“Hope is being able to see the light despite all the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.” – Rachel Naomi Remen
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/20221220212435/
Newsletter Contents:
1] Why “Toxic Positivity” Isn’t Positivity at All by Sasha Heinz, Ph.D., MAPP @ Psychology Today
2] Neuroscientists Say Multitasking Literally Drains the Energy Reserves of Your Brain by Olivia Goldhill
3] How the “Mental Illness” Label Helps and Hurts by Sarah An Myers @ Psychology Today
3a] Living As An Outlier & Insights into schizophrenia.
4] A Straight Talking Introduction to the Causes of Mental Health Problems (second edition) by John Read and Pete Sanders – PCCS Books
4a] PCCS Books is an independent mental health publisher.
5] The Psychology of Parts: Dissociation, IFS, and the Multiple Yous Inside Your Head by Niall McKeever @ The Weekend University
5a] Internal Family Systems: An Accessible Introduction
5b] The Weekend University
6] From homeless to city hall: the Hmong American mayor making history in Oakland by Maanvi Singh @ The Guardian
7] A Brief But Spectacular take the narrative about people who commit violent crimes – YouTube
7a] UnCommon Law – Justice Done Differently.
8] Why most men don’t have enough close friends by Madeline Holcombe @ CNN
9] What It’s Like to Live with Childhood Trauma – YouTube
9a] Get access to hundreds of LIVE workshops with the MedCircle psychologists & psychiatrists
10] Madwomen in Social Justice Movements, Literature, and Art from Vernon Press
10a] Madwomen in the Attic
10b] National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference Presentation 2022 – Madwomen & Social Justice – YouTube
11] Get Reading: This Is How Books Can Impact Your Mental Health by Christina Quaine
12] 3 Unmet Basic Needs and Their Effects on Our Relationships by Annie Tanasugarn, Ph.D., @ Psychology Today
12a] Understanding PTSD by Annie Tanasugarn, Ph.D. @ Psychology Today
“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” – Fred Rogers
“Many survivors insist they’re not courageous: ‘If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.’ ‘If I were courageous, I wouldn’t be scared’… Most of us have it mixed up. You don’t start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear.” – Laura Davis
