Important Steps to Optimize Your Brain and Mood after ACEs
After a difficult childhood, many effective strategies can facilitate recovery and elevate mood and brain health.
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Shame, Relationships, and Adverse Childhood Experiences: Helpful Perspectives, Healing Insights, and Resources.
Shame is common to the human condition but ACEs heighten shame in many harmful ways. Denying shame prevents us from healing it. The solution lies in bringing shame out into the light of day and making it an ally.
Emotional Intelligence After Adverse Childhood Experiences: Self-Awareness and Emotional Management Principles Are Key for Those with Difficult Childhoods.
Although the challenges can be greater for survivors of ACEs, developing emotional intelligence is vital for successful, satisfying living. Emotional intelligence begins with self-awareness and understanding eight key principles.
My upbringing was so violent, I expected to be woken up with a punch. But we can end childhood trauma
Like most children who live through abuse and neglect, I always blamed myself – but here’s how I learnt to break the generational cycle The very worst thing that happened to us over the holidays was our toddler fathoming how to play Sia’s Santa is Coming for Us, on repeat. Excruciating pop aside, to be safe and warm and surrounded by love at home is a blessing we cherish. From Ukraine to Israel and Gaza and Sudan to Southport , the levels of violence against children in 2024 were harrowing.
Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Pain of Perfectionism: A Better Way to Achieve Your Goals
If perfectionism is the enemy of good, compassionate, flexible striving for excellence may be the wiser approach.
Launch of the "Power Of the Mind" Conferences
Launch of the "Power Of the Mind" Conferences. Do join us 💃🏽🥳🎉🥳❤️ Join the Movement by clicking the link below and getting yourself a ticket/s for Conference Launch. https://form.jotform.com/243490533526558 Be a part of the work we are doing. God bless you!🥰❤️ #comealivemovement #jointhemovement #shareyourstory #speakupagainstabuse #speakupspeakout #standupforyourself #foryourinspiration #foryouシ
The Latest Research on Positive Experiences - Webinar in December!
Did you know… research on positive childhood and adult experiences and the impacts of these experiences on health and wellbeing across the lifespan is growing exponentially! A simple search for PCEs alone last week through The George Washington University library system yielded 62 new peer-reviewed publications year-to-date in 2024 , up from 42 in all of 2023, and 22 in 2022. This year I have developed a close personal relationship with my university library as I have tried to keep up with...
RESILIENT NJ TASKFORCE VIRTUAL MEET - NJ DCF Office of Resilience
The next quarterly meet of the RESILIENT NJ TASKFORCE will be held on Thursday December 12th from 10am-12pm. Please see attached flyer. Registration link is below and also on the flyer. Meeting Registration - Zoom
November Updates for ROAR
WE HAD A GREAT MEETING YESTERDAY!!! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR CONTRIBUTING! Thank you ROAR community stakeholders for your continued commitment to building individual and collective resilience in Robeson County!!! We have lots to ROAR about this month!!! READ THIS NEWSLETTER IN FULL TO FIND OUT ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE SHARED AT THIS WEEK'S MEETING! For additional information about ROAR or any of the information shared within this email, please...
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Who Stumbles and Who Thrives? Learning resilience from the tales of 14 uncommon siblings raised in poverty
Michael J. Menard’s fascinating book recounts how fourteen children faced uncommon challenges. Yet most of them found the way to overcome their struggles and thrive.
Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Agony of Perfectionism: A Better Way to Achieve Your Goals
The rigid pursuit of perfection poses a high risk to health and performance. A kinder, more flexible approach to pursuing high standards leads to better health and performance. Perfectionism, which is motivated by fear and self-doubt, is often rooted in adverse childhood experiences.
PACEs Connection Needs Your Help ASAP
Stop. Before you continue scrolling, assuming this post does not pertain to you or your life or otherwise interest you, please consider this: the topic of this posts pertains to everyone, everywhere, including you. I ask you to give me the benefit of the doubt and to read to the end. Since 2012, the PACEs Connection (formerly ACEs Connection) site has served as the social network for the growing PACEs movement. PACEs (Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences) affect each of us every day,...
Healing from Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Timeless Wisdom of Peter Levine
The body often tells the real story of trauma better than the thinking mind. Before one can verbalize and complete the trauma story, one typically must return to physical equilibrium. Trauma expert Levine explains ways to calm physical and emotional responses to trauma and regain a sense of wholeness.
For Better Relationships and Self-Esteem, Replace Common Mr. Nice Guy Thought Patterns
The Mr. Nice Guy syndrome's dysfunctional thought patterns are common in survivors of adverse childhood experiences. Uprooting these patterns can improve self-esteem and relationships.
Cash support for custodial families is taken away
From THE CENTER ON BUDGET AND PRIORITIES Almost two-thirds of custodial families nationwide receive services from the federal child support program — nearly 8 million custodial parents and 13 million children . Child support can be a significant source of income for families struggling to make ends meet, helping them pay for children’s basic needs and other costs that often can only be met with cash, like housing, food, school supplies, and clothing. But families who are receiving or have...