day

Skyscraper Day

Spring Astronomy Day [Saturday at or before 1st Qtr Moon]

Staffordshire Day (UK)

Stepmother’s Day

Take Out the Garbage Day

Tammany’s Day

Teacher’s Day (Jamaica)

Therapeutic Massage Awareness Day

Traditional Fertility Festival

Unity Day (Kazakhstan)

Walpurgis Night (Central & Northern Europe)

White Rabbit Day

World Lyme Day

World Naked Gardening Day

World Push-Up Day

Worthy Wage Day

Zuni Green Corn Dance

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Day

Cheerios Day

Chocolate Parfait Day

Exaltation of Ribeiro Wine (Spain)

Louisiana Breakfast Dressing Day

Mild Ale Day

National Kosher Food Day

National Rotate Your Beer Day

National Salad Day

World Sauternes Day

1st Wednesday in May

Book Buddy Day [1st Wednesday]

Great American Grump Out Day [1st Wednesday]

National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day [1st Wednesday]

National Day to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy [1st Wednesday]

National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day (Australia) [1st Wednesday]

National Interpreter Appreciation Day [1st Wednesday]

National (Deaf) Interpreter Day [1st Wednesday]

National Skilled Trades Day [1st Wednesday]

National Travel Advisor Day [1st Wednesday]

Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day [1st Wednesday]

Project Aces Day (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) [1st Wednesday]

Water Professionals Appreciation Day (Georgia) [1st Wednesday]

World Carnivorous Plant Day [1st Wednesday]

World Maternal Mental Health Day [1st Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning May 1 (1st Week)

Choose Privacy Week (thru 5.7)

International Mariachi Week [thru 5.5]

National Pet Week (thru 5.7) [1st Week]

National Physical Education and Sports Week (thru 5.6) [1st Week]

National Wildflower Week (thru 5.7) [1st Week]

Independence & Related Days

BlueSkies (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Constitution Day (Marshall Islands)

Convocation of the Constitutional Assembly Day (Latvia)

De Witt (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Fellovia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Gujarat Formation Day (India)

Kingdom of Nána (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Maharashtra Day (India)

Royal reformed States of America (a.k.a. RrSA; Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Scotland (from England, 1328)

Union of Scotland and England (Proclaimed; 1707)

Yeblon (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning May 1, 2024

Armadillo Festival (Hamburg, Arkansas) [thru 5.4]

Cheltenham Jazz Festival (Cheltenham, UK) [thru 5.6]

International Short Film Festival (Oberhausen, Germany) thru 5.6]

Palo de Mayo (Bluefields, Nicaragua) [thru 5.31]

Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival (Aviemore, Scotland) [thru 5.6]

Feast Days

Acheolus (Christian; Saint)

Acius (Christian; Saint)

Adelsteen Normann (Artology)

Amator, Bishop of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Andeolus (Christian; Saint)

Asaph, Bishop of Llanewy, in North Wales (Christian; Saint)

Augustin Schoeffler, Jean-Louis Bonnard (Christian; Part of Vietnamese Martyrs)

Beltane Festival (Celtic Book of Days)

Beltane (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Benedict of Szkalka (Christian; Saint)

Brioc (a.k.a. Briocus of Wales; Christian; Saint)

Calends of May (Ancient Rome)

Catherine the Great Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Efisio (Christian; Saint)

Faint-Hearted Fairies May (or May Not) Ball (Shamanism)

Festa Del Serpari (Procession of the Snake Catchers; Italy)

Festival of the Hare

Floria (Goddess of Flowers; Ancient Rome)

Frederick Sandys (Artology)

George Inness (Artology)

Illuminati Day

Jacqueline Comerre-Paton (Artology)

James the Less (Anglican Communion)

Joseph Heller (Writerism)

Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)

Jules Breton (Artology)

Klymentiy Sheptytsky (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Maia Festival (Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Marcouf (a.k.a. Marcon, Abbot of Nanteu, in Normandy; Christian; Saint)

Maya Monster (Muppetism)

May Day [1st Day of Summer in Many Traditions] (a.k.a. …

Araw ng Manggagawa (Philippines)

Beltane, Day 2 (Celtic, Pagan) [3 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

Beltane (Northern Hemisphere)

Calan Mai (Wales)

Dag van de arbeid (Suriname)

Darba Svetki (Latvia)

