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.co...er_November_2024.pdf

or this - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/...tter/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 By Nadege Justiniani in Huayllacocha @ The Guardian

2] Psych Ward Greeting Cards - We make it easy to show patients in the psychiatric unit you care.

3] ‘I can do the same job as a man’: Ukraine’s first frontline female commander on war, grief – and her hope for the future By Emine Saner @ The Guardian

4] The Holiday Season Is Upon Us Are You Ready? This Can Be A Stressful Time For Many - How Will You Balance Your Energy And Emotions By Lisa Zarcone

5] How musicians are opening up about their mental health By Harriet Robinson & Lili Sheppard @ BBC News

6] Sasha's Story — Voice For The Kids – Documentary

7] A Brief But Spectacular take on multigenerational housing – YouTube

8] Metabolism and diet are linked to root of bipolar depression, say researchers By Robin McKie @ The Guardian

9] From Depression to Dementia, Inflammation Is Medicine’s New Frontier By Edward Bullmore @ Pocket News

10] Childhood Trauma and Somatic and Mental Illness in Adulthood Study @ National Library of Medicine

11] ] S.I.L.V.E.R. - Healthy Aging with a Psychiatric Disability

12] Blooming Creativity - Journals for Life.

13] Winter depression is real and there are many ways to fight back By Carla K. Johnson @ AP News

14] Dr. Ericha Scott - Addressing Trauma & Dissociation through Poetry @ The Creative Psychotherapist - Podcast on Spotify

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