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10 Questions every trauma survivor should ask themselves

I was thinking about the most important questions I have asked myself in this child abuse healing journey, and I thought it might be beneficial to share those with you because when I started asking myself these questions, I felt a massive shift. I believe that one of the hardest things (this was my experience) in healing is to reflect on what is happening in our lives at this moment. Healing trauma is so much about clarity and intention. I think about this - if we can figure out how we got...

10 Rules for Parents to Help Kids to Do Their Homework Stress-Free

If doing homework with a child usually ends with quarrels and a bad mood, and if you subsequently have difficulties and inconveniences because of this, you should read this article and be ready to take action to make sure that you will avoid the same situation in the future. It is quite easy to start with the steps below first and observe how it evolves: 1. Find out the Reason If the child does not like doing homework in any way, he comes up with various excuses not to start studying, be...

Oprah and Prince Harry On Mental Health, Therapy And Their New TV Series [npr.org]

By Mary Louise Kelly, Elena Burnett, and Courtney Downing, National Public Radio, May 21, 2021 After their two-hour CBS interview in March , Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, have a new documentary series together on Apple TV+. It's called The Me You Can't See . The series focuses on the importance of mental health and on what it's like to struggle with it. The Me You Can't See tells the stories of both regular people and famous people, including Lady Gaga, Glenn Close and...

Those Who Share a Roof Share Emotions [theatlantic.com]

By Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, July 22, 2021 “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; / Weep, and you weep alone,” the poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote in 1883, in what wound up being her most popular verse. “For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, / But has trouble enough of its own.” The poem is lovely, to be sure. But in truth, unhappy people generally do not weep alone. Emotions of all kinds are highly contagious . Working in a negative environment, for example, can lower your...

"I Don't Have Anything" [dailyposter.com]

By Julia Rock and Andrew Perez, The Daily Poster, July 22, 2021 The federal government’s unemployment assistance program became a “lifeline” for Susan Hardy when the pandemic made it impossible to find work as an oil and gas title researcher, a job she held as a contractor. Hardy, 71, has six grandchildren living with her and relied on the $724 a week she received in benefits to take care of them and support her son, who was denied unemployment benefits. At least, she relied on the money...

A Village Apart: Lummi Nation Creates a Unique Community to Support Families [imprintnews.org]

By Elizabeth Amon, The Imprint, July 21, 2021 Several years ago, the Lummi Tribal Council told Diana Phair, the executive director of the tribe’s Housing Authority: “We have 200-some children in foster care. We need to bring our children home.” What would it take, Phair next asked tribal members of the nation that sits on Washington’s Pacific coast near Canada, to keep their families healthy and whole, and far from the risk of being separated by child welfare authorities? With their input,...

Early Trauma

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1523601442 "Healing the Wound That Won't Heal: the Reality of Trauma." This book chronicles my work to uncover and understand the trauma of my infancy. My father was suffering extreme shell-shock from WWII. He was too ill to be left alone, yet I was left with him every day while my mother worked as a waitress. When I was thirteen-months-old I watched him die on the floor in front of my crib. I am having a very difficult time right now. I have emotional flashbacks,...

Trauma and COVID-19: Addressing Mental Health Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations Webinar

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cordially invites you to join a national audience of mental health professionals, health advocates and educators, health care providers, public health professionals, and OMH partners and stakeholders for an upcoming webinar: Trauma and COVID-19: Addressing Mental Health Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations July 29, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET As part of the OMH observance of National...

What Do Police Know About Teenagers? Not Enough. [nytimes.com]

By Meryl Davids Landau, The New York Times, July 17, 2021 The day Brian Lowe attended a training session for police officers on understanding the minds of teenagers, he knew his job would never be the same. Mr. Lowe, a lieutenant in the sheriff’s office in Tippecanoe County, Ind., immediately recalled encounters with young people in the past — the teens he’d handcuffed for trespassing in a closed park in the middle of the night while hanging out with friends, the students he’d arrested for...

What HOPE Adds [positiveexperience.org/blog]

By Bob Sege, 7/22/21, positiveexperience.org/blog Summertime offers a chance to pause and reflect. This past year our team has had the good fortune to meet with, teach, and learn from dozens of organizational leaders and well over 10,000 participants from around the country and beyond. HOPE resonates with the values and work of so many other programs, organizations, and frameworks. At the same time, HOPE coalesces many years of research, thinking, and practical experience. What does HOPE...

U.S. Life Expectancy Plunged in 2020, Especially for Black and Hispanic Americans [nytimes.com]

By Julie Bosman, Sophie Kasakove, and Daniel Victor, The New York Times, July 21, 2021 New federal data draws one of the starkest illustrations to date of how the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected Hispanic and Black Americans, showing that they suffered a far steeper drop in life expectancy in 2020 than white Americans. Overall, life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half, a federal report said on Wednesday, a decline largely attributed to the pandemic...

How Colleges Can Support Students Who Are Parents [greatergood.berkeley.edu]

By James McConchie, Greater Good Magazine, July 21, 2021 When most people think of college, they might imagine a bunch of single young adults living wild and free—and possibly going to class from time to time. But this is far from the reality. The average age of a college student is around 26 , and many students already have families of their own. While colleges typically focus on helping students prepare for a career, one university wants to make sure that students with children are...

How Art Therapy Can Help Children Heal from Trauma [salud-america.org]

By Julia Weis, ¡Salud America!, July 20, 2021 A new method is emerging to help children heal from trauma – art therapy. More mental health clinics, like the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas , are beginning to use art to help children with the healing process. Mental health professionals hope that art therapy can help children process adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which is growing to be a public health crisis . “Art therapy helps one process emotions and feelings that one...

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