Music & Thoughts To Share - Feel Like A Man by Michael Skinner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ebrsp9PkfY&t=33s – written for someone who touched my heart and soul. “To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu “Where there is love there is life.” - Mahatma Gandhi “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” - Victor Hugo Please subscribe...

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/20250122211203/ or this - https://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2025-01-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_January_2025.pdf Hi Folks, Welcome to 2025!! I hope this year is a time of peace and joy for you. January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking...

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.

Live Interview with Michael Skinner - Healing for Male Survivors with Mike Chapman - Podcast on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TRNARistj7fLMx8mCUD16 Welcome to the Healing for Male Survivors Podcast, where male survivors of childhood trauma, especially sexual trauma, can find hope and healing. My main goal is to give a platform to YOU, my listener and fellow survivor. I want to make this a safe space for you to tell YOUR story, and telling your story can often jump-start your...

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/20241218122142/ or this - https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-12-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_December_2024.pdf “ Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot...

Music & Thoughts To Share - As You Walk Away by Michael Skinner – YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFLyiBaJ5nE A song about estrangement. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel. & More tunes are coming!! “When we bring things out into the light, they lose their power over us.” - Al-Anon. “The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.” - Roy Ayers. “ There never was a time when a major social problem was...

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 - 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 - 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...

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.

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...

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.