{"id":628231,"date":"2026-10-12T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628231\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:22:16","slug":"bixby-hosts-first-wellness-walk-to-raise-awareness-about-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628231\/","title":{"rendered":"Bixby hosts first Wellness Walk to raise awareness about mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BIXBY, Okla. \u2014 A first of its kind mental health awareness walk was held in Bixby on Saturday, bringing people together to break the stigmas surrounding mental health.<\/p>\n<p>The Wellness Walk was held at Charley Young park and featured community resources, family-friendly activities, and opportunities to connect with others.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said events like this are important, but even a small act of kindness can make a huge difference for someone who\u2019s struggling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that everyone understands that checking on someone and asking if they\u2019re okay can make a bigger difference than we realize,\u201d said Darcy Linam, Founder of Wellness Walk. \u201cOne kind word, one small conversation, just knowing that someone cares can make a bigger difference than we realize, and it really could be the reason someone chooses to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organizers hope to bring the Wellness Walk back next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BIXBY, Okla. \u2014 A first of its kind mental health awareness walk was held in Bixby on Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-628231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}