We’re glad you’re here and welcome your contributions!
To get a sense of the culture of the community, please take a quick look at our guidelines.
Feel free to join ongoing discussions or create a topic to start a new conversation.
Questions, concerns, or suggestions are most welcome in the Feedback category where we’re talking about how to make the site a better place for all.
Note your user icon starts as a letter corresponding to your first name; you may customize this by uploading a personalized profile photo.
Click the buttons to “Add a custom picture”
Select and upload a picture from your computer.
Click “Save your changes”
As you type your search query results will continue to update
Click on any results of interest
If you’re reading a topic and would like to restrict your search to look only within the current conversation, click the check box
To see additional matches, click on the Show More arrow at the bottom of the search results.
Follow these instructions to access your preferences, then scroll down to the Email section:
Be sure to click Save Changes when you’re finished.
Access to a few parts of cfmHOME is limited to existing members of certain groups (such as MBSR Teachers).
If have an access code, but don’t already have a cfmHOME account, follow these instructions to sign up and enter your access code when prompted during the sign up.
Once you’ve redeemed your access code (you only need to do this one time), make sure you’re signed in, then visit the categories page and scroll down until you see your private room.
You’ll then see a popup with an opportunity to make your access request; you’ll be notified by email if your request is approved, generally within 24-48 hours. If for some reason your request isn’t approved promptly, please feel free to submit another request or contact us for assistance.
To reply to the overall topic, use the Reply button 
at the very bottom of the page.
To reply to a specific post, use the Reply button 
on that post.
To take the conversation in a different direction, but keep them linked together, use 
Reply as linked Topic at the top right of the post.
To quote someone in your reply, select the text you wish to quote, then press any Reply button.
@ and an autocompleter will pop up.
: or the traditional smileys :) :smile:Please see the Discourse Intro for a quick guide to more of the discussion forum’s basic actions and features.
Finally, we might also suggest first trying the search feature to see if a similar topic already exists to which you might want to add.
While composing a post or message, type a @ and pause for a moment and you will see a popup list of community members. Start typing the first few letters of the person’s username and then press enter. A reference to that person’s profile will be inserted into the post and that user will receive a notification of the mention the next time he or she signs in (and possibly by email, depending on the user’s preferences).
Click on a member’s picture 
or initial icon 
and a popup will appear with information about that person, including a button to send a Private Message.
Keep an eye on the notification icon in the upper right corner of the site. When someone replies to your post, quotes your post, or mentions your @username, a number will immediately appear at the top right of the page.
Click on it to access your notifications:
about private messages, replies to my posts, and other events?
There are action buttons at the bottom of each post.
To let someone know that you enjoyed their post, use the heart-shaped like button. You can also share a link to a post (using the chain-shaped icon). If you see a problem with a post, you can let the moderators know about it with the flag button, or reach out privately to the person who posted. You may also bookmark a post for later reference on your User Page.
To learn more about the discussion forum’s basic actions and features, please see the Discourse Intro.
The editing window is vertically expandable, by clicking on this “handle” at the top of the window
and horizontally expandable by clicking the “hide preview” link at the bottom right.
Visit our sign up page.
Choose one of the sign-up methods: Facebook or email address
Enter and verify your user information:
If you happen to have an optional access code, be sure to redeem it now:
Read and accept the terms of service:
Click the [Sign Up] button and then check your email inbox for the Account Activation message that we just sent you. If you don’t receive this email within a few minutes, follow this link to re-send it.
In the email, click the [Activate Account] button:
You’ll then be automatically signed in and taken to the welcome page.
Congratulations, your account is now ready to use!
Now, just click one of the links to visit the Community and participate in the discussion. Welcome aboard!
If you have any questions or concerns, please check out the entire list of Frequently Asked Questions or contact us via email
When a user’s small profile photo is clicked, a “user card” will pop up with information about that person (and the opportunity to send her or him a private message).
If you’d like to add information to your user card (e.g. a short biographical sketch), you can follow these instructions to access your preferences , and then add text to the “About me” section or upload a file to the “User Card Background” section.
To get notified about activity within an entire category, click on this button in the upper right corner of a category’s topic list:
To follow or unfollow an individual topic, click on this button at the bottom of a topic:
Open the user menu in the upper right of your screen
Click on [Account Settings]
Follow these instructions to access your Account Settings
Click on the [Change Password] link
