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Here's a place where you can review books, educational dvds and documentaries that relate to ACE concepts or trauma-informed practices. "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." ~ Nelson Mandela

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The Surviving Spirit Newsletter November 2024

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-11-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_November_2024.pdf or this - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20241118182856/ Newsletter Contents : 1] ‘It’s the first time I’ve woven in 27 years’: Peruvian women revive arts lost to trauma of forced sterilisations...

Music & Thoughts To Share - Walk With Me by Michael Skinner

Music & Thoughts To Share - Walk With Me by Michael Skinner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I5WMypXDn8 “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” - Martin Luther. “The role of the artist is to transmit to humanity the deepest experience of reality. Art is remembrance. It is love.” - Kathleen Mundy “Always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to bring some portion of misery to an end.” Author unknown.

Music & Thoughts To Share

Music & Thoughts To Share - Pirates by Michael Skinner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vakBStfo5c “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.” - Clarissa Pinkola Estes “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the...

It's Not About Food, Drugs or Alcohol, It's About ACES! Get A FREE Audible Version Today!

Hello My PACESconnection Colleagues! I published the print, ebook, and Kindle versions of my book It's Not About Food, Drugs or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD over a year ago. However, getting the audiobook version done has been much more challenging than I anticipated. The great news is I didn't give up, and I got it done (with my voice narrating it), and it's now available on Audible, Amazon Music, and iTunes! The Audible version includes a 70-page PDF with all of the images from...

EXCITING NEWS – PACEs Connection is BACK!

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...

The Mr. Nice Guy Syndrome and Adverse Childhood Experiences

The Mr. Nice Guy Syndrome is a curious mixture of appealing strengths, insecurities, and problematic behaviors rooted in adverse childhood experiences. Mr. Nice Guy compensates for hidden childhood wounds by struggling to do everything right, but the syndrome's limited gains come at a cost. The syndrome suggests strategies for a more satisfying adulthood and better relationships.

The Surviving Spirit Newsletter October 2024

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20241014192949/ or this https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-10-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_October_2024.pdf Newsletter Contents : 1] Creative Activists: A Bridge of Light by Rae Luskin 2] The Hole in the Heart — Taking Back Ourselves by Mikele...

Thoughts and Music to Share

“...you cannot heal what you do not acknowledge, and what you do not consciously acknowledge will remain in control of you from within, festering and destroying you and those around you.”-Richard Rohr “Childhood trauma does not come in one single package.” – Dr. Asa Don Brown “I have learned that some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet are those who have suffered a traumatic event or loss. I admire them for their strength, but most especially for their life gratitude - a gift often taken...

Q&A with Mike Skinner, advocate for survivors of childhood abuse

Q&A with Mike Skinner, advocate for survivors of childhood abuse. Article excerpt - Goffstown’s Mike Skinner is a survivor of childhood sex trafficking at the hands of his parents. Two of his siblings took their own lives. He feels that trauma, particularly childhood trauma, lies beneath and is a definitive factor of what is termed “mental illness.” If you get run over by a Mack truck there will be tire tracks. The statistics from the CDC are sobering. One out of four women is sexually...

Thoughts & Music To Share

“The strongest principal of growth lies in human choice.” – George Eliot “That which is loved by the heart is the remedy.” - Kenyan proverb “Go to where the silence is and say something” - Amy Goodman A Cold Wind Blows by Michael Skinner - live performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6R924Hv5hY

The Surviving Spirit Newsletter July 2024

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20240723222246/ or this - https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-07-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_July_2024.pdf “ We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may...

Thoughts & Music to Share on Healing

Thoughts & Music to Share on Healing: “You never find yourself until you face the truth.” - Pearl Bailey. “Sometimes it takes an overwhelming breakdown to have an undeniable breakthrough.” - Don Keigh. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.” - Mandy Hale. Songs of Life, Love, Loss & Hope - Set 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sOd1-EvpRI&list=PLNo1_n8gKo04E3qthz3_1ZkJrf_HYR8JU&index=17&t=7s

The Surviving Spirit Newsletter May 2024

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20240527204200/ or this - https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-05-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_May_2024.pdf “ The place of true healing is a fierce place. It's a giant place. It's a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. And...

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