Hi. I share the attached guide, understanding the possible array of reactions from those who read it. I wish existence was all the things I am working to find the answers for it to be. In the meantime every moment matters. Take care, Gwen
Evelyn Lewin, a writer for the Sunday Morning Herald in Australia reached out to me last month to write a story about my stalking joy practice. When I told her that I'm not naturally joyful or joy-filled person, thanks to developmental trauma and the impact of ACEs, and how it's a practice I've only come to in the last few several years, I wasn't sure she'd write the story. I was afraid she might not find it (or me) lighthearted enough, might be disappointed that trauma is the back story, or...
Emotional flashbacks take a horrendous toll on those who experience them. To feel like you are in danger with all the emotions that accompany it, fear, anxiety, startle, and a myriad of other feelings without understanding where they are coming from is both frightening and debilitating. This piece will delve deeper into emotional flashbacks and methods to defeat them.
By John Blake , CNN, September 4, 2021 Cutting taxes for the rich helps the poor. There is no such thing as a Republican or a Democratic judge. Climate change is a hoax. Some political myths refuse to die despite all evidence the contrary. Here's another: When White people are no longer a majority, racism will fade and the US " will never be a White country again ." This myth was reinforced recently when the US Census' 2020 report revealed that people who identify as White alone declined for...
By Crystal Hayling , Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2021 In May 2020, a video of a white police officer in Minneapolis kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, until he suffocated went viral. I was shook. Shook is not to be confused with shock, which is surprise. White people were shocked. Black people were shook—that deep, existential awareness of our otherness in America. I’ve worked in philanthropy through other catastrophic racial injustices, including the...
By Eliott C. McLaughlin , CNN, September 5, 2021 It was 230 years ago Sunday that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia, quietly walked into a Northumberland County courthouse and delivered an airtight legal document announcing his intention to free, or manumit, more than 500 slaves. He titled it the "deed of gift." It was, by far, experts say, the largest liberation of Black people before President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia...
By Paul S Dilorenzo, for Imprint News, September, 1, 2021 Most of what I write for The Imprint is about family support and primary prevention programming. Like many of my colleagues, I frequently distinguish between “upstream” and the “deep-end” activities of the child welfare system, which is a shortcut description of what we perceive and then, how we function. It serves our purpose for partializing our work. However, I’m sure we would all agree that this might not be the perception of the...
By Jim Rendon , The Chronicle of Philanthropy, September 8th, 2021 Elise Westhoff, the new leader of the Philanthropy Roundtable, has been on a media blitz in recent months, spreading the gospel of conservative philanthropy and attacking what she says is a wrongheaded rush to fund racial-justice efforts. That has angered some philanthropic leaders, who say her arguments are misguided and she is dragging foundations into America’s toxic culture wars. Some of the group’s 600 donors have left...
Our Back To School Edition With RESILIENCE and Play! RESILIENCE on Video On Demand RESILIENCE is now available for streaming directly to individual viewers on Apple TV, Google Play and Vudu. Since its premiere in 2016 at the Sundance Film festival, RESILIENCE has been screened globally, in educational settings, more than 50,000 times. In partnership with many educational, health care, juvenile justice and non-profit organizations, RESILIENCE and Paper Tigers has increased the awareness of...
One of the largest Confederate monuments came down September 8 in Richmond, Virginia . “This city belongs to all of us, not just some of us,” said David Bailey, whose nonprofit organization helps churches with racial reconciliation work. “Now we can try to figure out what’s next. We are creating a new legacy.” September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Resilient Chesterfield is the theme for the Chesterfield Suicide Awareness and Prevention Coalition’s 2021 Suicide Prevention Month...
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Anxiety, depression, and suicide is historically high, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, where our world has changed so drastically. It has left many feeling isolated, fearful, lonely, sad, and unsure of the future. In this live webinar, Dr. Kristin Beasley, Clinical Psychologist, will discuss building a community of support, self-care tips, building resilience in difficult times, healthy communication methods, and more! We are all in this together! Share this time with us! September...
If you struggle with your weight, you may be curious about how ACEs impact your weight-regulating hormones. Learn how it happens, why it's linked to toxic stress, and how to resolve it with a solution endorsed by Dr. Felitti, the Co-Principal Investigator of the ACE Study.
I know every moment - the cost of all that we should be addressing, what all could possibly happen that we aren't prepared for, how our lives are connected, how what I'm doing or not doing impacts, could be my last. I don’t want to do “something”, I want to be doing the best thing possible. And as a whole, we need to be trying to make sure, within functionality - We each know why and how to be connected to ourselves, We each know why and how to connect with others, We each know why and how...
Thoughts to share - “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche “The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.” – Carl Jung “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou “Stand By Me” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-JUaIaUN34 Live performance of “Stand By Me”…a great song and I love to play this tune and give thanks to all of those in my life who have stood by me, through the...