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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran
The Surviving Spirit Newsletter March 2022
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/2022-03-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_March_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.
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.” James Joyce
Newsletter Contents:
1] On Loving Another Person – Hope Works Community – Larry Drain
2] RAMPD – Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities
3] Adverse Childhood Experiences, the Brain, and Sleep by Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D @ Psychology Today
4] 10 Minutes of Mindfulness Changes Your Reactions by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter and Gitte Dybkjaer @ Harvard Business Review
5] Covid infection increases risk of mental health disorders, study finds by Melody Schreiber
@ The Guardian
6] A Brief But Spectacular take on change and healing – PBS NewsHour Video 3:36 minutes
6a] Homeboy Industries
6b] Homeboy Industries – Stories Behind the Mission – YouTube
7] California’s first surgeon general on Covid: ‘Greatest collective trauma’ of a generation by Maanvi Singh @The Guardian
8] Loneliness – Safe Space Radio
8a] Recovery Through Music with Michael Skinner – Safe Space Radio
9] National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy’s – 2022 Annual Rights Conference
10] Can making art help with depression and PTSD? Science is finding out : Shots – Health News : NPR Podcast
11] How to Live With the Anxiety and Grief You Can’t Escape by Elle Hunt @ Pocket
12] ‘I forget everything’: the benefits of nature for mental health by Damien Gayle @ The Guardian
13] 15 Documentaries About Mental Health to Stream Now by Nakeisha Campbell @ PureWow
13a] RELATED: 12 Mental Health Podcasts to Listen to Between Therapy Sessions
14] Brains Don’t Slow Down Until After Age of 60 @ Healthline
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” – Frederick Douglass