Den na Trudot (Macedonia)

Día Internacional de los Trabajadores (Cuba)

Dia Mundial do Trabalho (Brazil)

Dita Ndërkombëtare e Punës (International Labor Day; Albania, Estonia)

EuroMayDay (EU)

Fiesta del Trabajo (Spain)

Första maj (Sweden)

James the Apostle (Christian; Saint)

Jum il-Haddiem (Malta)

Kevadpüha (Estonia)

Labour Day (everywhere but U.S., Canada & Bermuda)

Law Day (US)

Majdoor Divas (Nepal)

Morning Dew Day (UK)

Praznik Rada (Croatia, Serbia)

Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)

Staatsfeiertag (Austria)

Swieta Panstwowe (Poland)

Vappu (Finland)

Workers’ Day (Ghana)

Ziua Muncii (România)

No Pants Day (Pastafarian)

Peregrine Laziosi (Christian; Saint)

Philip (Positivist; Saint)

Philip the Apostle (Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church)

Race of the Old Men Day (Ancient Greece)

Richard Pampuri (Christian; Saint)

Rodonitsa (Feast to the Ancestors; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)

Romaine Brooks (Artology)

Sigismund of Burgundy (Christian; Saint)

Tamenend (Christian; Saint)

Theodard of Narbonne (Christian; Saint)

Ultan (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [24 of 71]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Ain’t We Got Fun (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Alice’s Wild West Show (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac Mcarthy (Novel; 1992)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (Film; 2015)

Battle for Terra (Animated Film; 2009)

The Bold Eagle (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)

Bridge Ahoy (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)

Chili Con Corny (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)

Citizen Kane (Film; 1941)

Commander Great Guy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

The Compleat Enchanter, by L. Sprague de Camp (Short Stories; 1940)

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1866)

Crime on My Hands or Hickory Dickory Drop (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 46; 1960)

David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1849)

Desk Set (Film; 1957)

Donald Gets Drafted (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Dream Walking (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

The Elephant Mouse (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, by Neil Young (Album; 1969)

Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett (Novel; 1978)

Fall Out, by The Police (Song; 1977)

Featherweight Champ (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Fever, recorded by Little Willie John (1956)

Fool’s Train Ride (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)

The Foolish Duckling (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Foundation, by Isaac Asimov (Short Story; 1942)

Foxed by a Fox (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Gaston is Here (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Gaston Goes Home (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

G.I. Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)

The Girl from Ipanema, by Antônio Carlos Jobim (Song; 1964)

Give ‘Em the Works or Rocky Around the Clock (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 45; 1960)

The Great Gatsby (Film; 2013)

The Happy Cobblers (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

The Hard Way, 10th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2006)

Haunted House Cleaning (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

Hot Pursuit, by Stuart Woods (Novel; 2015)

The Inspector General, by Nikolai Gogol (Play; 1836)

The Itch (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)

I Walk the Line, by Johnny Cash (Song; 1956)

Johnny Corncob (Animated Hungarian Film; 1973)

The Kitten Sitter (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)

Legend, by Bob Marley and the Wailers (Album; 1984)

Les Misérables (Film; 1998)

Little Ol’ Bosko and the Pirates (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1936)

Lonesome Road, recorded by Tommy Dorsey (Song; 1939)

The Lords of Flatbush (Film; 1974)

Love is Blind (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1786)

Mary’s Little Lamb (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)

A Merry Chase (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1950)

The Ministry of Fear, by Graham Greene (Novel; 1943)

Mint Men (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1960)

Murder on the Links, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel; 1923) [3]

Musical Madness (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

My Life as a Dog (Film; 1987)

Mystery in the Moonlight (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1948)

No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre (Play; 1944)

No Parking Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)

Nothing But the Tooth (WB MM Cartoon; 1948)

Oceans of Love (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

Off to the Opera (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)

Oscar’s Thinking Cap (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)

Peck Your Own Home (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Phony News Flashes (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

The Pine Barrens, by John McPhee (Novel; 1967)

Playful Puss (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Plumber’s Helpers (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1990) [Discworld #11]

Rebel Trouble, featuring Deputy Dawg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

The Red Swamp (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)

The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro (Novel; 1989)

Riverboat Mission (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1962)

Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Novel; 1972)

Rocket Ship Galileo, by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel; 1947)

