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Power of Positive Experience to Improve Public Health Register now: The Montana Winter Institute Starts Monday!

(Author’s note: Photo is of Jeff Linkebach, EdD, founder of The Montana Institute , and me following a three-hour long brainstorming lunch recently at the Whole Foods in Bozeman, Montana. I’d gone to visit my two adult children in the area. Linkenbach and his family have made their home there for more than 30 years. Linkenbach and I connected several years ago via PACEs Connection as he is one of the co-founders of the HOPE (Health Outcomes from Positive Experiences) research. The Montana...

Message from our CEO, Ingrid Cockhren, on Giving Tuesday 2023!

Click here to make your donation today . "Giving Tuesday is a movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity around the world." Today is an opportunity for those in the worldwide PACEs movement to use their individual power of generosity to support their communities . Today, on GivingTuesday, we invite you to show your support for PACEs Connection by making a monthly pledge of $10 or $25 a month. The gift of a monthly pledge is a way to show your support for the work that takes...

Message from our CEO, Ingrid Cockhren: Giving Tuesday 2023 is November 28th!

Giving Tuesday is November 28th, 2023. "Giving Tuesday is a movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity around the world." Your amazing support, as members, partners, supporters & donors, this year has allowed PACEs Connection to continue to build our network to over 60,000+ dedicated members and 450+ geographical and interest-based communities . Our platform creates a safe space for all to share their best practices while inspiring the growth of the worldwide PACEs movement...

Leadership? Hope? Well-being? Please support a fellow PACEs Connection member, former FBI agent, and current PhD candidate, by completing a brief survey.

Longtime donor to and friend of PACEs Connection, Chris Freeze, who is also a former FBI Special Agent-in-Charge and current Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma, needs our help to complete an online survey on employee perceptions of leadership, hope, and well-being. The survey is designed to identify ways in which leaders can help improve the well-being of employee s by reducing burnout and increasing job satisfaction . According to Freeze, who is studying under Chan Hellman, PhD,...

Constipation nation? Damndemic guts and PACEs science. Anybody else on the john at 5 a.m. being hypnotized by their IBS App?

This is the first in a series of blogs about what I believe to be some of the consequences – “negative” and “positive” – of positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs) across my lifespan. I share this as my healing journey takes another twisty turn for the better. I’d love to know if and how you believe your positive and adverse childhood experiences have affected your health. I’ll post other installments as we at PACEs Connection continue to share the latest science, and stay focused...

Early Brain Development Specialist Deb McNelis, M.Ed, Speaks Internationally; Offers Unique Guides on Loving Babies; Supports PACEs Connection Monthly

Deb McNelis, M.Ed, is an international speaker and author of materials supporting healthy infant and child brain development and the parent-child bond. She leads "The First Sixty Days" movement. Twitter first made Deb McNelis aware of PACEs Connection. When she saw it pop up on her LinkedIn feed, she followed the links and was thrilled to find a community of “almost” like-minded people. “We absolutely share the passion for preventing and healing childhood trauma; for building community,”...

Community leader Bo Dean uses and shares PACEs Connection information and support to “connect to the best of what and who we are”; urges your support!

Bo Dean with New Hanover area Community Resiliency Model trainers Audry Hart, the late Chris Johnson, and J'vanete Skiba. Bo Dean answered the call for monthly donations to PACEs Connection more than a year ago for many reasons, one of the main ones being that PACEs Connection and the work it supports helps us “live into our humanity.” In addition to his supporting learning and development for some 2200 employees in New Hanover County, North Carolina, Dean also co-chairs the County’s...

Donor Spotlight: Social Worker Becky Green "Imagine if the systems that shape our lives...were trauma-informed? This is the work that the PACEs Connection does, but only with our support."

Social worker and PACEs Connection supporter Becky Green hiking with her partner, Kerry Toner (l) and good friend Paul Gerlitz (r). The number of donors giving to PACEs Connection with a monthly gift is increasing. “While we’ve added about 16 new monthly donors recently, and we are grateful for them, it would be good to see more of our members -- and visitors -- supporting our work to prevent and heal trauma," said Ingrid Cockhren, PACEs Connection CEO. With more than 58,000 members of this...

Year-end giving to PACEs Connection has become a family tradition for Lisa Hofmeister. ‘This work matches our family’s values.’

A recent photo of Lisa Hofmeister (second from left) with her family. Note: PACEs Connection is in dire financial straits. We need you, our almost 58,000 members, to help us cover the loss of foundation funding that was promised and did not come through . Unfortunately, staff pay and hours were cut for December. The good news is that, since sounding the alarm this summer, we’ve raised more than $65,000 thanks to all of your who donated. To get a sense of who your fellow members are, who is...

Sofiya Asedrem supports PACEs Connection to help address root causes in her fast-growing Florida community & make mental health a human right.

Note: PACEs Connection is in dire financial straits. We need you, our almost 58,000 members, to help cover the loss of foundation funding that was promised and did not come through . Unfortunately, staff pay and hours have had to be cut for December. The good news is that, since sounding the alarm this summer, we’ve raised more than $52,000. Thank you to all who’ve donated. To get a sense of who your fellow members are, who is donating, and why, please read and share this seventh in a series...

‘We cannot let this shining star die,’ says Peter Chiavetta, volunteer emergency medical technician and PACEs Connection donor.

Note: PACEs Connection is in dire financial straits. We need you, our 57,651 members, to help cover the loss of foundation funding that was promised and did not come through. Unfortunately, pay and hours have had to be cut for our staff. Most of us will be laid-off for the month of December. The good news is that, since sounding the alarm this Summer, we’ve raised $46,000 ! Thank you to all who’ve donated. To get a sense of who your fellow members are, who is donating, and why, please read...

Jeoff Gordon sees PACEs science, PACEs Connection playing a vital role in ‘relieving some of the most anguishing pain in our society.’

Note: PACEs Connection is in dire financial straits. We are asking for support, from you, our 57,586 members, to help cover the loss of foundation funding that was promised and did not come through. Pay and hours have been cut for our staff—most of us will be laid off for the month of December. Another grant will pick up in January, but we will still be underfunded. Since sounding the alarm this summer, we’ve raised about $26,000 . Thankfully, about 25% of new donors are making monthly...

Highly-honored school nurse and nurse educator Robin Cogan calls PACEs Connection her ‘north star’; urges each member’s support!

Note: PACEs Connection is in dire financial straits. We are asking for support, from you, our 57,505 members, to help cover the loss of foundation funding that was promised and did not come through. Pay and hours have been cut for our staff—most of us will be laid off for the month of December. Another grant will pick up in January. Since sounding the alarm this summer, we’ve raised about $24,000 . To get a sense of who your fellow members are, who is donating and why, please enjoy and share...

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