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The Surviving Spirit Newsletter February 2022

February 17, 2022 by Michael Skinner

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

Filed Under: Articles, News Tagged With: creative arts healing, healing trauma, mental health

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