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Canada Must Repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada

Join me for the upcoming Facebook Live event where I present the rationale for Canada to repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada, to embed in our legislation the bodily autonomy of children, protected from the use of force as a means of discipline. 63 countries around the world have banned corporal punishment. Canada is NOT one of them. I believe if we are to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences and Increase Positive Childhood Experiences, embedding the protection of the bodily...

Leverage Your Privilege, Whatever it is, to Elevate Others

Privilege comes in many forms. Those with privilege must provide a leg up to those without. I recently had a conversation with some professional colleagues that didn’t go well. I’ve been disturbed by it since and thought it might be useful for all of us to use the experience as a teachable moment. I was asked to talk about my work, and I ended up focusing on the difficulties I’ve had experiencing repeated rejection from mainstream colleagues. I didn’t start out intending to express my...

Pip had high #ACEs

I just finished reading Great Expectations for the second time. I could relate to it much easier this reading as I used an ACEs lens to understand Pip's experiences and challenges. Dickens knew in 1860 the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences. It seems strange to see humanity hasn't really evolved emotionally and socially that much in 160 years. Hopefully the ACEs movement will help propel our consciousness raising.

Addressing ACEs in Adults is Key (https://twitter.com/ACEs_Canada)

Twitter post Oct. 24 by Elizabeth Perry for @ACEs_Canada https://twitter.com/ACEs_Canada/status/1187400245568835585 This post I made has received a lot of interest. I thought you on ACEs Connection might also appreciate reading it. #ACEs are not just about children. That's the problem. Many who talk about ACEs just focus on prevention. But there are millions - probably billions of us living on this planet as #AdultsWithACEs Our potential is impeded by the lingering, unresolved effects of our...

Addressing ACEs as a Social Transformation Initiative

Until we are willing to acknowledge that we collectively have not fulfilled the needs of developing humans throughout our evolution, and therefore as adults we are not operating at our optimal capacity as human organisms, we will continue to perpetuate the social conditions that hinder optimal development, all the while pretending that we adults are unaffected and traumatic childhoods are normal.

New film rethinking incarceration for women in Canada

A new documentary film has recently been released called Conviction. It is self-described as A COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENTARY FILM THAT ENVISIONS ALTERNATIVES TO PRISON THROUGH THE EYES OF WOMEN BEHIND BARS I've recently seen the film and highly recommend it. The content is Canadian, but no doubt the issues the women deal with are universal.

Why Talk About Trauma on Linked In?

Trauma lurks in the subconscious of our minds, activated when we feel threatened. In our increasingly unpredictable relationships and environment, some of us are exercising our courage to talk about this taboo subject and help ourselves and others understand, recover and ultimately prevent trauma by focusing on building healthy relationships with self, others, and nature. Elizabeth Perry invites Linked In members to join the international social transformation initiative.

The Invention of Race [WNYC.org]

This is a compilation of interviews with scholars outlining the historical origin of the concept of race and its use as a tool for economic and power advantage. It is essential knowledge for those of us working on decolonizing our minds and conceptualizing white body supremacy.

Dr. Gabor Mate speaking at ACEs to Assets in Scotland June 11, 2019 (https://www.youtube.com)

The latest gift from @ACEAwareNation #ACEsToAssets conference. @DrGaborMate talking about self-regulation, self-acceptance, self-healing, forgiveness, my favourite #AliceMiller, and good ways to intervene for child welfare. Gems of wisdom. So thankful for the access generously provided for those of us unable to attend in person. My biggest take aways: encouragement to "Keep doing what you're doing..." and validation that historical "evil is an emanation of the traumatized human unconscious."

Rethinking Resilience: A Review of Change your World

Change Your World is the newest addition to the body of resources on Resilience. It has been written by Michael Ungar, PhD - one of the most informed voices in resilience research. Although the reviewer was skeptical leading up to reading the book, expecting more victim blaming, which is often the predominant theme of resilience promotion, she was pleasantly surprised. She now recommends this book to everyone interested in learning how to build a healthier humanity.

White Fragility - A Self-Reflection

While working through the book My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem, I recorded my thoughts and questions about White Fragility and my embodiment of it. I'm still cleansing from centuries of trauma from my own ancestors, and disrobing from the lies my cells have been steeped in. This is deep work. This record captures my process at one juncture.

ACEs: Light bulb moment or magic bullet for social ills? (www.scotsman.com)

From: https://www.scotsman.com/news/aces-light-bulb-moment-or-magic-bullet-for-social-ills-1-4870913 In the mid-1980s, doctors running a weight loss programme at a clinic in San Diego happened upon a startling discovery. Struggling to understand why successful slimmers were quitting, lead physician Dr Vincent Felitti began interviewing the leavers and found many had experienced sexual abuse in childhood. His findings led to a conclusion that would have major implications for public health –...

A Convergence of Grief, Lack of Empathy, Sibling Conflict, Adoption, and Privilege

What could make people be able to empathize? People who have experienced very little loss in their lives can miss the ability to grasp the pain others live with every day. If they had tragedy happen in their lives my wish would be that from that tragedy they would henceforth be able to empathize with those they have dismissed throughout their privileged lives.

How a Dysfunctional Family Functions Like a Cult Published (www.www.icsahome.com)

Jose Fernando Aguado writes: In my clinical practice, I often see how dysfunctional families cause pain to their members, and it is my opinion that the cult perspective can help explain certain aspects of what these families go through. I start with a working definition of a dysfunctional family and note some broad areas of relationship between dysfunctional families and cults.

New Peer Support Group Successes and Challenges

I started a weekly peer support group for women survivors of trauma in April 2018. It took a few weeks to get any uptake on the offer. In the beginning a few people who knew me trickled in to provide some encouragement. Some people working at the center that eventually agreed to give me access to a room to host the event, told me that if people got the sense that I was in it for the long haul, they would then start taking me up on my offer. I was determined to persist, so I stuck it out even...

Launching a New Peer Support Group

I'm feeling excited if not a little trepidatious. I'm launching a peer support group this month in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for adult identifying women who are interested in working together to recover from the lies we learned about ourselves and others as a result of childhood trauma. Talking about trauma in my community usually receives a trauma response of resistance. And yet I interpret that as validation of the need for what I want to do: to increase awareness and action towards addressing...

My Memory Forest

Initially when I started visiting my Memory Forest I was compelled to wander down the same path. But as I got more comfortable and felt safer among the memories, I started venturing off the well-worn paths and started making new trails. This has been my experience of neuroplasticity and recovery from interpersonal trauma and ACEs.

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