Rogue Male, by Geoffrey Household (Novel; 1939)

Rolling Stones, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)

Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard, by Robert Wyatt (Album; 1975)

Quantum Solace, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1959)

Satisfied Customers (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1954)

The Secret Life of Plants, by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird (Book; 1974)

Short-Term Sheiff (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Silly Science (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Small Gods, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1991) [Discworld #13]

Smoke on the Water, by Deep Purple (Song; 1973)

Snakes & Arrows, by Rush (Album; 2007)

Something in the Air, by Thunderclap Newman (Song; 1969)

Soul Music, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1994) [Discworld #16]

SpongeBob SquarePants (Animated TV Series; 1999)

The Strange Case of Peter the Lett, by Georges Simeon (Mystery Novel; 1931) [1st Maigret]

Survivor, by Destiny’ Child (Album; 2000)

Sweets from a Stranger, by Squeeze (Album; 1982)

The Tall Tale Teller (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

Tea Party (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2001) [Discworld #26]

Traffic Trouble (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

Tricky Business (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

Tusk, Tusk, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

Upload (TV Series; 2020)

Weather Magic (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2003) [Discworld #30]

The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin (Novel; 1978)

White Fang, by Jack London (Novel; 1906)

The Wise Quacking Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1943)

Woodland, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Film; 2009)

Today’s Name Days

Josef, Staatsfeiertag (Austria)

Ermen, Ermena, Maya (Bulgaria)

Jeremija, Josip, Prokul, Sigmund (Croatia)

Svátek Práce (Czech Republic)

Jacob, Philip, Valborg (Denmark)

Valba, Valbe, Valli, Volber (Estonia)

Valpuri, Vappu (Finland)

Brieuc, Florine, Jérémie, Tamara (France)

Arnold, Berta, Josef (Germany)

Filosofos, Isidora, Jeremia, Tamara (Greece)

Fülöp, Jakab (Hungary)

Brunella, Efisio, Giuseppe (Italy)

Ziedīte, Ziedone, Ziedonis (Latvia)

Vydmantė, Zigmantas, Zigmas, Žilvinas (Lithuania)

Filip, Valborg (Norway)

Aniela, Filip, Jakub, Jeremi, Jeremiasz, Józef, Lubomir (Poland)

Ieremia (Romania)

Berta, Florinda, Jeremías, José (Spain)

Valborg (Sweden)

Jeremiah, Jeremy, Tamara (Ukraine)

Mae, May, Patience, Sigmund, Sigmunda (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 122 of 2024; 244 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 18 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 23 (Yi-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 23 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 22 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 2 Magenta; Twosday [2 of 30]

Julian: 18 April 2024

Moon: 50%: 3rd Quarter

Positivist: 10 Caesar (5th Month) [Demosthenes]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 44 of 92)

Week: 1st Week of May

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 12 of 31)

Calendar Changes

May (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 5 of 12]

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Holidays 5.1

Holidays

Agriculture Day (Haiti)

Americanism Day (Pennsylvania)

Amtrak Day

Anxiety Disorders Screening Day

Armour Day (India)

Ayrton Senna Day

Batman Day

Chimney Sweeps Day

Couple Appreciation Day

CSS Reboot Day

Dipping Day

Doctor’s Day (Canada)

Empire State Building Day

EuroMayDay

Executive Coaching Day

501st Legion Day

First Responders Day (Ontario, Canada)

Frequent Flyer Day

Gambrinus’ Teufelstisch (Midnight Feast at the Devil’s Table; Germany)

Garland Dressing (UK)

Global Developmental Delay Awareness Day

Global Love Day

Go Fetch! National Food Drive For Animals

Gujarat/Maharashtra Day (India)

Half-O-Ween

Hobby Horse Parade (a.k.a. ‘Obby ‘Oss; Cornwall, UK)

International Day of the Podenco

International Doodle Dog Day

International Franconi Anemia Day

International Jockstrap Day

International Mesh Awareness Day

International Samoyed Day

International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day

International Victims of Communism Day

International Workers’ Day

Iodized Salt Day

Kallemooi (The Netherlands)

Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Awareness Day

Keep Pounding Day

Kevadpuha (Spring Day; Estonia)

Labour Day (Mexico)

Lei Day (Hawaii)

Loyalty Day

Maharashtra Day (Gujarat, Maharashtra; India)

Marvin Gaye Day (Washington, D.C.)

