Why do you do what you do? What is the engine that keeps you up late at night or gets you going in the morning? Where is your happy place? What stands between you and your ultimate dream? Heavy questions. One researcher believes that writing...
Parents are often at fault, directly or indirectly, when children and teenagers become hooked on electronic media, playing video games or sending texts many hours a day instead of interacting with the real world and the people in it. And...
As a theater artist, the versatile Elizabeth Swados often works on the fringes, writing, directing or providing music for pieces that bend forms and challenge audiences. But she is completely accessible in an animated film on Monday night...
Hi. Most of the wonderful material available is for dealing with children. Please can someone direct me toward programmes that deal with adults with high ACEs scores. Thanks. take care - people need you. Brian
"My dearest Ulmus," the message began. “As I was leaving St. Mary’s College today I was struck, not by a branch, but by your radiant beauty. You must get these messages all the time. You’re such an attractive tree.” This...
Indigenous Australia would have the 12th-highest suicide rate globally if it was ranked alongside the world's sovereign states. With a suicide rate of 20.1 per 100,000, it would fall just behind India (21.1 per 100,000) and ahead of South Sudan (19.8...
The month of June marked transitions for many of our students, but few more so than the very youngest. This month, thousands of 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds completed their first years of formal education in San Francisco Unified. Research...
Here at Trauma Informed Oregon, we have been asked by some of you: “What are useful mobile applications (apps) for self-care?” Part of my internship at TIO this past year was to create and sustain a self-care plan, which led...
For youth who grow up in homes with parental violence, having strong relationships with other family members can increase their self-esteem and help lower anxiety, according to a new study at the University of Limerick in Ireland....
Here’s how African-Americans can and will play the same game everyone else is, even if the rules are stacked against them. Demanding new rules or a new game is unrealistic and demeaning. After the race-related events of the...
Are your clients caught in a downward addiction spiral causing helplessness and frustration? While there are many reasons for addictive behavior, certain emotions such as anger can fuel the addictive cycle. This in turn increases the intensity...
I am a fan of Serena Williams, but I’m measured in my advocacy. I don’t believe she is infallible and can do no wrong, but I don’t expect perfection, either. I cannot deny her determination and what it represents...
An enthusiastic, diverse audience packed the seats at Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, CA, on July 10 for a rehearsal of Anna Deveare Smith’s new play, “ Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education .” Smith is known for...
For the last three months I have been a regular writer at Elephant Journal. I am not going to lie and say I'm getting rich. Though I've been among the top eight writers (the only ones who get a guaranteed pay out) for three months in a row - the...
Since the day she ran away from her mother’s home at 14, Danielle Lynette Robinson was in and out of Hillcrest Juvenile Hall in San Mateo, Calif. for the next four years. “It was like my first real home actually — somewhere I...