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Message to Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyer: His Victims Weren’t ‘Hollywood Wannabes’ Who’d Do Anything for a Break

Getty Images In the opening arguments to Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial in Los Angeles this week, the producer’s defense lawyer pointed to his moldering, overweight client and asked the rhetorical question, “ Do you think these beautiful women had sex with him because he’s hot?” The inference is that poor Harvey was not going to get laid unless in exchange for what he provided in career advancement to conniving “Hollywood wannabes.” That was not my experience as one of his victims. When I...

How Hope is Different From Self-Confidence

Hope is different than self-efficacy (i.e., self-confidence). It’s better. In continuing the theme of why hope is different from other positive traits, I want to talk about self-efficacy. I don’t often use or hear the word “self-efficacy” in daily conversation. However, I do hear the word “self-confidence” more regularly. The science behind self-efficacy is that people influence the course of their lives through their behaviors. Like hope it deals with goals and how we think about and...

City Voices Interview with Michelle Dyson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pccx_ZPS030&t=55s Michelle Dyson is a Consumer Advocate Network (CAN) Advocate and Director of Training and Outreach. Michelle brings over 40 years of personal and familial lived experience to her role as advocate. Her mission is to educate the community, friends, family members, and first responders in Mental Health Crisis Models and to promote person to person communication and relationships. With a background in customer service and office...

Strict parenting can genetically lead children to depression: Study [thestatesman.com]

By The Statesman, October 22, 2022 As a result of strict parenting, the way the body perceives the children’s DNA might alter. Children who grow up with restrictions may have these modifications “hard-wired” into their DNA, increasing their biological risk of depression in adolescence and later in life. Presenting the work at the ECNP Congress in Vienna, Dr Evelien Van Assche said: “We discovered that perceived harsh parenting, with physical punishment and psychological manipulation, can...

Better laws, less punishment, more freedom – from Cuba to Oklahoma [csmonitor.com]

By Nick Roll, Photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP/File, Christian Science Monitor, October 24, 2022 1. United States Oklahoma has reduced its prison population by 21% over the last five years. Through a series of legislative reforms and voter initiatives, Oklahoma eliminated prison time for some low-level drug and property offenses, and reduced the length of sentences for other crimes. A community-led campaign called Project Commutation has helped people with long sentences have them commuted. And a...

Poet Ross Gay on his new book and finding joy in sorrow [cnn.com]

By Leah Asmelash, Photo: Natasha Komoda/Algonquin Books, CNN Style, October 25, 2022 I n the last two years, it seems like everyone has been searching for joy. From the success of shows like Apple TV+'s uber-positive " Ted Lasso " to dance albums like Beyoncé's " Renaissance ," to books like Aimee Nezhukumatathil's "World of Wonders" -- the call to look beyond sorrow is ubiquitous. Poet Ross Gay explores these questions -- What incites joy? And what does joy incite? -- in his new book,...

Former Foster Youth in California Colleges Will Receive Support After Age 26 [imprintnews.org]

By Jeremy Loudenback, Illustration: Christine Ongjoco, The Imprint, October 25, 2022 Former foster youth Christina Torrez turned 26 in May. And although she was a first-generation college student pursuing an admirable future after overcoming homelessness, the mother of three hit a new barrier. Her eligibility for the program that had provided her with everything from the cost of books to bus passes while attending Bakersfield College came to an abrupt end. The state-funded NextUp program...

For Disabled Workers, a Tight Labor Market Opens New Doors [nytimes.com]

By Ben Casselman, Photo: Sarah Rice/The New York Times, The New York Times, October 25, 2022 The strong late-pandemic labor market is giving a lift to a group often left on the margins of the economy: workers with disabilities. Employers, desperate for workers, are reconsidering job requirements, overhauling hiring processes and working with nonprofit groups to recruit candidates they might once have overlooked. At the same time, companies’ newfound openness to remote work has led to...

Dr. Gentry’s Professional Forum

Are you struggling to implement Forward-Facing principles and skills into your therapy and/or coaching practice? Do you have clients with whom you know Forward-Facing would be helpful but cannot seem to get it delivered to them in a way that is palatable? Are you unsure when and how to introduce Forward-Facing to your clients? Would you like some support and assistance practicing and mastering Forward-Facing in your own professional and personal lives? Would you like to develop a support...

'Girls on the Brink' Author Donna Jackson Nakazawa on this week’s History. Culture. Trauma. podcast

Donna Jackson Nakazawa, author of six books and longtime friend of PACEs Connection, joins the History. Culture. Trauma. podcast this week in an excerpt from the launch of her sixth book, “Girls on the Brink—Helping our Daughters Thrive in an Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression and Social Media.” "Anyone caring for girls today knows that our daughters, students, and girls next door are more anxious and more prone to depression and self-harming than ever before,” said Nakazawa. But the...

Donor Lois Hall says PACEs Connection is 'proof of where hope is brought in communities'

Note: PACEs Connection is in dire financial straits. A funder who’d promised $500,000 reversed course and we are asking for help, from you, our 57,400+ members, to help cover the loss. Pay and hours have been cut for our staff – most of us will be laid-off for the month of December. Since sounding the alarm this summer, we’ve raised about $22,000 . To get a sense of who your fellow members are, who is donating, and why, please enjoy our first in a series of donor profiles, and be like Lois:...

Free Webinar: Befriending your Nervous System

🍃 Befriending your Nervous System, a non-clinical approach to achieving post-traumatic growth. 🍃 Hosts: Jenny Brackman and Emily Hedrick 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭: https://forward-facing.com/event/module-3-of-the-post-traumatic-growth-specialist/ Hope to see you there! ➡️ 4PM AZ | 5PM MT | 6PM CT | 7 PM ET

Rx Healing Circle

Welcome to virtual Rx Healing Circles! This session serves as an opportunity for building the beloved community and fostering healing through a shared humanity perspective. We invite you to join us in sharing a connective space for people to offer compassion and experience unity. Join us Wednesday, November 16, 2022 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Please register here : bit.ly/RxHealingCircle11-16

A Village of the Future

During six weeks at the Blackfoot Reservation in the 1930’s, 30-year-old Abraham Maslow did not find support for his theory that social hierarchies are maintained by dominance. Instead, he saw a tribal community where “…levels of cooperation, minimal inequality, restorative justice, full bellies, and high levels of life satisfaction…” were the norm. During my career in Alaska, I watched a transformation of villages from substandard houses with outhouses and honey buckets to places with more...

Reimagining Resilience online workshop - Thursdays, November 3 & 10 from 4:30 - 6:30pm

"Game changing. Strategies that I know will improve my practice & improve the experience that students have at school." “I’m Safe. I Belong. I Matter.” This is the way every child needs to feel in order to learn. How can you, as an adult who works with youth, help them experience emotional safety? Especially when our own nervous systems are overwhelmed. In our online, interactive Reimagining Resilience workshop , we cover the three R’s critical in building positive relationships with...

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