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Helping kids navigate the fear and uncertainty of wildfires. By Ken Druck, Psychology Today, Image: Unsplash on Crowdstack tool , January 10, 2025 Years ago, many of my friends and neighbors were under siege by 70-mile-per-hour Santa Ana winds and wildfires, decimating their homes and obliterating their sense of safety and security. Terrifying reports and pictures of people running for their lives, burned-out homes, and tearfully devastated families who had lost everything flooded the media...

Research suggests that an increased risk of obesity for those who have early traumatic experiences can be reduced through positive experiences. Photo: 123RF By Ladan Hashemi (The Conversation), Radio New Zealand (RNZ), Photo: from article , January 14, 2025 Children with traumatic experiences in their early lives have a higher risk of obesity. But as our new research shows, this risk can be reduced through positive experiences. Childhood traumatic experiences are alarmingly common. Our...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Urges Americans to Recenter Their Lives Around Relationships, Service, and Purpose Washington, D.C. – Today, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released his Parting Prescription for America - PDF , weaving together reflections on his personal and professional experiences having spent six of the last ten years as our nation’s Surgeon General. Throughout his service, the Surgeon General has sought to understand the root causes of pain and unhappiness...

If perfectionism is the enemy of good, compassionate, flexible striving for excellence may be the wiser approach.

To read more of Dr. Glenn Schiraldi's article, please click here, Breaking the Cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences | Psychology Today . Image: Source Key points Effective parenting is a learned skill. Those who didn't see effective parenting modeled at home can nevertheless become very effective parents. The consistent application of effective parenting practices promotes healthy adjustment in children. Congratulations! You’ve worked hard to heal the inner wounds from childhood adversity...

Please click here, Trauma-Resilient Parent Certification | Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) , for the free certification. As a public service, TREC is sharing this opportunity for any parent/guardian globally. With Our vision is to cultivate a more compassionate world comprised of resilient people and their communities where equitable and sustainable practices are commonplace within all public and private institutions and systems, we invite you to join our TREC ecosystem.

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...

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To all of you, who, like me, love this website and want to see it and its communities flourish as we work to prevent and heal trauma; build resiliency: please know there is a move afoot by a small group of strategic partners to find a suitable host for PACEs Connection. More will be announced in the coming days. In the meantime, friends, we are figuring out email addresses and other communications logistics and opportunities. PEACE! Carey Sipp, former director of strategic partnerships ...

The story of a Tennessee mother denied an abortion and help in raising a premature baby. Life unravels. We too often focus on abuse in the household when abuse by public officials remains in the shadow.

“YES!” was the response of Gaile Osborne, executive director of Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina (FFANC), when asked for input on a new program to help foster and kinship care families learn how to support the brain development of young children. “I love these Brain Insights materials. How soon can we start?” said Osborne upon receiving the "The First 60 Days ” booklet on myths about newborns and their caregivers and the eight “ Neuro-Nurturing ” ringed books. The materials delivered...