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The Surviving Spirit Newsletter February 2023

 

Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy



Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health



Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran





The Surviving Spirit Newsletter February 2023



It can be read online via this - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/...tter/20230206162036/



or this - http://newsletters.survivingsp...er_February_2023.pdf

Take care, Michael



You either get bitter, or you get better. You either take what's been dealt to you and allow it to make you better, or you allow it to tear you down.” - Iona Mink



Sometimes it takes an overwhelming breakdown to have an undeniable breakthrough.” - Don Keigh



Newsletter Contents:



1] Growing Up Mad in the South: Stories, Poems, and Other Aberrations by Bonnie Henderson Schell



2] Moral injury: the effect on mental health and implications for treatment - The Lancet Psychiatry



2a] Moral Injury Is an Invisible Epidemic That Affects Millions - Scientific American - A specific kind of trauma results when a person’s core principles are violated during wartime or a pandemic

2b] Moral Injury @ Psychology Today



3] A Simple, 5-Minute Breathing Technique Is a Powerful Tool to Reduce Anxiety @ ScienceAlert



3a] 4-7-8 breathing: How to use this method for sleep or anxiety @ CNN



4] A Brief But Spectacular take on cross-cultural suicide prevention research – YouTube



5] Who I Am – LGBTQ+ Discuss Experiences with Crisis Services – YouTube



6] Writing Workshops – Madwomen in the Attic



7] Triumph Over Trauma



7a] Survivors of childhood trauma often grow up believing they are unworthy by Andrea Szasz & The Guardian



8] 3 Simple Habits That Can Protect Your Brain From Cognitive Decline by Tara Swart



9] What we keep getting wrong about homelessness and mental illness in the US - Mental Health



9a] The frontline scouts fighting to end homelessness in New York’s subways - The Guardian



9b] Two researchers aim to better understand L.A.’s homelessness crisis with smartphone surveys – NBC News



10] Massive review study suggests psychological trauma nearly triples a person's risk of mental disorder



11] Defining What It Means to Care by Leah Harris @ The Progressive



12] American Visionary Art Museum



13] Songs of Life, Love, Loss & Hope by Michael Skinner - [2] Four song sets addressing the impact of trauma, abuse & mental health injuries.





Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” - Tori Amos

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with one another.” - Thomas Merton

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