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/...tter/20241014192949/

or this

https://www.survivingspirit.co...ter_October_2024.pdf

Newsletter Contents:

1] Creative Activists: A Bridge of Light by Rae Luskin

2] The Hole in the Heart — Taking Back Ourselves by Mikele Rauch, LMFT

3] She fled domestic violence fears in Mexico. Now she’s California’s first deaf Latina mayor by Justo Robles @ The Guardian

4] The Romantic Lives of People With Psychotic Disorders by Sarah An Myers @ Psychology Today

4a] Sarah An Myers - Living as an outlier - Insights into schizophrenia.@ Psychology Today

5] How to Date When You’ve Experienced Childhood Trauma by Leah Erickson @ CPTSD Foundation (complex post traumatic stress disorder)

6] Usorum – Empowering Social Good @ City Voices

7] Artist Natalie Chapman inspired by her council estate childhood by Nicola Bryan@ BBC News

7a] ] A hidden cause of teenagers’ mental health issues is inequality. My story shows how it works. By Emi Nietfeld @ Slate

8] Your Consent is Not Required by journalist Rob Wipond

9] 3 Stages to Healing Trauma (You're Stuck in Stage 1) - YouTube 2:02 minutes

10] National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month - Office for Victims of Crime-Training & Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)

10a] October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month - The Administration for Children and Families

11] Webinar Recordings: Elder Justice Initiative Webinar Series - Resources - OVC TTAC

12] Women behind bars are often survivors of abuse. A series of new laws aim to reduce their sentences by Isabella Volmert @ AP News

13] 2024 Theme: The Art of Recovery @ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

14] Voter Registration Information including Voters Who are in Inpatient Settings @ Choice Heals

14a] Raising Our Voices: Voting and Civic Engagement in the Mental Health Community @ You Tube

15] CDs Are Cool Again. Here’s How to Rip Them. by Justin Pot @ Popular Science

“All healing is first a healing of the heart.” - Carl Townsend

“Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” - Gary Zukav