The Surviving Spirit Newsletter May 2023 - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out.

Hi folks,

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the Surgeon General's Report on Loneliness is quite timely:

Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking: surgeon general by Amanda Seitz @ AP News

The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors [NASMHP] is presenting these three Town Halls that tie in with the Surgeon General's Report:

Cultivating a Culture of Connection through Community-Designed Initiatives [please view the newsletter links for dates, times, topics]

- It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe -

http://ml.survivingspirit.com/...tter/20230521215615/

or this - http://newsletters.survivingsp...sletter_May_2023.pdf

“As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.” ― Maya Angelou

Newsletter Contents:

1] Raised by addicts, abused, neglected, broke: how Katriona O’Sullivan escaped her fate by Emine Saner @ The Guardian

2] How to overcome social anxiety by Fallon Goodman @ Psyche

2a] The stress secret: 12 ways to meditate – without actually meditating by Amy Fleming @ The Guardian

3] To improve kids' mental health, some schools start later by Brooke Schultz @ AP News

4] ‘For a second, I don’t know who I am’: Ruby Wax on her stay in a mental health clinic by Ruby Wax @ The Guardian

5] Choosing Between Authenticity and Attachment by Fern Schumer Chapman @ Psychology Today

6] Gardening is a great form of exercise, according to experts by Melanie Radzicki McManus @ CNN

7] Ukraine war: Taking steps to tackle the mental scars of conflict By James Waterhouse @ BBC News

8] Nature Sacred BenchTalk - "BenchTalk: Wisdoms Inspired in Nature”

9] Past obesity can have lasting effects on mental health, study finds by Tobi Thomas @ The Guardian

10] What doctors wish patients knew about trauma-informed care by Sara Berg @ American Medical Association

11] ‘It’s a failure of the system’: before Jordan Neely was killed, he was discarded by Wilfred Chan @ The Guardian

12] The secret to why exercise is so good for mental health? ‘Hope molecules’ by Devi Sridhar @ The Guardian

12a] 5 healthy habits that are easy to add to your day by Dana Santas @ CNN

12b] The walking cure: why we should all be putting one foot in front of the other by Anna Fielding @ The Guardian

“Wounding and healing are not opposites. They're part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others. It is our limitations that make us kind to the limitations of other people. It is our loneliness that helps us to to find other people or to even know they're alone with an illness. I think I have served people perfectly with parts of myself I used to be ashamed of. ” ― Rachel Naomi Remen

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.” — Anonymous