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The Surviving Spirit Newsletter July 2023

July 25, 2023 by Michael Skinner

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/20230724161930/

or this – http://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2023-07-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_July_2023.pdf

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran

Contents List:

1] Introducing the Neuroplastic Narrative: a non-pathologizing biological foundation for trauma-informed and adverse childhood experience aware approaches by Haley Peckham @ Frontiers

2] ‘You reach a point where you can’t live your life’: what is behind extreme hoarding? by Samira Shackle @ The Guardian

3] Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitals by Joel Abrams @ the Conversation

4] I Survived Pregnancy Behind Bars. Now I’m a Prison Doula. By Tabatha Trammell @ The Marshall Project

5] Food for thought: South European Atlantic diet shows promising link to lower depression risk By Bhavana Kunkalikar @ Food and Behavior Research [FAB]

5a] Feeding Humanity webinar – The Key Role of Nutrition in the Mental Health Crisis. Aug 3, 2023

6] When it comes to adult ADHD, the US medical system is falling behind By Hannah Harris Green @ The Guardian

7] weRnative – YouTube – 727 videos – We are a comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth.

7a] Making Relatives – YouTube 5:52 minutes – Making Relatives is a guide for developing helpers within tribal communities to support individuals who are in crisis

8] How to Stop Catastrophizing: An Expert’s Guide By Linda Blair @ Pocket

9] I’m a psychologist with a history of anxiety. Treating it as a permanent problem might make young people feel worse By Lucy Foulkes @ The Guardian

10] For Ukrainian women, painting is a form of therapy to cope with loss By Hanna Arhirova @ AP News

11] What is Spoon Theory? By Kirsten Schultz @ Healthline

12] ‘I’m a chef and I forgot how to bake a cake’: why trauma often leads to brain fog and amnesia By Zoe Beaty @ The Guardian

13] You Are Enough: The Journey To Accepting Your Authentic Self By Jacques Fleury @ Spirit of Change Magazine

14] Live performance of two tunes from a four song set by Michael Skinner – You Tube

Embrace your creativity, passions & joy-because you deserve it! – “Songs For The Keys To Your Life”

“The 9:30 Train” – trauma survivors disconnecting from others for all the wrong reasons.

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of person-kind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.” – Leo Buscaglia

Filed Under: Articles, News Tagged With: creative arts healing, Healing thoughts, healing trauma, mental health, music healing, resiliency

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