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Free Fierce Self-Compassion Mini-Retreat [centerformsc.org]
CMSC Circles of Practice: Public Offering is pleased to bring you this very special silent retreat in honor of women around the world. Harnessing Fierce Self-Compassion offers an opportunity to come together in a global community for practice, connection, and the chance to explore our innate capacity for fierce self-compassion. Presenters: Dr. Kristin Neff: Fierce Yang and Tender Yin Self-Compassion Dr. Marta Alonso: Fierce Self-Compassion and the Body Aimee Eckhardt : Parenting with Fierce...
ACE Parenting Theater Course
ACEs Parenting Theater Course Parents with a high ACE score may find it difficult to draw upon their own childhood memories for examples of positive parenting. They aren’t alone. For many, the way we parent our own children often mirrors the way we ourselves were raised, whether we do this consciously or not. You may think this only natural since one’s parents are the primary reference point for how to communicate, relate, and respond to others and to life. As they say, “You don’t know what...
Circle of Security Virtual Training
Hello ACE Followers, We are so looking forward to 2021 and we hope for a year filled with coming together, protecting our families and neighbors, and building stronger communities. I strongly believe that using Circle concepts, tools, and practices in our work and our personal lives can really transform relationships. We wished that our first training of the year could have been in person. However, the upside of having virtual trainings is that literally, anyone, anywhere in the world can...
SXSW EDU Welcomes Oprah Winfrey And Dr. Bruce Perry As The Opening Keynote At The 2021 Online Event [prnewswire.com]
By SXSW EDU, PR Newswire, February 9, 2021 SXSW EDU is pleased to announce that Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry , the co-authors of the upcoming book What Happened to You (Flatiron Books out April 27 ), will open the 2021 virtual event as the keynote session on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9:30am CT . The fireside chat will feature global media icon and philanthropist, Ms. Oprah Winfrey and world-renowned brain development and trauma expert, Dr. Bruce Perry , M.D. Ph.D. Together they will...
Neglecting Yourself Doesn't Make You a Better Mother [nytimes.com]
By Danna Lorch, The New York Times, February 10, 2021 Before even becoming a parent, I was conditioned to believe that good mothers always put themselves dead last. At a college reunion years ago, I complimented a former classmate, a mother of three, on how strong she looked. She shrugged it off: “Oh, that’s because I never take time to make myself food. I just eat scraps off the kids’ plates.” Years later, when I was pregnant with my son, Isaac, friends who were already moms eyed my bump...
America's Mothers Are in Crisis [nytimes.com]
By Jessica Grose, The New York Times, February 4, 2021 In early September, as the school year inched closer, a group of mothers in New Jersey decided they would gather in a park, at a safe social distance, and scream their lungs out. For months, as the pandemic disrupted work and home life, these moms, like so many parents, had been stretched thin — acting as caregivers, teachers and earners at once. They were breaking. As are mothers all over the United States. By now, you have read the...
'They saved my family': Mums urged not to suffer in silence after drop in those seeking help for post-natal depression [itv.com]
By Astrid Quinn, ITV, February 4, 2021 Kathryn Hamelton, from Sheffield, gave birth to her fourth child Sophia in February last year. But caring for a newborn baby and three other children in the isolation of lockdown began to take its toll and in October 2020, she tried to take her own life. She explained: [ Please click here to read more .]
Happy Childhood Doesn't Guarantee Good Mental Health, Study Reveals [ibtimes.com]
By Alexis Ty, International Business Times, February 8, 2021 Although negative experiences in childhood are known to increase the risk of developing mental illness, a recent study has suggested that having a happy childhood isn't exactly the key to good mental health in adulthood. In the study published in the journal Current Psychology , researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA), in collaboration with the University of Canberra, examined how early childhood experiences...
Whole People Documentary Streaming Weekend & Zoom Discussion with Rev. Paul Abernathy
On behalf of ACEs Connection , the CTIPP (The Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice), and the Relentless School Nurse , we want to invite you to the streaming of parts 4 and 5 of the Whole People documentary series on the weekend o f March 12th through March 14th, 2021. We will stream both parts on ACEs Connection in the Transforming Trauma with ACEs Sciences Film Festival community. The documentary viewing weekend will be followed by a discussion with special guest, Father Paul...
Kids of the Covid generation: The road ahead [knowablemagazine.org]
By Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine, February 3, 2021 Childhood has been upended by the Covid-19 pandemic. Carefree playdates, team sports and school have been off the table or strictly online for many of the world’s 2.2 billion children, replaced by isolation, boredom, family stress and worry. What will be the consequences? Children have weathered disasters before, so researchers know plenty about the risks as well as the potential for recovery. For example, after flooding in Buffalo Creek,...
Supporting Children After the U.S. Capitol Attack [nctsn.org]
From The National Traumatic Stress Network, February 2021 Resource Description Provides information to parents and caregivers about how to support children after the U.S. Capitol Attack. This fact sheet offers guidance on understanding media exposure, the potential impact of this event on children and families, what parents and caregivers can do to help, and what to do if your family was a part of the event. Published in 2021 [ Please click here to download the resource .]
On Development and Dreams
By Rebecca Honig, Director of Content & Curriculum This weekend I had an opportunity to listen in to a mixed age conversation about dreams. It was a group of PreK-2nd graders. Under normal circumstances they’d be meeting in person to do projects, play together, learn together. This year, like so many things, they come together over Zoom. Two weekends ago they had gathered to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service. This weekend, to build on what...
Family Hui parenting groups highlight ACEs science, love and empowerment
photo courtesy of Diana Rivas Diana Rivas had studied child development as an undergraduate, but it wasn’t until she joined a parenting group in 2019 in Davis, California, that she began to reflect on the way she herself was raised — and punished. Diana Rivas “My dad had experienced a lot of abuse,” she recalls. “He was raised in a small town in Mexico, and his father had used heavy corporal punishment against him. He did the same with me, because he thought that was the way discipline...
Compassion Aids In Reversing Effects Of A Rough Childhood [moms.com]
By Simon Brooks, Moms, January 25, 2021 Research has shown that childhood emotional trauma often determines whether an individual develops a physical disease as an adult. This means that the experiences that an individual goes through in their childhood years have a huge effect on the quality of life that they live as adults. A rough childhood can predispose one to physical diseases. The brain adapts and evolves from birth according to life experiences. Most experts agree that what goes on...