A New Look

On January 25th, 2025, David Artz (founder of StoryAidHelp) officially launched a brand new version of the website. A new and improved version that he hopes can attract more visitors. This website stands out from most "mental health" websites out there.

This new website is only visible to computer visitors as the mobile version is not in the same ratio as the computer. David is working hard on making the mobile version more "mobile". The mobile version will be launched hopefully at the end of March 2025 or April 2025.

Since January 25th, David became aware of some issues going on with accessing the website. Please know that he is trying really hard to get it all sorted out.

The Big Launch

On January 31st, 2025, Side Talker Podcast launched its first ever episode! Below are details about the episode:

Side Talker Podcast Episode 01 Balancing School with Social and Emotional Life Please feel free to read about this podcast either on our "Podcast" Playlist and/or on our website (storyaidhelp.info) David welcomes a familiar guest, Luke Rhee for an epic first episode! Content in this episode:

• Overview of the episode's topic: Balancing school with social and emotional life.
• Highlighted common struggles students face
• Introduced any relevant statistics and facts
• School Life:
• Talked about academic responsibilities and the pressure to succeed.
• Discussed effective study habits or organizational tools.
• Social Life:
• Explore the role of friendships, extracurricular activities, and social media.
• Shared tips for maintaining meaningful connections while managing time.
• Emotional Well-Being:
• Emphasized self-care, mindfulness, and recognizing signs of burnout.
• Shared personal or general coping mechanisms

Tips and Takeaways

• Time-blocking
• setting boundaries
• prioritizing mental health
• Be honest to yourself
• The power of "YET" (I am not strong... yet. I am not happy... yet. I don't know how to _____ yet.)

Encourage viewers to experiment with strategies that work best for them.

• Try things out
• If it works amazing
• If it doesn’t work, try another idea
• Billions of ideas out there
• Find your own

Looking Ahead: Episode 2 Episode 2: The Impact of Social Media on Self-Perception

• Social Media Pros and Cons
• What does it do to teens?
• What does it do to adults?
• How can it be beneficial?
• How can it be harmful?
• What does it do to our mental health?

Encouraged viewers to like, comment, subscribe, and share their thoughts.

For the first time ever, StoryAidHelp launched a podcast episode on Spotify! Side Talker Podcast Episode 01 is available to be listened and watched to on Spotify.

Please give us extra time to get out the episode 2 as the guest and founder live apart from each other making it harder to find time in the busy schedules to film an episode. We will continue with our plan of 12 episodes. No new changes until further notice.

Catch Up

In case you missed...

TikTok Is Back

On January 18th, 2025, TikTok was shut off for all users in the U.S. with this being said, we couldn't make any videos between the times of shut down. TikTok was reopened on January 19th, 2025. The ban was then put on a 75 day delay. The new shut-down time is April 4th, 2025. More information to come.

Until then, we are going to use TikTok to its fullest as this was the biggest platform for StoryAidHelp. For future references, please follow @StoryAidHelp on Instagram. All socials will be at the bottom of this newsletter.

The Big Game

I want to start implementing a community guided section so this is more interesting and it's a great way for us to hear your opinion!

February 9th, 2025 was the biggest game of the NFL season, Super Bowl LIX.

The final score was Chiefs with 22 points and Eagles with 40 points.

Let me know your thoughts on my Substack!

Newsletter Carrier

StoryAidHelp is using a new newsletter carrier now, Brevo! All newsletters and updates will be sent from this new platform. David is actively figuring out how to get the old Newsletters onto the main website for future references.

All newsletters from now on will be on our blog page of the website. Please give us some time to upload the newsletters. This will make it easier to look back to all the previous newsletters.

We currently are not changing the newsletter sign up form. All submissions will be added into the new carrier. As time goes on, we might completely change the submission process.

Holiday Greetings

I am once again going to post my Holiday Greetings sheet from December of 2024! It is a recap of our amazing 2024 year. If you didn't get a chance to read it yet, this will be the last time I post the Holiday Greetings.

StoryAidHelp Victories

StoryAidHelp Victories was previously called "StoryAidHelp Positive Outcomes". The reason why I changed the name was, every milestone is a victory. In life, you have to celebrate the small victories just as much as the big ones. If it means something to you, you should celebrate it!

2024

• Appearance on social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok has helped the word reach out

• Creativity was shown more and more over time as new video ideas came to mind

• Reaching out to people who are in the area of mental health, skincare, emotional/physical disabilities

• Problem-solving skills not only to viewers who watch the channel but also David who constantly tries to create new/better content every time

• Connecting with other organizations who could potentially partner with StoryAidHelp

• Creating a Diversity Podcast that follows the mission of StoryAidHelp

• Sharing David's story, David's Rise to Glory

• Celebration of 2 Years

• David is featured on NBC5's Mental Health Monday Segment on September 9th, 2024

• Month of October 2024: Gained over 200% more views on reels

• 2024 ends with 48 followers on Instagram, 79 followers on TikTok, and 47 subscribers on YouTube

2025

• Premiered Side Talker Podcast Episode 01 in January

• New Website to gain more visitors in January

• Introduction to a new newsletter carrier - Brevo in February

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