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If anyone owns a business that has a fleet of vehicles, consider putting parenting tips bumper stickers on them. At stoplights drivers will read the messages and form favorable impressions of the business. It's a valuable and appreciated public service that will create goodwill for the company. Visit www.advancingparenting.org to request this free resource.

Registration is open for Bridges to Resilience! The 2024 conference will take a deeper look at inclusion and belonging, pathways to healing, and strategies for disrupting adversity and preventing intergenerational trauma . We’re thrilled to return to an in-person format and will include simultaneous Spanish and Mixteco interpretation for select sessions. Attendees will include community leaders, community organizers, and community care providers from human services, healthcare, education,...

Please join the East Tennessee State University Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute as we welcome Dr. C. Allen Gorman and Dr. Sarah Tucker, University of Alabama at Birmingham, who will be our guest presenters at the October Resilience Presentation Series on October 30, 2024, at 12 p.m. (Eastern). They will be presenting Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration Through Trauma-Informed Employment Practices. The Zoom presentation is free; however, registration is required. " Formerly incarcerated...

If you want to improve outcomes at your organization, then focusing on improving workplace culture through trauma-informed approaches is a great strategy. Whether your goal is employee wellness, leadership development, or improving your bottom line, fostering a healthy, supportive workplace culture is the means to your end. Organizations across industries are increasingly recognizing the value of adopting trauma-informed approaches (TIAs) to create workplaces that not only thrive, but also...

EXCERPT: The United States finds itself at a critical juncture in our history. The multiple complex and compounding crises that continue to ripple through our society have left many feeling uncertain, unmoored, and traumatized. COVID-19, longstanding injustices and inequities laid bare, conflict and human rights violations both at home and abroad, economic hardship growing and gaps widening, environmental degradation, political violence, and other significant issues happening individually,...

The Mr. Nice Guy Syndrome is a curious mixture of appealing strengths, insecurities, and problematic behaviors rooted in adverse childhood experiences. Mr. Nice Guy compensates for hidden childhood wounds by struggling to do everything right, but the syndrome's limited gains come at a cost. The syndrome suggests strategies for a more satisfying adulthood and better relationships.

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/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20241014192949/ or this https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-10-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_October_2024.pdf Newsletter Contents : 1] Creative Activists: A Bridge of Light by Rae Luskin 2] The Hole in the Heart — Taking Back Ourselves by Mikele...

The purpose of this message is simply to make everyone aware of the Camarillo, CA nonprofit Advancing Parenting. Advancing Parenting does one thing and one thing only. It gives away sets of parenting tips bumper stickers. Don’t laugh! Bumper stickers are an easy and powerful way for organizations, schools, places of worship, communities, and businesses to promote positive childhood experiences and prevent adverse childhood experiences. They can be put in holders and placed on counters so...

Former PACEs Connection employees Dana Brown (L) with Vincent Felitti, MD, co-author of the 1998 Adverse Childhood Experiences study, and Carey Sipp (R) in San Diego in January, 2024. The last few months have been quite challenging, but we pushed, persevered, and didn’t give up hope. The “we” is Carey Sipp and Dana Brown. We were long-time staff members of PACEs Connection determined to reinstate the website and the resources and information we provide to communities after the platform went...

A special thank you to Lorilee Binstock for her publication and re-publication of my posts. In her online journal, Authentic Insider , she share a myriad of articles on trauma and its amelioration. Well worth perusing regularly. In her May issue, linked here, she shares an article I wrote (and illustrated) on trauma art and the many ways it leads to healing. I often do art when working with groups. See:...