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By Claire Parker, Photo: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg News, The Washington Post, August 28, 2022 The world will remember the summer of 2022 in the Northern Hemisphere as a season of brutal heat that saw rivers run dry , wildfires rage and farmers struggle to save their crops. Temperatures broke records in Britain , Spain and Portugal , and in East Asia. Thousands of people in Europe have died from the heat, and heat-fueled fires have burned more than a million acres of land across the continent.

By Maya Richard-Craven, Photo: Yarygin/Getty Images/iStockphoto, The Guardian, August 28, 2022 E nter a room and notice the scent of wood. Palo santo, a unique bark that stems from the tropical forest of Ecuador, burns brightly. A statue of a dark-skinned African woman sits in the center, sea shells dangling from her body. A facilitator begins the psychedelic mushroom ceremony with music and prayer. Amanda De Luz, a vice-president of operations at an automotive company by day, is wearing a...

By Frida Berrigan , August 23, 2022, Waging Nonviolence My beach reading stack was less whodunits and guilty pleasures and more of a Climate Change 101 survey course. But in this summer of widespread drought, heatwaves melting roads , super storm events, a deadlocked international climate meeting, the protracted political saga of the senator in Big Coal’s back pocket, and lots of other top-of-the-fold climate catastrophe news, my deep dive was in the service of survival and wide-eyed hope...

Recorded webinar ‘Truth, Trauma and Equity-Informed Solutions’ by Ashley Stewart, MSW, PhD, LSW ” This webinar focuses on equity, intergenerational trauma, and strategies to enhance racially equitable standards of practice. The session will begin by defining equity and examining actionable steps toward inclusive practices for professionals. The presenter will briefly review relationships between equity and mental health and wellness. As a focal point, the session will define and examine...

Hi folks, Welcome to the August Edition of the Surviving Spirit Newsletter. Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20220825143551/ or this - http://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2022-08-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_August_2022.pdf I created these two music videos for the International Human Trafficking and Social Justice...

When determining your own need for mental health care – or the needs of your family – it is vital to consider not just the illnesses, but any past trauma that may have shaped those illnesses. One in four children in the US experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. One in four women has experienced domestic violence. A sobering number of both women and men have been raped in their lives, often before the age of 10. Bearing all this in mind, mental health practitioners are becoming far...

Shenandoah Chefalo was our guest this week on the #LessStressInLife podcast. Shen is the author of Garbage Bag Suitcase, a memoir of her childhood with drug and alcohol addicted parents and life in the foster care system. We talked about why trauma awareness is important in bringing culture change and why it is an important part of healing the brokenness in the world. Listen to our conversation here

As the season begins to wind down, I love to reflect on the impact made during the Peacetown Summer Concert Series. As a board member, Founder of the Peacetown Family Village, and took on a new role this year as Stage Manager for a youth led stage, it was a HUGE undertaking with more value than any price tag (thankfully because I do this uncompensated). Moving from a local park with one stage to The Barlow with 13 different music venues every Wednesday for 14 weeks during the summer. I take...

– Dr. Laurence Heller and Brad Kammer, co-authors In this bonus episode of Transforming Trauma, our host Emily is joined by NARM creator Dr. Laurence Heller and Senior NARM Trainer and Training Director Brad Kammer. Larry and Brad are co-authors of the new book, The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma . Larry and Brad share their intention to help make learning about...

Over one hundred years ago, ancestors' remains from the sacred burial grounds of the local Ojibwe people were dug up and dumped in a mass grave in a Catholic cemetery. Now that sacred land has been returned.

The opiate crisis supplanted the methamphetamine crisis, which superseded the crack cocaine crisis. And I can’t guess the next chemical de jour that hurt people will choose as a treatment for their pain. But I know there will be one; this isn't about the chemical; it's about the pain.

PACEs Connection is looking for a graduate level intern! Are you looking to gain some experience in the field of PACEs science? We are seeking a graduate level intern for this fall, through May of 2023. This internship would be best suited for a graduate student in a Masters of Public Health program or similar program. We are happy to work with your university to help you receive any relevant credit for your time and work here. Details: 5 - 10 hours per week, fit into your schedule Focus on...