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 –
https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-11-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_November_2024.pdf
or this – http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20241118182856/
Newsletter Contents:
1] ‘It’s the first time I’ve woven in 27 years’: Peruvian women revive arts lost to trauma of forced sterilisations By Nadege Justiniani in Huayllacocha @ The Guardian
2] Psych Ward Greeting Cards – We make it easy to show patients in the psychiatric unit you care.
3] ‘I can do the same job as a man’: Ukraine’s first frontline female commander on war, grief – and her hope for the future By Emine Saner @ The Guardian
4] The Holiday Season Is Upon Us Are You Ready? This Can Be A Stressful Time For Many – How Will You Balance Your Energy And Emotions By Lisa Zarcone
5] How musicians are opening up about their mental health By Harriet Robinson & Lili Sheppard @ BBC News
6] Sasha’s Story — Voice For The Kids – Documentary
7] A Brief But Spectacular take on multigenerational housing – YouTube
8] Metabolism and diet are linked to root of bipolar depression, say researchers By Robin McKie @ The Guardian
9] From Depression to Dementia, Inflammation Is Medicine’s New Frontier By Edward Bullmore @ Pocket News
10] Childhood Trauma and Somatic and Mental Illness in Adulthood Study @ National Library of Medicine
11] ] S.I.L.V.E.R. – Healthy Aging with a Psychiatric Disability
12] Blooming Creativity – Journals for Life.
13] Winter depression is real and there are many ways to fight back By Carla K. Johnson @ AP News
14] Dr. Ericha Scott – Addressing Trauma & Dissociation through Poetry @ The Creative Psychotherapist – Podcast on Spotify
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” – Desmond Tutu
“Don’t tell someone to get over it-help them get through it.” – Unknown
