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By David Montgomery, Photo: Ralph Barrera/Austin-American Statesman/Associated Press, PEW, March 14, 2022 When he blew the whistle on a university dean suspected of financial malfeasance, college professor Jeff Blodgett had to weather a fierce attack from the dean’s allies. “If I didn't have tenure,” he recalled, “they would have done their best to get rid of me.” Blodgett, who has taught at four universities and is now a marketing professor at the University of Houston-Victoria, survived...

By Shenelle Wilson, Photo: Adobe, STAT, March 10, 2022 S ome say the lack of Black physicians is a pipeline problem, with too few Black people going to medical school. I say it’s a gaslighting problem. The health of Black Americans lags behind that of white Americans, driven in part by the underrepresentation of Black physicians in the medical field. Numerous studies have found that patients of color experience better health care outcomes and higher satisfaction when cared for by racially...

By Judith Graham, Photo: Digitalvision/Getty Images, Kaiser Health News, March 14, 2022 Twenty years ago, a group of pioneering older adults in Boston created an innovative organization for people committed to aging in place: Beacon Hill Village , an all-in-one social club, volunteer collective, activity center, peer-to-peer support group, and network for various services. Its message of “we want to age our way in our homes and our community” was groundbreaking at the time and commanded...

By Christina Caron, Illustration: Seb Agresti/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, March 14, 2022 Coronavirus cases are receding across the United States, and face masks are coming off. Little green shoots are finally poking through the earth, signaling the arrival of warmer weather. The pandemic has not been declared over, but after living in survival mode for the last two years, some would say we are emerging into a “new normal.” Though that doesn’t mean our minds are at ease. Many...

By Zoeann Murphy and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Illustration: The Washington Post, The Washington Post, March 15, 2022 The wave of refugees flooding through Europe is striking not just for its historic scale and speed, but because half the people who have fled the war in Ukraine are children. Many have had to say goodbye to their fathers before undertaking difficult and disorienting journeys with mothers and siblings, sometimes waiting more than a dozen hours in the cold before being allowed to...

Build on our Reimagining Resilience 1 workshop , OR your own knowledge and experiences, with our NEW online workshop - Reimagining Resilience 2: Developing Firmness Tools , Thursdays March 24 & 31, 4:30-6:30pm PDT. This workshop is facilitated by Corrina Skildum & Alan Wong . Alan shares how Reimagining Resilience 2 helps educators and other adults who work with youth during these challenging times: "More than ever we need tools that can help us meet the need of all students and...

I attended my first funeral at age eighteen. He was a friend, a gifted musician, and a troubled teen caught up in the juvenile delinquent system of Flathead County in northwestern Montana. The funeral took place in February, 1990, the same week an Arctic storm plunged temperatures to brutal lows. Leafless tree branches reached out like fingers desperate for warmth. I stood in a huddle with my friends, probably not wearing a coat, mourning a friendship that took decades to process the real...

In Part 4 of his new book UNLEASHING INDIVIDUALITY Organizational development strategist Glenn Llopis discussed "Restoring Dignity". Here he introduces ACES methods and findings to provide a lens to understand how dignity in childhood is violated and can be supported in the various hierarchical organizations within which we work! Worth a read to provide a prod to finding applications! Unleashing Individuality

In this episode of Transforming Trauma, our guest is Althea Simpson, the founder of Brighter Day Therapeutic Solutions, Unicorn Life Training and the Black Play Therapy Society. Althea is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in Trauma Recovery, a Registered Play Therapist, and a Certified Lego Serious Play Facilitator. Her approach to treatment is tailored to the unique needs of her clients and she brings a range of educational, professional, and life experiences to her work as a...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Jane Stevens] CHILD ABUSE Segal L, Doidge J, Armfield JM, et. al. Association of Child Maltreatment With Risk of Death During Childhood in South Australia. JAMA Netw Open.

Tom Weidlinger, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and author, realized his childhood was traumatic when he was a teenager. He tells the story in his memoir, The Restless Hungarian. He was in a car with his mother. She had just picked him up from boarding school where he had been sent after his parent’s divorce. She was speeding and swerved violently off the road. “We almost had a crash,” he said, still shaken by the close call with death. “Didn’t you see him,” his mother asked, “the man...

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” - Frederick Douglass. - https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick-douglass “The butterfly does not look back at the caterpillar in shame, just as you should not look back at your past in shame. Your past was part of your own transformation.” - Anthony Gucciardi - https://anthonygucciardi.com/ “This is why people who have experienced severe abuse and trauma often have difficulty explaining their experiences. They...