March 2023

I am at my desk, writing this short blog, which I must have done four months ago. I am asking myself both questions, “What’s wrong with you?” and “What happened to you?” Laughter… Well, I should only ask the latter one by training. However, for the last several months, I intentionally tried to answer “What’s right for you?” convincing myself to do more self-care, reflection, and self-regulation. Whisper to me… “Good job!” Smile then, deep breathing… As the founder of The Faithful City (TFC)...

In this episode of Transforming Trauma, Emily is joined by Amanda Huffman, psychotherapist, NARM Therapist and nutrition health coach, who is committed to holistic integrative healing and supporting her clients to live healthier lives. She shares her excitement about current research on the microbiome, and how she believes that this evolving field can help support the treatment of developmental trauma. Amanda’s skills, knowledge and passion have led her to create the new healing center Sugar...

By Kate Wheeling, Photo: Senior Airman Crystal Housman/Flickr, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), February 2, 2022 On November 8, 2018, Sally awoke to the smell of smoke and a phone call from her daughter, imploring her to flee her home. It was 8:30 a.m., but the sky was dark with smoke. The Camp Fire was bearing down on Paradise, California, and the entire town was under an evacuation order. The air was so warm from the encroaching fire that Sally left her coat behind, mistaking the fall...

Whether you are a parent or a guardian, a teacher or a school administrator, if you have children in your life, you might hear them talking about climate change. Whether it’s wildfires or floods or tsunamis and tornados, these events are happening with increasing frequency all around us. Climate change may once have been an abstract concept or foreign idea, but it is now our reality. Young people are more aware than ever of the threats to the planet’s future and are getting involved...

From International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Image: from article As human beings, our physical and mental health cannot be separated from the environments in which we live. Climate change, if left unaddressed, is projected to have catastrophic consequences on the mental health of entire populations. This ISTSS Friday Fast Facts series will feature ISTSS’ recent work to highlight the intersections among global climate change and trauma. Look for new materials every Friday in...

By Jyoti Mishra, The Conversation, January 18, 2023 The big idea Psychological trauma from extreme weather and climate events, such as wildfires, can have long-term impacts on survivors’ brains and cognitive functioning, especially how they process distractions, my team’s new research shows . Climate change is increasingly affecting people around the world, including through extreme heat, storm damage and life-threatening events like wildfires. In previous research , colleagues and I showed...

Greetings Everyone! Jabu here! Founder of Come ALIVE Movement. I hope this report finds you in good health, both in body and mind. Thank you so very much to everyone who encouraged, supported, enquired, and even critiqued the efforts made by the organization this last year. Every's input is greatly valued! Background Let me begin by sharing what Come ALIVE Movement is all about and give a bit of background: Come ALIVE Movement was initially created to bring healing to survivors of Sexual...

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Hello, I'm new here, and happy to find such a great site. I do mindfulness based coaching and training and will be delivering trainings on stress management and well being enhancement for a California police department in May. They've asked for a component on Trauma Informed Care for their officers and I'm looking for a relevant trauma training for my own education - for which I'm willing to travel. If you know of any upcoming trainings, including to train the trainer, I'd much appreciate...

Welcome to virtual Rx Healing Circles! Our sessions serve as an opportunity to foster the Beloved Community and our shared intention for collective healing. We invite you to this connective space for people to offer compassion, experience unity and sustain a practice of transformation. Join us Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Please register here: bit.ly/RxHealingCircle3-15

Join us for our March CCWT Speaker Series Event! Trauma-Informed Transformations in Schools Film Screening of Paper Tigers + Speaker Talk & Discussion with Jim Sporleder Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 12:00-1:00 PM ET >>Register Here<< Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of a high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a model for how to break the cycle of poverty, violence, and disease that affects families. Jim Sporleder retired...

By Laura Gallant, 3/9/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The 3 rd Annual HOPE Summit will take place on March 29 – 30. Throughout that week, we will be hosting our 2 nd Annual Week of HOPE. During this week, we celebrate the power of positive childhood experiences (PCEs), and the HOPE framework. HOPE makes a real difference in practice whether in policy, organizational structures, one-on-one interactions with children and families, spiritual communities, and many more spaces,...