Masonic Awareness Day

Mati-Syra-Zemlya Pregnancy Day (Mati-Syra-Zemlya, Slavic Goddess of the Earth)

May Day (see below)

Mici Day (Romania)

Mother Goose Day

Moving Day (Colonial New York City)

National Black Barber Shop Appreciation Day

National Blessing Day

National Bubba Day

National College Decision Day (a.k.a. College Signing Day)

National Dance Day

National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

National Fitness Day

National Heatstroke Prevention Day

National High Potassium Awareness Day

National Infertility Survival Day

National Love Day (Prague, Czech Republic)

National Mantra Day

National Pole Dance Day (UK)

National Purebred Dog Day

National Show Your Smile Day

National Silver Star Banner Day

National Testing Coordinator’s Day

New Homeowner's Day

’Obby ‘Oss Parade (Padstow, Cornwall, England)

O’Donohugh’s Ghost Day (Ireland)

Pack Rag Day

Patient Empathy Day

Phone in Sick Day

Plant A Flower Day

Play of Saint Evermaar (Belgium)

Repentance Day (Scotland)

Riding of the Bounds (Berwick-upon-Tweed, England)

Rite of Vigyld (Elder Scrolls)

Sainfoin Day (French Republic)

Santacruzan (Philippine Girls' Festival)

Save the Rhino Day

School Principals’ Day

Silver Star Day

Skyscraper Day

Spring Astronomy Day [Saturday at or before 1st Qtr Moon]

Staffordshire Day (UK)

Stepmother’s Day

Take Out the Garbage Day

Tammany’s Day

Teacher’s Day (Jamaica)

Therapeutic Massage Awareness Day

Traditional Fertility Festival

Unity Day (Kazakhstan)

Walpurgis Night (Central & Northern Europe)

White Rabbit Day

World Lyme Day

World Naked Gardening Day

World Push-Up Day

Worthy Wage Day

Zuni Green Corn Dance

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Day

Cheerios Day

Chocolate Parfait Day

Exaltation of Ribeiro Wine (Spain)

Louisiana Breakfast Dressing Day

Mild Ale Day

National Kosher Food Day

National Rotate Your Beer Day

National Salad Day

World Sauternes Day

1st Wednesday in May

Book Buddy Day [1st Wednesday]

Great American Grump Out Day [1st Wednesday]

National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day [1st Wednesday]

National Day to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy [1st Wednesday]

National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day (Australia) [1st Wednesday]

National Interpreter Appreciation Day [1st Wednesday]

National (Deaf) Interpreter Day [1st Wednesday]

National Skilled Trades Day [1st Wednesday]

National Travel Advisor Day [1st Wednesday]

Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day [1st Wednesday]

Project Aces Day (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) [1st Wednesday]

Water Professionals Appreciation Day (Georgia) [1st Wednesday]

World Carnivorous Plant Day [1st Wednesday]

World Maternal Mental Health Day [1st Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning May 1 (1st Week)

Choose Privacy Week (thru 5.7)

International Mariachi Week [thru 5.5]

National Pet Week (thru 5.7) [1st Week]

National Physical Education and Sports Week (thru 5.6) [1st Week]

National Wildflower Week (thru 5.7) [1st Week]

Independence & Related Days

BlueSkies (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Constitution Day (Marshall Islands)

Convocation of the Constitutional Assembly Day (Latvia)

De Witt (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Fellovia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Gujarat Formation Day (India)

Kingdom of Nána (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Maharashtra Day (India)

Royal reformed States of America (a.k.a. RrSA; Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Scotland (from England, 1328)

Union of Scotland and England (Proclaimed; 1707)

Yeblon (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning May 1, 2024

Armadillo Festival (Hamburg, Arkansas) [thru 5.4]

Cheltenham Jazz Festival (Cheltenham, UK) [thru 5.6]

International Short Film Festival (Oberhausen, Germany) thru 5.6]

Palo de Mayo (Bluefields, Nicaragua) [thru 5.31]

Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival (Aviemore, Scotland) [thru 5.6]

Feast Days

Acheolus (Christian; Saint)

Acius (Christian; Saint)

Adelsteen Normann (Artology)

Amator, Bishop of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Andeolus (Christian; Saint)

