Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy
Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran
Hi Folks, The latest edition of the Surviving Spirit Newsletter – sharing Hope and Healing Resources for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is posted at the website – http://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/index.php
or here’s the PDF – http://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2022-02-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_February_2022.pdf
To sign up for an e-mail copy, please write to me @ mikeskinner@comcast.net or sign up @ Website via Contact Us
Thank you & take care, Michael.
Newsletter Contents:
1] Eden for the Homeless. A retired couple built a community for the homeless – RT Documentary – YouTube
1a] Free Documentaries Online – RTD
1b] Eden Village – No One Sleeps Outside Conference – March 24-25-2022
2] How The Brain Rewires Itself After Losing A Loved One – by Mary-Frances O’Connor
Audio Link 28:49 minutes – Mary-Frances O’Connor – neuroscientist and author
Book – The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD
3] Lexie Manion – My journey of speaking up, choosing recovery and creating a life worth living
Artwork – Lexie Manion
4] Letters to Strangers – Mental Health Made Personal
Dear Stranger – Diana Chao – TEDxTeen -You Tube
5] The therapeutic power of art in mental health recovery – NC Health News by Taylor Knopf
6] Ritual Abuse Survivors Read Their Poems of Suffering and Healing
7] Psychiatrist Thomas Insel Looks for a Cure to America’s Mental Health Crisis By Emily Bobrow
Healing – Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health by Thomas Insel, MD
8] Do you feel burnt out? It’s not just about working too much by Caroline Dooner @ The Guardian
9] An Olympic Athlete Takes on Depression – Raven Saunders – PBS Short Docs – YouTube
“Out of the Dark:” Raven Saunders Shares Mental Health Journey In Mini-Doc
10] Collective voice of disability community captured by new song, ‘Spaces’ – YouTube
“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen
“I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.” – Jonathan Harnisch
