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Prayer relies on a meditative mood, but it is also a goal-directed activity. During prayer, the person speaks to a deity in some fashion giving praise or offering thanks, seeking forgiveness, and often seeking assistance. The deity the person prays to is considered by the person praying to be in a relationship with them.

Chloe Yang, 3/29/21, positiveexperience.org/blog Our first annual summit is less than a month away! Please register at this link , which you can also find on the Summit landing page (registration closes at 5:00 pm ET on Monday, April 5th). Our virtual summit seeks to inspire a group of leaders who will, together, champion a movement to shift how we support children and families, creating systems of care based on understanding, equity, and trust. Morning plenary sessions will feature Dr. Bob...

"Attachment Trauma is the severe disruption or dysfunction of the infant-maternal bond. This can result from stress and dysfunction in the family, mental health problems in the mother, and/or extended separation from the mother. These are traumatic experiences regardless of when they occur during childhood. However, when they occur during the first 2 years of life they have a uniquely damaging impact, leading to Attachment Trauma." Originally posted at CPTSDFoundation.org: ...

We know a lot about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), but what do we really know about PCEs? Turns out, we know both a lot and not enough.

It's been a traumatic year. The pandemic. Social justice protests in response to police brutality. An insurrection at the nation's capital. Now our nation is dealing with two mass shootings. Traumatic events can put the human brain into high gear, according to trauma expert and psychologist Dr. Bethany Brand of Towson University. “It feels like there's danger everywhere,” Brand said. “It is our brain's attempt to protect us by making us hyper-alert.” This hypervigilance takes away the body's...

By Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News, March 25, 2021 Vast forests across Latin America and the Caribbean that are critical for storing carbon and conserving biodiversity are under increasing assault from logging, mining and ranching. But the best defense to this deforestation lies with the people who have lived in the forests for hundreds or even thousands of years, a newly-released report from the United Nations says. The report, published Thursday, reviewed roughly 300 studies that have...

By Tiffany Rivera, Al Dia, March 19, 2021 Hopeworks, the local nonprofit organization in Camden, is teaching youth technology skills and communication expertise to send them off into the real world. The organization was founded by a priest and a local teacher in 1999 who wanted to work towards ending the violence and poverty that plagued the Camden area by providing frustrated youth with guidance. Their goal was to offer important training to local high school dropouts to gear them up for...

By Walter Bragman, Andrew Perez, and David Sirota, The Daily Poster, March 26, 2021 The parent company of some of America’s largest fast food chains is claiming credit for convincing Congress to exclude a $15 minimum wage from the recent COVID relief bill, according to internal company documents reviewed by The Daily Poster . The company, which is owned by a private equity firm named after an Ayn Rand character, also says it is now working to thwart new union rights legislation. The...

By Clarence C. Gravlee, Somatosphere, March 27, 2021 In late February, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an episode of its JAMA Clinical Reviews podcast titled, “Structural Racism for Doctors—What Is It?” In an accompanying tweet, the journal offered this eye-popping teaser: “No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in health care?” The answer, they promised, was in JAMA’s “user-friendly podcast,” a 15-minute conversation between two (white)...

How are we still dealing with this? https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/7027981002?fbclid=IwAR0TafVvZ53ip20wN4JgtH8RN2K_nwRedIW1-kePErAtaGItf3443aeSgPM

William T. Kenny was formally trained in medicine and is a practicing radiologist. He has a strong interest in physics and wrote The Conscious Whole to reflect how theories and laws of physics may interact with the present medical paradigm, which does not account for the peculiar laws of the subatomic world.

Two observations... 1. The brief posits that most unsupportive and harmful parenting occurs because parents are stressed out, low income, and disenfranchised. 2. Nothing is said about parenting education. The critique... When and if policy changes improve parents' lives are they expected to automatically begin engaging in parenting behaviors and practices generally recognized as supporting the healthy development of children?