Join the community during Mental Health Awareness Month to create a Stigma Free Fishers through events, community stories, educational opportunities, and the newly revamped Stigma Free Fishers site featuring the CredibleMind online mental health resource free to residents. Follow along and share how you are bringing awareness to mental health and creating a #StigmaFreeFishers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The Stigma Free Fishers campaign encourages residents to reject stigmatizing attitudes toward mental health, and instead pledge to be stigma-free. Stigmatizing attitudes create social barriers for those dealing with mental health challenges, often keeping them struggling in silence and preventing them from proactively seeking treatment before mental health crises occur.
If you or a loved one is in distress call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 9-8-8 for free and confidential support. The line is open 24/7.
Free CredibleMind Online Wellbeing Service
The City of Fishers and Fishers Health Department are proud to offer CredibleMind, a new, free online service for residents and employees to access mental health education, resources, and assessments. The platform brings together over 16,000 expert-rated and vetted videos, podcasts, apps, online programs, books, and articles, all in one easy-to-use place.
Confidential and available 24/7, with CredibleMind you can learn new skills, understand your own mental health, take a mental health assessment, and browse the library of thousands of mental well-being resources.
Create an account and take the Mental Health Check-in Assessment.
Community Events
Hope for Happiness
Saturday, May 2 | 8 a.m. – noon | NPD AMP
Fishers High School and Hamilton Southeastern High School’s Bring Change to Mind student clubs in partnership with the Fishers Health Department will host the annual Hope for Happiness event at the first Fishers Farmers Market of the season to raise awareness about mental health and the city’s Stigma Free initiative.
Fishers Parks StoryWalk
Fishers Parks’ Free Yoga Wednesdays
Wednesdays | 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Flat Fork Creek Park (16141 E 101st St.)
Join us for a free yoga class that’s open to all skill levels! Need a regular yoga, drop-in yoga session? Each week throughout the year, Fishers Parks partners with Roots & Wings Yoga Wellness to offer free, one-hour yoga classes to the public in Fishers Parks spaces.
Fishers Farmers Market Free Fitness
Saturdays in May | 8 – 9 a.m. | NPD Amphitheater Stage (6 Municipal Drive)
Start your weekend right with a beginner-friendly fitness class ranging from yoga to pilates to jazzericising! These free classes run every Saturday morning during market season from 8 to 9 a.m. on the NPD AMP stage.
Fishers Parks’ Forest Bathing
Sunday, May 3 | 3 – 5 p.m. | Fishers White River Park (5650 White River Park Drive) | Cost per session is $36 ($54 non-residents).
Forest Bathing is a practice of nature immersion, elevating sensory observations in the present moment. Participants “bathe” in the sights, sounds, textures, and scents they encounter while on an intentionally slow, guided outing. Your certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide will facilitate your experience through a series of invitations to promote nature connection.
Other Mental Health Events Around Fishers
2023 Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health Gold Recipient
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
If you or a loved one is in distress, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 9-8-8 for free and confidential support. The line is open 24/7.
