Tagged With "Joy and Safety"

This month many of us are heading into a holiday season whether it be Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or another notable day. It is traditionally a time when we get together with family and friends, open our hearts, and put our absolute best foot forward in hospitality and grace. The pandemic has changed the physicality of our lives but not the meaning and intention that lies beneath this very special season. The origin of the word season comes from the Latin word ‘satio’, meaning ‘sowing’ and...

Season's Greetings Folks, Whatever your faith, belief system, ethnicity, identity may be, I am wishing everyone peace and joy. I am grateful that our paths have crossed. I will share a song of "Joy". I don't have much to offer, but as a musician I do have the gifts of music to share. An older song of mine & video, but the sentiment remains the same. Stay safe & Take care, Michael. "Joy" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by4tWjowZVo

"There is joy in knowing you're still there" - something we should never take for granted.

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/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20221113191424/ or this - http://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2022-11-The_%20Surviving%20_Spirit%20_Newsletter%20_November_2022.pdf Newsletter Content : 1] Trauma During Childhood Triples the Risk of Suffering a Serious Mental Disorder in Adulthood –...

Thank you Lynn. As for the COOOLD weather...I have found that flannel & fleece help!! Take care, Michael

Good Morning from COOOOLLLLD Florida. Thank you all so much for the PACESCOnnection. This one was really wonderful. I share with my east coast friends. Thank you! Have a great week! Lynn Sharpe Underwood “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” - Rumi

Adverse childhood experiences understandably can numb feelings, including feelings of joy, happiness, and pleasure. Making time to be joyful rewires the wounded brain. Once healing has progressed, the capacity for joy can usually be expanded through the repeated application of proven joy strategies.

New Year's Thoughts and a Song to share - May you have Love, Light, Peace, Joy and Safety in your life. By My Side Live at the River Ledge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhnwvQXdsmc Take care, Michael