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I would like to invite you a special live event from Paradigm Shift Education through he Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast on January 28, 2021 at 6pm CST. Podcast host and trauma-informed principal, Mathew Portell, will engage three experts in the field a special live podcast which will be streamed on Facebook ( Paradigm Shift Education , Trauma Informed Educators Network , and Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast) , YouTube ( Paradigm Shift Education ), and Periscope! Dr. Lori...

Happy 2021! 2020 was a year unlike any other. But it also brought home for many of us what matters most, including the importance of nurturing and harnessing the power of our nervous system and brain toward equanimity so that we can flourish even in the face of adversity. Your Healing Narrative: Write-to-Heal With Neural Re-Narrating i s my 2021 offering for individuals, parents, teachers, social workers, therapists, and health care professionals, to help ease a little bit of the anxiety,...

Welcome to 2021 my friend! I don’t know about you but I am so excited about this year and I’m ready to make this my best year yet. Success and happiness is easier said than done, especially when you find yourself sabotaging your dreams, relationships, health, career, and life. But WHY? Why do we get in our own way when we are so desperate to have the life that we want? The #1 question that I get is " How do I stop sabotaging myself?” In this episode of the Podcast I break down the reasons...

Living in a one-room, 500 square foot box during a pandemic has its positive aspects that include far less time mopping and far more time solving our state’s biggest challenges. I realize my “turning lemons into lemonade” philosophy may not be for everyone, but allow me to explain. Back in March, when the governor’s first press conference announcing public health guidelines for pandemic prevention began in New Mexico, I was literally in a Santa Fe conference room in the middle of doing a...

Anxiety travels in families. As children become more anxious, so do their parents and family. When this happens, the anxious parent often fuels their child’s anxiety disorder through overaccommodation. This occurs when parents insulate their child’s distress and discomfort entirely. In turn, the child does not learn how to cope with anxiety or learn tools to manage it in the long term. Over time, this can lead to depression or even suicide as untreated anxiety will branch off into other...

If you're ever going to heal from childhood trauma, to become happy, connected, and doing work you love, you'll need to get out of brain fog. Brain fog is common for people who grew up with abuse and neglect. It's a feeling of fuzzy-headedness where you can't hold a thought or focus. It's almost as if your memory isn't working properly, or you’re sleepy and out of it. It can feel like there's a membrane between you and the world. It may not seem like it, but brain fog is one of the worst...

By Carolina Villamil Grest, Megan Finno-Velasquez, Julie A. Cederbaum, and Jennifer B. Unger, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, January 1, 2021 Introduction The U.S. immigrant paradox shows worsening health across generations, with U.S.-born Latinx having poorer health outcomes than immigrants. Adverse childhood experiences are associated with increased health risk over the life course, warranting further investigation. This study examines adverse childhood experience distribution...

By Kayla Johnson Brie Zeltner, The Philadelphia Tribune, January 2, 2021 Before he was out of his teens, Waltkeem Jenkins had been jumped and shot at and was diagnosed with depression. At the age of 19, Jenkins, now 23, missed a bus he usually took to get home after performing music at an open mic night at a theater in Germantown. While walking home, alone and in the dark, he noticed a group of men following him. After turning and confronting them, one of the men pulled a gun and pointed it...

By Sarah Duran, Spectrum News 1, December 21, 2020 There's no place like home for the holidays and that is exactly where Ellie, Daisy and J.P. Seastrunk will be spending Christmas this year with their newly adoptive family. The 6-year-old twin sisters and their 10-year-old brother were adopted in October after spending three years in the foster care system. "I pretty much fell in love from the moment the idea was put in front of me and we made a commitment to go ahead and say yes. We became...

By Rosemary Tisch, Psychology Today, January 1, 2021 We should be very worried”, states Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Director of Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child : · Risk for child abuse increases during economic crises. · Parental job loss due to the pandemic can have negative consequences on young children, including increased risk for psychological and physical abuse at the hands of their parents. · Emergency Room doctors are reporting more severe abuse cases, although child...

I hear the stories of trauma that my adult patients experienced when they were young and always wonder what the next generation must be going through. I firmly believe that healing the parent will contribute to a future generation of children who will not need to experience the recurring trauma their parents and grandparents endured. I am fortunate to be able to help my patients deal with their memories quickly and effectively so that they can live their lives without their continuing...

Happy 2021, ACEs Connection members and visitors! Many of us are eager to move forward this year, leaving the chaos of 2020 behind us. While 2020 challenged us with a global pandemic, nearly 2 million Covid-related deaths worldwide, coping with a staying inside, the loss of normal routines and daily life, and the loss and fear of loss of loved ones, we at ACEs Connection were honored to be able to offer some relief through this online platform and community that openly discusses solutions to...