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/...tter/20221012145444/
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“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” - Lucy Larcom
“You cannot seek water from the one who drained your seas, and you cannot build a home for your worth inside of another being. The medicine is when you return to yourself where you will remember your strength, reclaim your own rhythm, and write your new song.” Victoria Erickson
Newsletter Contents:
1] The people making a difference: the mental health campaigner on the truth about personality disorders by Sirin Kale in Life and style - The Guardian
1a] Lives Not Labels - Sorry my mental illness isn't sexy enough for you. - Welcome to our website!
1b] More stories of people making a difference by Sirin Kale @ The Guardian
2] 8 Foods That Contribute to Anxiety and Depression by Susan McQuillan @ Psychology Today - ... and how to limit or avoid products that can jeopardize mood.
3] Many U.S. veterans land behind bars. A unique, new law may change that. by Melissa Chan @ NBC News
4] Mental Illness Is Not in Your Head by Marco Ramos @ Boston Review
5] 4-7-8 breathing: How to use the technique for sleep or anxiety by Kristen Rogers @ CNN
5a] Dr. Weil explains how to do his 4-7-8 breathing technique. Relaxing Breathing Exercise – YouTube 2:21 minutes
6] How Hawaii brought its population of girls in prison to zero By Christopher Cicchiello @ NBC News
7] Soft White Underbelly - interviews and portraits of the human condition – YouTube
8] Art and Healing - The Beauty Path – presented by Meghan Caughey and the National Empowerment Center
8a] Mud Flower - Surviving Schizophrenia and Suicide Through Art by Meghan Caughey
9] 16 things I purchased that are helping me! What to do for a concussion at home? By Silvie @ The Concussion Community
10] The big idea: should we drop the distinction between mental and physical health? - Health, mind and body books By Edward Bullmore @ The Guardian
10a] Professor Edward Bullmore heads the department of psychiatry at Cambridge University. He is the author of The Inflamed Mind: A Radical New Approach to Depression
11] The Simple Dutch Cure for Stress By Alice Fleerackers @ Pocket Worthy
12] Richmond’s trauma healing coordinator connects those impacted by gun violence to resources By Nicole Dantzler @ WRIC ABC 8 News
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”- Martin Luther King, Jr.
“People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.” - Carrie-Anne Moss
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