April 2023

However, it is possible to reclaim one's sexuality after trauma and engage in healthy, fulfilling sexual relationships. The first step in allowing oneself to be a sexual being after trauma is to recognize that it is normal to experience challenges with sexual intimacy following a traumatic event. Trauma can disrupt one's sense of safety, trust, and connection with others, which can make it difficult to engage in intimate relationships. It is important to seek support from a qualified...

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , April 28, 2023 Among the most heartfelt goals and proudest achievements of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was the eradication of child labor. In 1933, in signing a textile industry code that outlawed the employment of children under 16 in sweatshops, FDR crowed that “after years of fruitless effort and discussion, this ancient atrocity went out in a day.” Conservatives and Republicans, who have tried for decades to undo such cornerstones of the New Deal...

HILD USA considers “child marriage” to be a form of “forced marriage,” as minors are legally incapable of providing consent. CHILD USA defines “child marriage” as a formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties is under the age of eighteen. Today, the global rates of child marriage are high. According to UNICEF, approximately twelve million girls — or one in five — across the world are married before their eighteenth birthday each year. In the United States, child marriage is a...

The Trauma Informed Health Care Education and Research (TIHCER) Collaborative presents, Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, and Dr. Lindy Grabbe, who will share their experiences in cultivating well-being in individuals and communities using the Community Resiliency Model (CRM). They will share the basic tenets of the Community Resiliency Model, which is based on cutting-edge neuroscience and teaches six wellness skills to restore the mind, body, and spirit to well-being during or after a stressful...

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, left, who survived being shot during a 2011 mass shooting, is assisted to the podium by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to speak to a large crowd demanding action on gun safety at the Michigan State Capitol on March 15, 2023 in Lansing Chris duMond—Getty Images By Philip Elliott, TIME, April 26, 2023 Gabby Giffords’ black SUV rolled through the security blockade and right to the southern entrance of the U.S. Capitol, to be greeted by a former colleague and a...

Ernestine Lane from the Lummi Nation receives a gift after sharing her experiences at the Tulalip Gathering Hall on Sunday in Tulalip. (Juan Pablo Chiquiza) By Ashley Hiruko and Isolde Raftery, KUOW, April 24, 2023 U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was at the Tulalip Indian reservation north of Seattle on Sunday, listening to survivors of boarding schools share stories of what they and their families endured. Jewell James, a Lummi tribal member and master carver, shared what...

By Yasmin Tayag, Illustration: The Atlantic/Getty, The Atlantic, April 14, 2023 In October, when the FDA first announced a shortage of Adderall in America, the agency expected it to resolve quickly . But five months in, the effects of the shortage are still making life tough for people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who rely on the drug. Stories abound of frustrated people going to dozens of pharmacies in search of medication each month, only to come up short every time.

From Lever for Change, March 21, 2023 The Yield Giving Open Call is a $250 million open call focused on elevating organizations working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States: communities, individuals, and families with access to the fewest foundational resources and opportunities. This initiative will award unrestricted gifts of $1 million each to 250 organizations. This Open Call seeks community-led, community-focused organizations whose explicit...

Bo Dean with New Hanover area Community Resiliency Model trainers Audry Hart, the late Chris Johnson, and J'vanete Skiba. Bo Dean answered the call for monthly donations to PACEs Connection more than a year ago for many reasons, one of the main ones being that PACEs Connection and the work it supports helps us “live into our humanity.” In addition to his supporting learning and development for some 2200 employees in New Hanover County, North Carolina, Dean also co-chairs the County’s...

Dr. Bob Sege, 4/27/2023, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ April is child abuse prevention month. Most families will do almost anything to provide a safe and nurturing world for their children. Sometimes, however, circumstances get in the way and due to family stress or individual problems for the parents or caregivers, children end up experiencing abuse or neglect. This begins a tragedy both for the children, and or the entire family. From our years of working in the field, we...

PHOTO: Courtesy of IllumiNative To read more of KC Baker's article, please click here. American Genocide: The Crimes of Native American Boarding Schools spotlights the atrocities Indigenous children endured for decades at these schools — and how survivors are trying to heal From 1819 through the 1970s, tens of thousands of Indigenous children were removed from their homes and placed in institutions across the nation where they were housed, educated and clothed. But they were also forced to...

Dr. Judith Herman, a psychiatrist and pioneering researcher of trauma, had her career on hold for two decades as she navigated her own chronic pain and several surgeries after an accident.Credit...Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times By Ellen Barry, The New York Times, April 24, 2023 In the fall of 1994, the psychiatrist Dr. Judith Herman was at the height of her influence. Her book “Trauma and Recovery,” published two years earlier, had been hailed in The New York Times as “one of the...