Asaph, Bishop of Llanewy, in North Wales (Christian; Saint)

Augustin Schoeffler, Jean-Louis Bonnard (Christian; Part of Vietnamese Martyrs)

Beltane Festival (Celtic Book of Days)

Beltane (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Benedict of Szkalka (Christian; Saint)

Brioc (a.k.a. Briocus of Wales; Christian; Saint)

Calends of May (Ancient Rome)

Catherine the Great Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Efisio (Christian; Saint)

Faint-Hearted Fairies May (or May Not) Ball (Shamanism)

Festa Del Serpari (Procession of the Snake Catchers; Italy)

Festival of the Hare

Floria (Goddess of Flowers; Ancient Rome)

Frederick Sandys (Artology)

George Inness (Artology)

Illuminati Day

Jacqueline Comerre-Paton (Artology)

James the Less (Anglican Communion)

Joseph Heller (Writerism)

Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)

Jules Breton (Artology)

Klymentiy Sheptytsky (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Maia Festival (Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Marcouf (a.k.a. Marcon, Abbot of Nanteu, in Normandy; Christian; Saint)

Maya Monster (Muppetism)

May Day [1st Day of Summer in Many Traditions] (a.k.a. …

Araw ng Manggagawa (Philippines)

Beltane, Day 2 (Celtic, Pagan) [3 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

Beltane (Northern Hemisphere)

Calan Mai (Wales)

Dag van de arbeid (Suriname)

Darba Svetki (Latvia)

Den na Trudot (Macedonia)

Día Internacional de los Trabajadores (Cuba)

Dia Mundial do Trabalho (Brazil)

Dita Ndërkombëtare e Punës (International Labor Day; Albania, Estonia)

EuroMayDay (EU)

Fiesta del Trabajo (Spain)

Första maj (Sweden)

James the Apostle (Christian; Saint)

Jum il-Haddiem (Malta)

Kevadpüha (Estonia)

Labour Day (everywhere but U.S., Canada & Bermuda)

Law Day (US)

Majdoor Divas (Nepal)

Morning Dew Day (UK)

Praznik Rada (Croatia, Serbia)

Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)

Staatsfeiertag (Austria)

Swieta Panstwowe (Poland)

Vappu (Finland)

Workers’ Day (Ghana)

Ziua Muncii (România)

No Pants Day (Pastafarian)

Peregrine Laziosi (Christian; Saint)

Philip (Positivist; Saint)

Philip the Apostle (Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church)

Race of the Old Men Day (Ancient Greece)

Richard Pampuri (Christian; Saint)

Rodonitsa (Feast to the Ancestors; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)

Romaine Brooks (Artology)

Sigismund of Burgundy (Christian; Saint)

Tamenend (Christian; Saint)

Theodard of Narbonne (Christian; Saint)

Ultan (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [24 of 71]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Ain’t We Got Fun (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Alice’s Wild West Show (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac Mcarthy (Novel; 1992)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (Film; 2015)

Battle for Terra (Animated Film; 2009)

The Bold Eagle (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)

Bridge Ahoy (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)

Chili Con Corny (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)

Citizen Kane (Film; 1941)

Commander Great Guy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

The Compleat Enchanter, by L. Sprague de Camp (Short Stories; 1940)

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1866)

Crime on My Hands or Hickory Dickory Drop (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 46; 1960)

David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1849)

Desk Set (Film; 1957)

Donald Gets Drafted (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Dream Walking (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

The Elephant Mouse (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, by Neil Young (Album; 1969)

Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett (Novel; 1978)

Fall Out, by The Police (Song; 1977)

Featherweight Champ (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Fever, recorded by Little Willie John (1956)

Fool’s Train Ride (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)

The Foolish Duckling (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Foundation, by Isaac Asimov (Short Story; 1942)

Foxed by a Fox (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Gaston is Here (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Gaston Goes Home (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

G.I. Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)

The Girl from Ipanema, by Antônio Carlos Jobim (Song; 1964)

Give ‘Em the Works or Rocky Around the Clock (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 45; 1960)

The Great Gatsby (Film; 2013)

The Happy Cobblers (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

The Hard Way, 10th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2006)

Haunted House Cleaning (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

Hot Pursuit, by Stuart Woods (Novel; 2015)

The Inspector General, by Nikolai Gogol (Play; 1836)

The Itch (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)

