Hi there South Dakota, Let's check in. Connect about the ACEs Movement's response to the Coronavirus and how we are taking care of ourselves. You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Mar 20, 2020 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/upAvf-CqqDktsZaOZdLKHHKTgR2qNUrDVA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
On Friday, March 20, 2020, you're invited to join me to talk about how we, as a community, can continue to guide and educate ourselves about to deal with the effects of the spread of Covid-19, and how to continue those efforts with people who don't yet know about ACEs science. And, given this last week, how we can provide more support to stay in the front of our brains instead of feeding our amygdala.
Ubiquitous: present, appearing, found everywhere. The challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic fit this definition better than any event I have experienced in my lifetime. We each have a moment when our life changed – a before and after COVID-19. For some it was a few weeks ago – when you worried about laying people off, contemplated canceling events or faced confounding questions such as “How do I keep my staff safe?” For many it was the news of Wednesday night, March 11: suspension of...
From HealthBegins, March 18, 2020 At HealthBegins, we recognize that everyone in our community, including our clients and partners, is working hard to navigate these unprecedented times amid a global coronavirus pandemic. As we necessarily increase the physical distance between us, the sense of isolation can make it even harder. Unless we do this together. To that end, we’re taking immediate actions as an organization to support our team, stay connected with you, and provide solidarity to...
[Ed. note: Cissy posted this in the Practicing Resilience community, and it's cross-posted here to make sure everyone sees it. We don't want anyone to miss out on these resources!] Are you looking for new ways to get connected, supported, or to manage stress while managing post-traumatic stress during this pandemic? I am. No matter what our past or present life circumstances, it's safe to say a whole bunch of us are feeling more stressed and if we live with chronic post-traumatic stress to...
By Sara de Guia, ChangeLab Solutions, March 18, 2020 We find ourselves in a new and trying time. Now, more than ever, the coronavirus (COVID-19) demonstrates the critical importance of your work in public health. You — our partners in health care, government, community-based organizations, education, and the private sector — are doing difficult and indispensable work in mitigating this pandemic. ChangeLab Solutions’ staff and I recognize and thank you for the incredible work you are doing to...
From Healthy Minds, March 18, 2020 The Healthy Minds Program app trains your mind to increase well-being - improving focus, relationships, alignment to meaning, and stress management. Healthy Minds Program puts this training into an easily accessible format that includes both guided meditations and decades worth of science-backed information. The entire app is now freely available online thanks to the generosity of philanthropic funders, though additional donations to the Healthy Minds...
From MomsRising, March 18, 2020 We are here for you, and for each other. You are not alone. In this time of necessary social distancing, in this time of fearing for the health of our loved ones and our own, and in this time when our political leadership at the very top has been repeatedly failing to tell the truth and get us medical necessities like coronavirus testing kits that we desperately need, we want you to know that we are with you. You are not alone. *We invite you to take a moment...
By John Kelly and Kim Hansel, The Chronicle of Social Change, March 11, 2020]
By Richard Louv, Children & Nature Network, March 16, 2020 If the coronavirus spreads at the rate that experts believe it will, schools, workplaces and businesses will continue to close. Here’s a thread of silver lining. We’ll have more time for each other and nature. And, at least so far, nature’s always open. Getting outside — but at a safe distance from other people — can be one way to boost your family’s resilience. If you spend too much time indoors, “your vitamin D level goes...
I was so happy to hear Dr. Melissa Merrick speak about a public health approach to dealing with aces. https://www.acesaware.org/heal/educational-events/ Her message was the importance of prevention...especially primary prevention. When a vaccine for the corona virus is developed there won't be any need for face masks, school shutdowns, event cancellations, quarantines, hospitalizations, etc., etc., etc. The same is true for the adverse childhood experiences associated with unsupportive and...
Teaching children how to better navigate crisis, right now.
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Martin Luther King’s words resonate at a much deeper level during these times of uncertainty. The outbreak is compelling us to face our codependence. Fortunately, the virus seems to be sparing the young and the healthy. We would be in a much darker place if collectively we were worried about our children’s risk of dying. In some way, the people...
Hypervigilance has been a painful part of my life since I was able to form an independent thought. If you have never experienced this phenomenon, then you do not understand how hypervigilance negatively affects the lives of those, like me, who know it intimately. In this piece, we shall discover together the definition of hypervigilance, the neuroscience behind it, and how being always on the alert for danger keeps us from forming long-term intimate relationships. What is Hypervigilance?
As children grow and develop, engaging with the larger community around them provides a sense of “mattering” — a sense that their participation in the community really does matter. The emergency conditions now in effect provide numerous opportunities to children and teens to pitch in. Here are a few ideas . . .