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Rebranding

New Look

The Big Launch

Catch Up

TikTok Is Back

NCAA March Madness Brackets

Newsletter Carrier

JCFS Response 4 Teens | Extraordinary Teen Award Winner 2025

Featured In first Article

Social Media Thank You

StoryAidHelp Victories

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Rebranding

In January of 2025, StoryAidHelp did a massive rebranding.

Changing "Bonded Together" to "Inspiring | Sharing | Educating".

There was also a brand new logo that was implemented since the rebranding. Check it out below!

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. NEW UPDATES... The website is in full swing! It is fully working. The mobile is still being worked on and so is the app. Stay tuned for more details to come.

CHECK IT OUT HERE

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.

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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.

View 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.

MARCH UPDATE:
Episode 2 will be uploaded in April. Sorry for the delay. Episode 2 is only around 20 minutes, so it is definitely a shorter episode. Episode 3 will be announced once I know. Over the summer, I will have more time to record episodes. With this in mind, we will be able to catch up and also record some upcoming videos as well. Thank you for your patience.

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.

NCAA | March Madness Brackets

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!

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You know what time it is! Every year! 2025 Brackets are locked and we are heading into some exciting games! Who do you have winning the bracket? Let me know in my SubStack post below.

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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.

JCFS Response 4 Teens Extraordinary Teen Award

On Sunday, March 16th, David Artz was recognized at Tuned In: The Larry Dobkin Event at the North Shore Congregation Israel. The winner, David Artz, was presented with an award and was given the opportunity to speak to our audience about his accomplishments.

"This award represents our commitment to elevating young people and recognizing the talents that adolescents have. Every day we witness their commitment to supporting their peers and engaging in the world around them; and we see their strength and resiliency.

We are inspired by the accomplishments of all our nominees and we hope you feel pride in having been nominated and chosen as the winner. It’s great to know that you have a caring adult in your corner who recognizes your extraordinary achievements," (Terri Freeman - Chair of JCFS Response Extraordinary Teen Award).

"This award is more than just an award. It shows the dedication that a person puts in every single day to strive to succeed. It's an award that pushes kids and adults to work hard. An award that defines a special person as an extraordinary teen. When it comes down to an award like this, there isn't anything besides honor, and I am truly honored," (David Artz - 2025 Teen Award Speech).

A few images are attached below. The introduction to the presentation of the award for David alongside David's speech will be published on the main StoryAidHelp YouTube page (StoryAidHelpInfo).

Social Media Thank You

David wants to thank all the new followers to all of my social media platforms within the last month! StoryAidHelp keeps building up and the hopes and dreams are much alive. Living the tagline, INSPIRING | SHARING | EDUCATING, cannot be more vigorous, but David keeps working hard to give out the best quality videos and reels. Between February 25th - March 26th, StoryAidHelp Instagram (@StoryAidHelp) have over 1,200 views nearly 1,300 views and reached over 440 accounts across the world! Thank you for all the support and keep on telling your friends and family becuase the best way to support StoryAidHelp's work is to follow on our social media platforms.

Featured In first Article

In the March 14th, 2025's newsletter sent by first, David Artz was reconized under the "Member's Updates" section. The section was an email that David had sent to first back in september 30th, 2023. Some/most sections were sent in to first for revision but please feel free to take a took at what they have posted so far. Remember that all the numbers were from 2023 and we have grown so much from then!

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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!