I Walk the Line, by Johnny Cash (Song; 1956)

Johnny Corncob (Animated Hungarian Film; 1973)

The Kitten Sitter (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)

Legend, by Bob Marley and the Wailers (Album; 1984)

Les Misérables (Film; 1998)

Little Ol’ Bosko and the Pirates (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1936)

Lonesome Road, recorded by Tommy Dorsey (Song; 1939)

The Lords of Flatbush (Film; 1974)

Love is Blind (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1786)

Mary’s Little Lamb (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)

A Merry Chase (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1950)

The Ministry of Fear, by Graham Greene (Novel; 1943)

Mint Men (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1960)

Murder on the Links, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel; 1923) [3]

Musical Madness (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

My Life as a Dog (Film; 1987)

Mystery in the Moonlight (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1948)

No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre (Play; 1944)

No Parking Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)

Nothing But the Tooth (WB MM Cartoon; 1948)

Oceans of Love (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

Off to the Opera (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)

Oscar’s Thinking Cap (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)

Peck Your Own Home (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Phony News Flashes (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

The Pine Barrens, by John McPhee (Novel; 1967)

Playful Puss (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Plumber’s Helpers (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1990) [Discworld #11]

Rebel Trouble, featuring Deputy Dawg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

The Red Swamp (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)

The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro (Novel; 1989)

Riverboat Mission (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1962)

Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Novel; 1972)

Rocket Ship Galileo, by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel; 1947)

Rogue Male, by Geoffrey Household (Novel; 1939)

Rolling Stones, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)

Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard, by Robert Wyatt (Album; 1975)

Quantum Solace, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1959)

Satisfied Customers (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1954)

The Secret Life of Plants, by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird (Book; 1974)

Short-Term Sheiff (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Silly Science (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Small Gods, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1991) [Discworld #13]

Smoke on the Water, by Deep Purple (Song; 1973)

Snakes & Arrows, by Rush (Album; 2007)

Something in the Air, by Thunderclap Newman (Song; 1969)

Soul Music, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1994) [Discworld #16]

SpongeBob SquarePants (Animated TV Series; 1999)

The Strange Case of Peter the Lett, by Georges Simeon (Mystery Novel; 1931) [1st Maigret]

Survivor, by Destiny’ Child (Album; 2000)

Sweets from a Stranger, by Squeeze (Album; 1982)

The Tall Tale Teller (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

Tea Party (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2001) [Discworld #26]

Traffic Trouble (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

Tricky Business (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

Tusk, Tusk, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

Upload (TV Series; 2020)

Weather Magic (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2003) [Discworld #30]

The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin (Novel; 1978)

White Fang, by Jack London (Novel; 1906)

The Wise Quacking Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1943)

Woodland, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Film; 2009)

Today’s Name Days

Josef, Staatsfeiertag (Austria)

Ermen, Ermena, Maya (Bulgaria)

Jeremija, Josip, Prokul, Sigmund (Croatia)

Svátek Práce (Czech Republic)

Jacob, Philip, Valborg (Denmark)

Valba, Valbe, Valli, Volber (Estonia)

Valpuri, Vappu (Finland)

Brieuc, Florine, Jérémie, Tamara (France)

Arnold, Berta, Josef (Germany)

Filosofos, Isidora, Jeremia, Tamara (Greece)

Fülöp, Jakab (Hungary)

Brunella, Efisio, Giuseppe (Italy)

Ziedīte, Ziedone, Ziedonis (Latvia)

Vydmantė, Zigmantas, Zigmas, Žilvinas (Lithuania)

Filip, Valborg (Norway)

Aniela, Filip, Jakub, Jeremi, Jeremiasz, Józef, Lubomir (Poland)

Ieremia (Romania)

Berta, Florinda, Jeremías, José (Spain)

Valborg (Sweden)

Jeremiah, Jeremy, Tamara (Ukraine)

Mae, May, Patience, Sigmund, Sigmunda (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 122 of 2024; 244 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 18 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 23 (Yi-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 23 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 22 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 2 Magenta; Twosday [2 of 30]

Julian: 18 April 2024

Moon: 50%: 3rd Quarter

Positivist: 10 Caesar (5th Month) [Demosthenes]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 44 of 92)

Week: 1st Week of May

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 12 of 31)

Calendar Changes

May (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 5 of 12]

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