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By Leto Quarles, MedPage Today, May 21, 2020 When I wear a mask over my face, I am protecting both of us. When I wear a mask over my feelings, I am protecting both of us, too. When you ask me, "How are you doing?" this is why I have no answer. Four days a week, I have a (currently, mostly virtual) primary care practice taking care of manageable problems, trying to teach folks how to take care of their chronic health conditions so they can continue to function and stave off catastrophic...

By Michelle Cardell, Aaron S. Kelly, and Lindsay A. Thompson, JAMA Pediatrics, May 26, 2020 Parents, empower your adolescents so they can make choices that promote their healthiest self. Teens, getting older means making decisions about what matters to you most. Making healthy choices is a great place to start. Taking care of your physical, emotional, and mental health is what makes it possible for you to do all the things you want to do. Fuel Up You are in charge of what you eat and drink.

By Taraji P. Henderson, Apple Podcasts, May 25, 2020 Teachers adapt to daunting COVID-19 challenges, Michael Kosta talks to Florida's Grim Reaper protester, and Taraji P. Henson discusses the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices. [ Please click here to listen to the podcast .]

Please remember and RSVP and tune into this webinar: Lessons from the Past: Yellow Peril in COVID-19 Times Carolee https://www.facebook.com/events/654842191980055/

When I was an adolescent and young adult, I struggled with depression. As I reflect back on that time, so much of what I was experiencing was deeply tied to coming to terms with my sexuality. Growing up in the 1980’s in a relatively conservative town, I was closeted (even to myself) until I was a young adult. The pain and fear of being different, of not belonging, of being judged or rejected for who I was more than my adolescent brain could wrap its conscious head around.

Author Tracey Maxfield will be the special guest on this Sunday night's "Breaking the Silence with Dr. Gregory Williams" radio program. The program will air LIVE Sunday, May 31st at 8:00 pm central time. Tracey Maxfield is a retired nurse with over 36 years’ experience in gerontology, mental health, and dementia care. She is a regular guest on well-known author and radio host Peter Rosenberger’s show Hope For the Caregiver on Sirius radio. Tracey has written multiple articles on dementia...

By Chloe Yang, 5/26/20, positiveexperience.org Last Monday, Dr. Robert Sege was invited by the Maine Resilience Building Network (MRBN) to speak about HOPE and Positive Childhood Experiences during an interactive webinar. Usually an in-person meeting, the gathering attracted nearly 300 virtual participants. Our Zoom screens were tiled with pages and pages of faces, front-line workers across Maine who continue to serve families during this time. Among the audience were teachers, social...

By RICK GANLEY & MARY MCINTYRE • MAY 7, 2020, on NHPR.org Before the coronavirus pandemic, an alternative school in Rochester was finding new ways to help its students cope with difficult situations. Bud Carlson Academy is on its way to becoming the first trauma-skilled school in the state. Principal Bryan Kelliher says most of the students enrolled there didn’t succeed in a typical high school environment, and many have experienced childhood trauma. “The school now functions for those...

Have you been wanting to share an webinar you're hosting? Want to spread the word about an upcoming conference? Here are ACEs Connection's video on how to create, edit, and import a calendar event! How-To: Post a Calendar Event How-To: Add Events to Your Personal Calendar How-To: Edit Your Event After Posting It Please leave any comments or questions below!

"Beyond Crisis" is a stunning mural in Leysin, Switzerland. For more, please click HERE.

By CNN staff, on Tuesday, May 19th 2020, CNN.com CNN is partnering with "Sesame Street" for a second special town hall about coronavirus, focused on kids and parents. "The ABCs of Covid 19: A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Parents" will air on Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m. ET and tackle issues such as summer safety, play dates, schooling and how kids and families around the world are creatively coping during these challenging times. The 60-minute town hall will feature experts and...

Depression and anxiety are a poor mixture for keeping the engine going. So how is it that so many of us keep on going, day after day, without outwardly batting an eyelid at the multitudes of challenges being thrown our way?