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Fatigue comes in many shapes and sizes, especially these days. It is common with and after Covid, and for Covid long haulers. Fatigue is also a common symptom for many people with chronic illnesses and autoimmune diseases. It affects 4 out of 5 people with fibromyalgia and is the hallmark of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), which is the disabling chronic illness I've had for over 20 years and that I've been gradually improving from using trauma perspectives and approaches. Fatigue is also...

None were printed and none were shipped. These are some of the requests that came in this week for sets of our parenting tips bumper stickers. We have requests from across the U.S. and Canada for hundreds of sets of the stickers. Tragically, the requests are just sitting in my inbox because we haven't the funds to print and ship them. This is a colossal lost opportunity to promote positive childhood experiences and prevent adverse childhood experiences! It's so frustrating to receive these...

Reimagining Resilience 1: Using a Trauma Lens Thurs, Apr 15, 22 & 29 4:00-5:15 pm PDT. Three 75-minute sessions. In addition there are short videos that will be sent to registrants before each class. Register by Wed April 14 in order to receive pre-class materials. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/144484506047 Clock hours are available. $95. The program cost includes access to the workshop recording for two months, the pre-class videos, a course workbook, and connection to peers who share...

Comedian Jerry Lewis has said that Allen Klein is “a noble and vital force watching over the human condition.” Klein (aka “Mr. Jollytologist”® and “The Ambassador of Light”) shows audiences worldwide how to use humor and positivity to deal with life’s not-so-funny stuff. He is an award-winning professional speaker, a TEDx presenter, and author of 30-plus books.

Join ASTHO on April 21, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET for a national convening of state and territorial health officials with local and federal partners on Prioritizing Equity in Public Health. This virtual meeting will provide a forum for state and territorial health practitioners to learn about emergent public health issues and apply evidence-based and promising practices to address structural racism and reduce racial and ethnic disparities. The summit will feature keynote presentations...

By Jill Suttie, Greater Good Magazine, March 23, 2021 When parents take their children to a pediatrician for a wellness check, they expect to get reports on their children’s healthy development—if they’re growing properly, eating and sleeping well, or in need of vaccines. They probably don’t expect to get a prescription for kindness. But at Senders Pediatrics, a private practice in Cleveland, Ohio, and one of the Greater Good Science Center’s 16 Parenting Initiative grantees, this is exactly...

By Erin Blasko and Colleen Sharkey, Notre Dame News, April 6, 2021 Family life isn’t always harmonious, and the stress and anxiety brought on by the pandemic has certainly led to more difficulties for many families living under one roof. However, the inevitable conflicts or differences that occur in families do not have to be a negative for children. In fact, years of research by scholars at the University of Notre Dame indicate that there can be constructive, positive conflict that allows...

By Mike Catalni, Miami Herald, April 8,, 2021 Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came and it was time to learn about Black history again. She was, by then, familiar with the curriculum: Rosa Parks, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a discussion on slavery. Just like the year before, she said, and the year before that. Then came George Floyd's death in May, and she wrote to the administration at her school in Cherry Hill, in New Jersey's Philadelphia suburbs, to...

By Ali Tadayon, EdSource, April 8, 2021 As students gradually return to classrooms, advocates and lawmakers say it’s more important than ever to provide free meals in schools without burdensome eligibility requirements, just as California has done during the pandemic. The “Free School Meals For All” bill, SB 364 , introduced last month by East Bay Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, would establish a statewide Universal Meal Plan starting in the 2022-2023 school year. It would guarantee free...

By Robin Givhan, The Washington Post, March 30, 2021 MS. GIVHAN: Welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Robin Givhan, senior critic-at-large, and I write about race, politics, and the arts, and today we’re kicking off a new series, Opportunity in Crisis. Our first program today is about how to build a more just and inclusive society in the aftermath of a year of racial protests over racial injustice as well as the outsized impact of the coronavirus pandemic on communities of color. My first...

By Chantel L. Daines, Dustin Hansen, M. Lelinneth B. Novilla, et al., BMC Public Health, April 5, 2021 Abstract Background The objective of the study was to determine the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and positive childhood experiences (PCEs) with family health in adulthood. Prior research indicates that ACEs and PCEs affect individual physical and mental health in adulthood. However, little is known about how ACEs and PCEs affect family health. Families develop...

By Jane Spencer and Christina Jewett, The Guardian and Kaiser Health News, April 8, 2021 Lost on the Frontline is the most complete accounting of U.S. health care worker deaths. The federal government has not comprehensively tracked this data. But calls are mounting for the Biden administration to undertake a count as the KHN/Guardian project comes to a close today. The project, which tracked who died and why, provides a window into the workings — and failings — of the U.S. health system...