January 2022

Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He served as President of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences.

By The HOPE Team, 1/6/2022, positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ As we ring in the New Year, HOPE is looking forward to all our new trainings, workshops, resources, and activities! Keep reading to find out more about upcoming opportunities: to present a workshop at the 2022 HOPE Summit, to become a certified HOPE facilitator, and to join a conversation of HOPE with others in your field. [ Click here to read more .]

By Sunny Fitzgerald, Photo: iStock, The Washington Post, October 18, 2021 This summer, while friends announced pregnancies and career changes, and others held postponed weddings in the brief window between the vaccine rollout and the delta surge despair, I quietly marked a milestone of my own: 52 therapy sessions in 52 weeks. If you’ve never engaged in therapy, this might seem insignificant. But therapy is not just a casual chat on a comfy couch, as it is so often portrayed in television and...

By Jeremy Adam Smith and Kira M. Newman, Greater Good Magazine, January 4, 2022 In the first half of 2021, the Pew Research Center surveyed almost 20,000 people in 17 countries. Their question was simple: “What aspects of your life do you currently find meaningful, fulfilling, or satisfying?” Each of these advanced economies—including Canada, France, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan—was having a different experience at the time. Some were ravaged by COVID-19 and some had...

By Johann Hari, Illustration: Eric Chow, The Guardian, January 2, 2022 W hen he was nine years old, my godson Adam developed a brief but freakishly intense obsession with Elvis Presley. He took to singing Jailhouse Rock at the top of his voice with all the low crooning and pelvis-jiggling of the King himself. One day, as I tucked him in, he looked at me very earnestly and asked: “Johann, will you take me to Graceland one day?” Without really thinking, I agreed. I never gave it another...

January is here, and with it our Winter 2022 Virtual Classroom Series begins! Circles of Safety: Awareness to Action kicks off our Series at the end of January followed by another Awareness to Action course in February and a Training of Trainers course at the end of February. Click here to register and to learn more about how our trainings can help you and your organization to create safer environments for your agency, your staff, and the children and families you serve. Please reach out...

By David Marchese, Photo illustration: Bráulio Amado, The New York Times, December 29, 2021 Such is the grimly politicized state of science these days that the descriptors typically used to explain who Katharine Hayhoe is — evangelical Christian; climate scientist — can register as somehow paradoxical. Despite that (or, indeed, because of it), Hayhoe, who is 49 and whose most recent book is “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World,” has become a...

Since September is suicide awareness month, learning about self-advocacy is the basis of all healing from complex trauma and defeating suicidal ideation in oneself and dealing with it in others. When you stand up for yourself and meet your needs, it is easier to meet life on life’s terms and respond better in times of crisis. This article shall explore with you who and what a self-advocate is, plus the advantages self-advocacy brings to the lives of those who practice it who live under the...

After almost two decades of ACEs and resilience work, Theresa "Teri" Barila has stepped back from the daily business of the Community Resilience Initiative, the organization she built in Walla Walla, WA. She will remain active in product development and as a trusted advisor and Board President Emeritus. One story in particular illustrates the significant impact Teri's work has had over the years. It is the story of a mother who yelled across a large store to get Teri's attention : "Hey, ACE...

Hi. Wanted to share these trainings opportunities. Registration for the 17th: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcuqspzkrHNbTz8rEjGO1iGIeavk8jVjF Registration for the 24th: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoce2hqz8rEtZxcD7tfKnivgZzR3H3vHvW And the registration links are embedded in the attached PDF.

Fresno HOPE - A Pathways Community HUB Program Director Job Summary We are seeking an entrepreneurial, self-starter, collaborator with project management skills, to lead in the building, implementation, certification, and sustaining of the Fresno HOPE – A Pathways Community HUB (PCH) initiative in Fresno County. In this position, you will play a key role in ensuring Fresno County COVID Equity Project work continues and in leading the building and implementation of the Fresno HOPE PCH, an...

Be A King! Lessons from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change A Virtual Event Thursday, January 27, 2022 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. PT Dr. Bernice King will join CalEndow Live on January 27 to discuss her life and work as CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, which was founded by her mother as the official living memorial to the life, work, and legacy of her father. In this hourlong conversation, Dr. King will discuss the growth of the King...