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By Dr. Sharon McDaniel, The Chronicle of Social Change, June 23, 2020. From the moment of their conception, every African American person begins a personal timeline of racism, for their mother experiences racism in that moment — our babies understand and feel in the womb. Our babies also die in the womb. U.S. News reported that babies born to Black women are more than three times as likely as babies born to White women to die of preterm birth-related issues. For Black and Brown people,...

By Gabriella Velasco and Melanie Langness, Housing Matters, June 24, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting the lives of people who are socially and politically marginalized. The struggles faced by LGBTQ communities, including high rates of homelessness , significant health disparities , high rates of poverty , and increased likelihood of violent victimization compared with heterosexual and cisgender peers, are amplified by current socioeconomic strains. For Black LGBTQ...

By Chaseedaw Giles, The Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2020. Recently, as I scrolled the more than 1 million tweets connected to the hashtag #Black_Lives_Matter, this is what flashed before my eyes: the black-and-white dashcam video of Philando Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, in handcuffs crying, her 4-year-old daughter trying to comfort her; protesters in Berlin standing in solidarity with the BLM movement; a video of a young, Black girl calling herself ugly; police attacking...

Through my training with IFS Institute as an IFS Informed Coach and my own experience getting past Complex-PTSD, I’ve learned that anxiety and depression are these young parts of yourself showing up and taking over agency of your thinking and actions. Loving them through release of the pain is the best way to allow those child parts of you to heal so you can feel more at ease and create the life you want and deserve.

Steve Sparks, Author, Blogger, Mental Health Advocate A Lifetime of Emotional Pain Healing came very late to me. Like so many of my peers from the post WWII generation, we were born to trauma from our fathers who served during WWII and Korean War. As a result, too many of us left home early with scars from profoundly dysfunctional homes. So, we marched head on into the Vietnam era in the 60s early 70s, already morally injured living with chaos as children of warriors. Sadly, for too many...

Recently a friend reached out to say they finally got to read through the "Healing Program" on Wrestling Ghosts' Website and how helpful it was. It made me reflect on how the pandemic, like most crises in our lives, can open up the opportunity to reassess our priorities and refocus on our and our families' wellbeing. Healing childhood trauma starts with understanding the impact of toxic stress in childhood. That understanding lifts our shame and self-blame. Then comes visualizing what...

I'm sharing this short article discussing the benefits of art-making and art therapy as people manage stress, process trauma, and work through difficult times-- such as a pandemic, quarantine, and social justice uprising. https://nexus.jefferson.edu/health/art-in-times-of-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR1JjfntwVg7fO0NfF54qxs9AYOMbIlOt4o1KnXvsymbGJTCIN26XTyejUQ

By Anna Almendrala, California Healthline, June 24, 2020 From Boston to San Bernardino, California, communities across the U.S. are declaring racism a public health crisis. Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on communities of color, as well as the killing of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police, cities and counties are calling for more funding for health care and other public services, sometimes at the expense of the police budget. It’s unclear whether the...

Over 90 Speakers. Talks on Racism. Increasing resilience in the immune system during Covid. Healing trauma, freeze, chronic illness, and the cell danger response. Guided meditations. Yoga. Functional Medicine. The difference between stress and trauma.

CRACKED UP THE EVOLVING CONVERSATION Episode 4: Generational Trauma - Breaking the Cycle with Darrell Hammond, Comedian, actor, SNL Legend Michelle Esrick, Filmmaker, activist Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Author of The Body Keeps the Score Jane Stevens, Founder of ACES Connection and special guest Jane Fonda Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author and activist Thursday June 25th at 1pm PDT / 2p MT / 3p CT / 4pm EDT Hosted by ACEs Connection THE PRICE OF THIS LIVE EVENT IS $12.50 We have...

By The International Human Rights Clinic, The University of Chicago Law School, June 2020 This Report is being published in the midst of a long series of horrifying incidents of police abuse of power in the United States. The deaths of George Floyd, Lacquan McDonald, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Breonna Taylor and many others, have echoed throughout the communities of this nation and prompted protests across the country. The video and...

By Tuhin Biswas, James G. Scott, Kerim Munir, Andre M. N. Renzaho, Lal B. Rawal, Janeen Baxter, et al., EClinical Medicine, June 22, 2020 Abstract Background Suicidal ideation and anxiety are common among adolescents although their prevalence has predominantly been studied in high income countries. This study estimated the population prevalence of suicidal ideation and anxiety and their correlates with peer support, parent-adolescent relationship, peer victimization, conflict, isolation and...