February 2024

Victor Frankl describes in Man's Search for Meaning the intake process he went through at a concentration camp. Among the things he describes, one thing particularly caught my attention - the moment when each person is directed to hand over all of their possessions. The men and women are stripped of their clothing and all personal effects. In this desperate moment, there were various attempts to hold on to material things - a wedding ring, a good luck charm, a photo, or, for Frankl, his...

To read more of OLIVIA OLANDER , MACKENZIE WILKES , KATY O'DONNELL , DANIEL PAYNE and RUTH READER article, please click here. Artificial intelligence isn’t just a niche tool for cheating on homework or generating bizarre and deceptive images. It’s already humming along in unseen and unregulated ways that are touching millions of Americans who may never have heard of ChatGPT, Bard or other buzzwords. A growing share of businesses, schools, and medical professionals have quietly embraced...

Around the world, there is an urgent need for effective treatment of complex trauma. While there is a growing number of trauma-informed mental health professionals focusing on supporting individuals, relationships, communities, and systems, addressing trauma everyday can be taxing, overwhelming and lead to burn-out. Who is there to support those therapists and helping professionals on their professional journey? On this bonus episode of Transforming Trauma , host Emily Ruth welcomes Brad...

(Author’s note: Photo is of Jeff Linkebach, EdD, founder of The Montana Institute , and me following a three-hour long brainstorming lunch recently at the Whole Foods in Bozeman, Montana. I’d gone to visit my two adult children in the area. Linkenbach and his family have made their home there for more than 30 years. Linkenbach and I connected several years ago via PACEs Connection as he is one of the co-founders of the HOPE (Health Outcomes from Positive Experiences) research. The Montana...

My teenagers' dark and surly moods, my husband's anxiety, my mother's rare show of displeasure, and my father's anger and frugality, all had great power to destroy my peace of mind. That's why years ago when I picked up a sheet of paper at a meeting entitled "Detaching with Love," it spoke to me.

The reality for many of us from disempowered communities is that we often live in an invisible gap that exists between our traditional cultural ways of being and contemporary dominant culture. This is a vulnerable space for us because although we live as 21st century Americans, our bodies, all the way down to the genetic structure, may be wired for a collectivist way of life. Further, many of us live at the intersection of unaddressed generational trauma and current day violence, oppression...

Please make plans to join the East Tennessee State University Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute as we welcome Drs. Ginger Christian, Amy Horton, and Kevin Graham for our February Resilience Series presentation. This presentation will take place on February 27, 2024, from 12- 1:30 p.m. (Eastern). Resilient school leaders recognize that training all school personnel, from custodians and bus drivers to teachers and principals, maximizes opportunities for mitigating the effects of Adverse...

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