There are lots of awareness days for counsellors this September. Same goes for coaches and therapists and anyone working in the mental health space. Psychotherapists even get their own day this month – Psychotherapist Day falls on 25 September. Another prominent one is suicide prevention – September is suicide prevention month and there is also suicide prevention day on 10 September.
There are plenty of other awareness days for counsellors in September too – Positive Thinking Day (13th), Day of Encouragement (12th), and, for those working with young people, Youth Mental Health Day (7th). For productivity coaches, check out Fight Procrastination Day on 6th September.
As you’ll know, using the hashtag for awareness days is an effective way to get in front of new audiences. And they’re great for boosting your brand. Plan ahead so that when you’re scheduling your content, you include the relevant hashtags on posts going out on that day. Make a note in your diary for the days and weeks that will resonate most with your followers and potential clients. And, when you engage that day, remember to use the hashtag.
Do you have any created content that could be re-shared with the hashtag? Make the most of it by posting it again with the relevant hashtag. The same goes for curated content – add the hashtag for the day and post it again. If you’re looking for other quick wins on social media, this shares a few more.
The first step, though, is working out which days fit your business best. I’ve gone through all the awareness days for September and picked out those that best suit life coaches, counsellors and psychotherapists. Check them out below.
Oddfellows Friendship Month – #OddfellowsFriendshipMonth #FriendshipMonth
Festival of Learning Month – #FestivalofLearning2021
Self-care September – #SelfcareSeptember
Read a New Book Month – #ReadANewBookMonth
Suicide Prevention Month – #SuicidePreventionMonth
1 September
Letter Writing Day – #LetterWritingDay
Global Talent Acquisition Day – #GlobalTalentAcquisitionDay
3 September
Bring Your Manners to Work Day – #BringYourMannerstoWorkDay
4 September
Wildlife Day – #WildlifeDay
5 September
National Read a Book Day – #NationalReadABookDay
Be Late for Something Day – #BeLateforSomethingDay
6 September
Fight Procrastination Day – #FightProcrastinationDay
7 September
Youth Mental Health Day – #YMHD #YMHD2021 #YMHD21
Buy a Book Day – #BuyABookDay
8 September
Pardon Day – #PardonDay
QuietDay – #QuietDay
9 September
Wonderful Weirdos Day – #WonderfulWeirdosDay
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day – #FASD
10 September
World Suicide Prevention Day – #SuicidePreventionDay
Swap Ideas Day – #SwapIdeasDay
11 September
No News is Good News Day – #NoNewsisGoodNewsDay
12 September
Hug Your Hound Day – #HugYourHoundDay
Video Games Day – #VideoGamesDay
Grandparents Day – #GrandparentsDay
National Day of Encouragement (US) – #NationalDayofEncouragement #DayOfEncouragement
13 September
Boss/Employee Exchange Day – #BossEmployeeExchangeDay
Hug Your Boss Day – #HugYourBossDay
Positive Thinking Day – #PositiveThinkingDay
13-19 September
Sexual Health Week – #SexualHealthWeek #SHW2021
16 September
Working Parents Day – #WorkingParentsDay
Stepfamily Day – #StepfamilyDay
Teenager Workout Day – #TeenagerWorkoutDay
18 September
Locate an Old Friend Day – #LocateAnOldFriendDay
First Love Day – #FirstLoveDay
Respect Day – #RespectDay
Eat an Apple Day – #EatAnAppleDay
19 September
Wife Appreciation Day – #WifeAppreciationDay
20 September
International Day of Peace – #DayofPeace
International Week of Happiness at Work (Mon 20 – Fri 24 Sept) – #WeekOfHappinessatWork
21 September
World Gratitude Day – #GratitudeDay
Get Ready Day – #GetReadyDay
22 September
Business Women’s Day – #BusinessWomensDay
Dear Diary Day – #DearDiaryDay
23 September
Remember Me Thursday – #RememberMeThursday
Celebrate Bisexuality Day – #CelebrateBisexualityDay
24 September
Love Note Day – #LoveNoteDay
25 September
Psychotherapy Day – #PsychotherapyDay
World Dream Day – #DreamDay
Better Breakfast Day – #BetterBreakfastDay
26 September
Human Resource Professional Day – #HRProfessionalDay #HumanResourceProfessionalDay
27 September
Family Day – #FamilyDay
Ancestor Appreciation Day – #AncestorAppreciationDay
28 September
Good Neighbour/Neighbor Day – #GoodNeighbourDay #GoodNeighborDay
29 September
World Heart Day – #HeartDay
30 September
Ask a Stupid Question Day – #AskAStupidQuestionDay
International Podcast Day – #PodcastDay #InternationalPodcastDay
Rumi Day – #RumiDay
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