Once the suffering resulting from adverse childhood experiences is managed, we can turn toward creating a more satisfying life. Pursuing the honorable life leads to self-respect and inner peace. Compassion for mistakes, understanding their reasons, and applying integrity skills starts us on the path to flourishing.
Interview with Mike Veny: Mental Wellness Superhero! https://youtu.be/9Kity_NpxFk
Watch the video: Elizabeth Smith and Lifeworks Awareness Video This message was sent on social media platforms Tik Tok (I had to download the app), Instagram, and Facebook through Lifeworks Sonoma County to bring a voice to someone with lived experiences, giving me a seat at the table to be heard. Sept. 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Elizabeth Smith, LifeWorks volunteer, and community advocate for suicide awareness and prevention, shares the importance of having open conversations about...
Announcing upcoming courses for educators! Kick of your school year with Trauma-Informed Education or Supporting Marginalized Students!
In this episode of Transforming Trauma, NARM Senior Faculty Brad Kammer shares an excerpt from the highly anticipated new book he co-authored with NARM Creator Dr. Laurence Heller, The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma . This book was released on July 26, 2022! The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma provides helping professionals with the theoretical...
Throughout our last several blogs, we’ve explored the broader themes of how to accomplish trauma-informed cultural change. We’ve also discussed how embodying trauma-informed values is essential to accomplishing that change. But what does embodying trauma-informed values look like in real time? How are we practicing the values in our personal and professional lives? How do the concepts we discuss become embedded and embodied in our work? Today, we’ll give you concrete examples of how to...
We are living in challenging times. As I read the news and encounter the divisiveness and violence that have become normalized in our world, I continue to lean into neuroscience and resonance as ways to understand and find compassion for myself, and for all beings caught up in the widespread collective trauma of this historical moment.
The societal impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) is immeasurable and includes adverse biopsychosocial effects across the lifespan. HTI’s IPV Conference brings together key stakeholders, trauma-informed professionals, and subject matter experts across disciplines to enhance community approaches to IPV.
Hi. Did a video today about some of what I've been working on. Not great, it was a day, but hope it still helps. "This video covers three free documents for supporting children with developmental delays or/and disabilities who have experienced trauma. The documents are beneficial to caregivers, mental health providers, and others. Current versions of the documents are linked." https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=w3fowprOelA
Focused on personal empowerment and promoting strategies to enhance resiliency, this year's Resiliency Forum brings together inspirational speakers, empowering clinicians, talented artists, life-changing authors, and noted professionals, all dedicated to enhancing our ability to bounce-back and thrive. In 2021, 7000+ participants from 111 countries around the world joined together to focus on strategies to enhance their resiliency in an ever-changing world. 37 celebrities shared their voice...
By The HOPE Team, 9/8/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Readers of this blog might already know about the range of resources available from the HOPE national resource center. In addition to creating our own materials, we partner with child and family service organizations around the country to add HOPE to their services and resources. This blog highlights two public resources that grew out of those partnerships. We partnered with the Massachusetts Center on Child Wellbeing...
By Erin Blakemore, Washington Post Did you lose track of time during the early days of the pandemic? If so, you’re not alone. A new study says a majority of Americans experienced time distortions at the beginning of the pandemic, which are common during traumatic times. Researchers say those who lost their time sense could be at greater risk for mental health disorders — such as depression and anxiety — and screening for time distortions could help get treatment to those who need it. In a...
Early Friendships Can Change Our Lives Jimarielle Bowie grew up lower-middle class in a family hit hard by divorce and the 2008 housing crisis. Her family instilled a sense of hard work in her. At school, though, she made friends from a wealthier part of town. Her friends’ goals, she learned, were not just about hard work, they were about college. She signed up with them for SAT courses. Their parents helped her with college applications. Now, at 24, Ms. Bowie is a criminal defense lawyer...
Join us on Wednesday, September 21st, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. PST for our Growing as a Community: Equity-Centered Trauma Informed Education with Dr. Rana Najjar. This webcast will discuss the latest Trauma Informed approaches to advance our educational environments. Participants will learn: The impact of trauma on learning Inequities in the learning environment Acknowledging and recognizing trauma in the learning environment Framework for implementing Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed...