The latest 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/20241014192949/
or this
https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-10-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_October_2024.pdf
Newsletter Contents:
1] Creative Activists: A Bridge of Light by Rae Luskin
2] The Hole in the Heart — Taking Back Ourselves by Mikele Rauch, LMFT
3] She fled domestic violence fears in Mexico. Now she’s California’s first deaf Latina mayor by Justo Robles @ The Guardian
4] The Romantic Lives of People With Psychotic Disorders by Sarah An Myers @ Psychology Today
4a] Sarah An Myers – Living as an outlier – Insights into schizophrenia.@ Psychology Today
5] How to Date When You’ve Experienced Childhood Trauma by Leah Erickson @ CPTSD Foundation (complex post traumatic stress disorder)
6] Usorum – Empowering Social Good @ City Voices
7] Artist Natalie Chapman inspired by her council estate childhood by Nicola Bryan@ BBC News
7a] ] A hidden cause of teenagers’ mental health issues is inequality. My story shows how it works. By Emi Nietfeld @ Slate
8] Your Consent is Not Required by journalist Rob Wipond
9] 3 Stages to Healing Trauma (You’re Stuck in Stage 1) – YouTube 2:02 minutes
10] National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month – Office for Victims of Crime-Training & Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)
10a] October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month – The Administration for Children and Families
11] Webinar Recordings: Elder Justice Initiative Webinar Series – Resources – OVC TTAC
12] Women behind bars are often survivors of abuse. A series of new laws aim to reduce their sentences by Isabella Volmert @ AP News
13] 2024 Theme: The Art of Recovery @ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
14] Voter Registration Information including Voters Who are in Inpatient Settings @ Choice Heals
14a] Raising Our Voices: Voting and Civic Engagement in the Mental Health Community @ You Tube
15] CDs Are Cool Again. Here’s How to Rip Them. by Justin Pot @ Popular Science
“All healing is first a healing of the heart.” – Carl Townsend
“Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” – Gary Zukav
