Live Oak Mental Wellness Project

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Live Oak Mental Wellness Project

Our mission: To connect individuals and families with mental health resources, development, and community in the Antelope Valley and beyond.

Connecting individuals and families with mental health resources, development, and community in Southern California's Antelope Valley and beyond
Live Oak Mental Wellness Project is an Antelope Valley-based nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating local mental health awareness while destigmatizing both mental illness and the seeking of necessary support. Our

Vision: AV residents will successfully integrate mental wellness strategies into daily life and be planted and deeply rooted in the right social community to enable them to thrive. Our 2024 Goal: To increase access to services by providing group-based mental health support. Community is crucial to emotional wellbeing. Together with our partners, we provide both peer-led support groups and clinician-led group therapy to share much-needed information and skills as well as to give space to form connections with others in our area who are in relatable situations.

08/21/2026

August 30 might be , but in our house, that day is today.

On August 21, 2020, we lost Lila Faye Olsen, our beloved daughter and big sister, to su***de. Lila was a genuinely incredible person: joyful, brilliant, witty, hardworking, adventurous, curious…
But now we have to live every single day without her. And we miss her every single one of those days.

On this worst of anniversaries, we donate blood in the hopes of saving other lives, eat her favorite foods, and watch the saddest movies that make us think of her.

How do you observe these difficult milestones to remember loved ones?

08/17/2026

Wondering how to observe ?

Grab your plant bestie, your date or your whole friend group and join us for an afternoon of Bingo with a botanical twist!

Que Chulas Plantas & Transplants Brewing are teaming up with Live Oak Mental Wellness Project to raise funds for their nonprofit. By participating in this event, you're helping bring educational workshops and meaningful programs to residents of the Antelope Valley.

Come for the bingo, plants, good brews and great vibes - and help support a great local organization! 40% of every ticket sale will be donated directly to Live Oak!

Your ticket includes:
- 9 rounds of plant-themed bingo
- Entry into an end-of-day raffle!
- Everyone will leave with at least a mini-succulent!

Expect fun vibes, great company, and plenty of chances to win plants and plant accessories!

Plant Bingo Details
Date: Sat, October 10th ( )
Location: Transplants Brewing - Palmdale
Event Time: 1:30 PM - 3: 30 PM
Check-In: 1 PM (come early to find parking, get your drink, and settle in)

For tickets, visit the Que Chulas Plantas website! (Link in bio)

08/14/2026

Last call!

If you would like to join the Board of Directors of our AV-based startup nonprofit that focuses on prevention and early intervention for behavioral health, apply on our website by Monday, August 17! (Link in bio)

08/12/2026

is expanding!!

In addition to finding us at the All For Kids Family Resource Center in Palmdale the last Wednesday of every month, you can also find us at the All for Kids Headquarters at Magnolia Place in Los Angeles!!!

No matter your age, life is hard.

We can help our little ones approach life more confidently and kindly when we make time in “cool moments” to teach and practice strategies they’ll need in “hot moments,” whether we’re by their side or they’re on their own.

Join us in Palmdale or Los Angeles with the preschooler in your life every month as we use music to support healthy neurodevelopment and social-emotional skills, self-regulation and co-regulation skills, and use our time together to strengthen bonds between child and caregiver while building community with others.

Whether you’ll see us in Palmdale or Downtown L.A., register for FREE on our website today!

08/07/2026

This summer, it has been our pleasure to host two interns from Child Mind Institute’s Youth Mental Health Academy! Listen as Hannah Lee shares about her experience in helping us adapt our program to be ready for classrooms from TK to 12th grade.

The acronym reminds us that when we’re not feeling like our best selves, we should ask ourselves if we’re Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired, then make a plan based on those answers.

The is an analogy created by to help us visualize when we’re capable of handling what comes our way vs. when we’re dysregulated (hyper-activated and ready to explode or hypo-activated and ready to shut down) and need time to recenter ourselves. (We’ll talk more about that in a coming post!)

