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 July 2022

“By giving ourselves unconditional kindness and comfort while embracing the human experience, difficult as it is, we avoid destructive patterns of fear, negativity, and isolation.” - Kristin Neff

“Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others.” – Sharon Salzberg

It can be read online via this - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/...tter/20220718194420/

or this - http://newsletters.survivingsp...letter_July_2022.pdf

Thank you & take care, Michael Skinner

Newsletter Contents:

1] What Happens When We Reconnect With Nature By Rochelle Calvert @ Mindful

2] 10 Health Benefits of Drumming - The Health Benefits of Beating Your Own Drum by Christiane Northrup, M.D.

2a] Playing the Congas & having fun!!! - Michael Skinner – YouTube

3] An activist and artist examines policing, incarceration and trauma - through poetry By Raul A. Reyes @ NBC News

4] Choice Heals - The WiseCrackers Group - for any peer over 50 years of age

5] How to talk to your employer about trauma by Stefanos Nachmias @ Medical Press

6] HOP – Honest, Open, Proud Program – to erase the stigma of mental illness

7] How stress affects your brain - Madhumita Murgia – YouTube

8] Year of the Tiger – An Activist's Life by Alice Wong - Penguin Random House Books

9] Poor Physical and Mental Health Among Older Adults Linked to Childhood Abuse History - Neuroscience News

10] Strong Link Found Between Emotional Childhood Abuse and Schizophrenia-Like Experiences in Adulthood - Neuroscience News

11] Compassion It - Sara Schairer - TEDxUCSB – YouTube

12] Writing Therapy Author - Capture Life Writing - Mary Clista Dahl

13] Art, Trauma, and PTSI: An Interview with Dr. Frank Ochberg – by L Abbott @ JMVH

14] How You Can Help – Michael Skinner - Healing Childhood Trauma in Adulthood - YouTube

“Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.” - Andre Maurois

“The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.” - Paracelsus