Family ACTS, Inc

02/14/2026

02/14/2026

🚨🚨Mark your calendars now🚨🚨
Empty Bowls Fundraiser
Wednesday. March 18th from 11-2
F.O.E. 1468 (Eagles)
420 Philadelphia St., Indiana

100% to benefit the ICCAP Food bank

02/13/2026

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02/12/2026

Your past explains your wounds, not your limits.
Blaming yesterday keeps tomorrow trapped.
Responsibility is uncomfortable, but it’s freedom in disguise.
Healing begins when excuses end.
Becoming better is a decision — not an inheritance.

12/20/2025

Acceptance.

The hardest thing to achieve, especially when we have no choice but to accept a reality that is painful and that we never imagined being one.
It is equally as painful as it is blissful, just in different time frames.

Acceptance becomes essential when we become aware enough to recognize that the thing we are avoiding, struggling with, and "should've/could've/would've (ing)," is unchangeable.

To be present in our moment is often confused with the idea that you have to be comfortable in it. That's not true. Sometimes our present moment is burdensome, painful, unsettling, in short, uncomfortable. And that's okay. It may not feel like it in those moments, but sitting with yourself in that reality is how we heal.

No repressing, no shutting it down, no incongruence. We are with ourselves. Offering ourselves the right to have our feelings and to experience them as they are without fear or distortions found in cognitions, substances, and any other void fillers.

Acceptance is difficult. But it is more difficult to suffer longer than you had to.
Stop punishing yourself, you've been through enough.
You can do difficult things.
Believe in your ability and grant yourself the right to give yourself some mental freedom.
You don't have to live like that anymore.

12/20/2025

Go 24 hours without complaining. Not even once.
No sighs. No eye-rolls. No “this always happens to me.”
Just one full day.

At first, it sounds easy, until you actually try it.

You’ll catch yourself about to complain about traffic, work, money, people, the weather, your body, your past, your responsibilities. Complaining has become so automatic that we barely notice we’re doing it. It slips out in conversations, in texts, in our thoughts. It feels harmless, even justified.

But here’s the truth: complaining trains your mind to look for what’s wrong.

When you complain, you tell your brain, “Focus on the problem.”
When you stop complaining, your brain starts asking a different question: “What can I do about this?”

That’s where the change begins.

For 24 hours, instead of complaining:

1. You become more aware of your words.

2. You become more responsible for your reactions.

3. You stop giving away your power to things you can’t control.

You’ll notice something strange happen. The same problems may still exist, but they won’t feel as heavy. Your stress level drops. Your patience grows. Your conversations become calmer. Your energy shifts.

Because complaining doesn’t solve problems, action does.
Complaining doesn’t heal wounds, awareness does.
Complaining doesn’t change your life, discipline does.

And the most powerful part?
When you stop complaining, you start appreciating.

You notice the small wins.
You notice the lessons.
You notice how much you already have.

This isn’t about pretending everything is perfect. Life is hard. People disappoint. Things go wrong. This is about choosing not to live in a constant state of frustration and victimhood.

Try it for 24 hours.
Just one day.

If you slip, start again.
No guilt. No excuses.

Because once you realize how much complaining was holding you back, you won’t want to go back.

12/14/2025

Join us on Thursday December 18th for our Ugly Sweater Christmas Party from 2-4p.

12/12/2025

Starting over can be scary. It can be flooded with thoughts of "why am I here again? How did I end up here? WHY?" It can feel hopeless, exhausting, overwhelming, and mostly, lonely.

It can also feel exhilarating, exciting, new, fun, bright🌞, and loving. Filled with thoughts of "what took me so long? How long have I been missing out on actually living?" Why did I wait?"

Regardless of the thoughts or feelings, good or bad, we have the opportunity everyday when we wake up to make that decision. And that's beautiful 🩷 it's just finding the courage to make the changes you want.

What would benefit YOU?
What does YOUR heart desire?
What do YOU NEED?

Serve YOU
Do right by YOU
Be honest with YOU

Not in a selfish way, but in a way that promotes self love, respect, and worth 🩷

12/12/2025

Welcome to Primal Pigment, Pittsburgh’s premier blacklight splatter paint experience! Perfect for nights out, date nights, parties, and events. Dive into creativity and take home your masterpiece.

12/12/2025

Stop trying to be disciplined. Start making bad choices harder to make.

You don't resist junk food—you don't buy it. You don't fight distractions—you delete the app. You don't battle temptation—you never put yourself in the room with it.

Willpower is a finite resource. Environment is a system.

One depletes. One compounds.

Design your surroundings for the person you're trying to become. Then you don't have to fight yourself every day.

The people with the best self-control? They rarely use it. They just set up their life so they don't have to.

09/18/2025

Join us for our Trunk or Treat!

Show off your costume, get some treats, and learn about agencies and resources available to our community! 🎃