07/24/2026

Grownups, when we are intentional about teaching social skills in structured settings, our little ones get the practice they need to be confident and kind in the “real world,” whether we’re by their side or they’re on their own.

Join us the last Wednesday of every month at 10am for Supported Seedlings, a FREE Live Oak music wellness workshop for preschoolers and their caregivers at the All for Kids Family Resource Center in Palmdale. This month, we’ll be singing about how to make friends, introducing ourselves, and sharing. We hope to see you there on July 29th!

(No preschoolers of your own? Please share to help us spread the word to those who need it!)

07/20/2026

It’s that time of year: Live Oak Mental Wellness Project is now accepting applications for our !

Each year, we open these applications in our search for dynamic, committed board members to help us continue to grow our startup nonprofit organization into a life-changing resource for residents of the Antelope Valley.

This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual who is passionate about Live Oak Mental Wellness Project’s mission to connect individuals and families with mental health resources, development, and community in the AV and beyond in pursuit of our vision that our clients will successfully integrate mental wellness strategies into daily life and be planted and deeply rooted in community to enable them to thrive.

Selected Board Members may have achieved leadership stature in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector. Their accomplishments will allow them to attract other well-qualified, high-performing Board Members.

Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:
- A commitment to and understanding of Live Oak Mental Wellness Project’s mission and vision
- Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and persuading, convening, facilitating, and building consensus among diverse individuals
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of Antelope Valley residents

This year, we are seeking applications for:
Member-at-Large

To learn more and apply, please visit our website! ( )

07/01/2026

Welcome to July! Looking for free ways to get out and stay cool with your little one? Join us on the 29th for : A Live Oak music wellness workshop for preschoolers and their caregivers!

This month, we’re Expanding Social Skills Through Music Making by singing about how to make friends, learning to introduce ourselves, and practicing sharing.

When we are intentional about teaching these skills in structured settings, our little ones get the practice they need to be confident and kind in the “real world,” whether we’re by their side or they’re on their own.

Join us for a fun way to connect with other kids and grownups the last Wednesday of the month: July 29 from 10-11am at the All For Kids Family Resource Center in Palmdale. We can’t wait to see you there!

(No preschoolers of your own? Please share to help us spread the word to those who need it!)

06/15/2026

If you are looking for ways to bond with your preschooler and help them learn how to be a good friend, join us next Wednesday for this month’s free workshop, Building Emotional Resilience Through Music!

As caregivers, we can create strategies in "cool moments" so they're ready to use in "hot moments" to help our little ones be successful and to keep ourselves emotionally regulated to better support them. Learn about this and so much more Wednesday, June 24, 10-11am, at the All For Kids Family Resource Center in Palmdale.

We can’t wait to see you there!

(No preschoolers of your own? Please share to help us spread the word to those who need it!)

06/03/2026

My sincerest thanks to the Alliance for California Traditional Arts for inviting me to speak on grief at Antelope Valley CHIRLA, with extra special thanks to these two interpreters who made my presentation possible! (And thanks again to all of our attendees for your patience with this native English speaker whose second language is German.) Simultaneous interpretation is pure magic, and these two performed it flawlessly!

I’m so grateful to have been able to share tonight on signs and reminders, with emphasis on being intentional to remember our lost loved ones with, in David Kessler’s words, “more love than pain.“ I genuinely appreciated the opportunity to hear how others honor and incorporate their person into both daily life and special occasions, and it was an absolute treat to hear about the signs that help each of us lovingly remember those we’ve lost.

My presentation was followed by the building of mini-offrendas, and I thanked everyone for not only keeping their traditions alive for members of their own culture, but also for being kind enough to share such beautiful things with others of us who need them.

Address

1401 W. Rancho Vista Boulevard
Palmdale, CA
93551

Telephone

+16612139277

Website

https://www.https/www.liveoakmentalwellnessproject.com/boardapplications, http://LiveOakMentalWellnessProject.com/suppor

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