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24.01.2022 Definitely useful for more than just kids.

18.01.2022 This is really wonderful in breaking down nuance.

16.01.2022 "When we take good care of ourselves, we fill ourselves up, which in turn energizes us so that we can give to others." - Dr. Julie Gottman During these difficul...t times, we find ourselves at a loss: too busy or overwhelmed with stress to see the natural give and take of friendship as anything but obligation. When we notice these signs, It’s time to recognize our boundaries and give ourselves a break. In other words, it’s time for some self-care. Make self-care a priority and practice healthy communication skills, both internally and externally. When you're recharged and ready to reconnect, consider this list of ways to turn towards your loved ones: https://bit.ly/2RghuJo

16.01.2022 Which kind do you need right now? Credit: Instagram @ninetypesco

15.01.2022 RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE. "When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn’t get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was b...arely getting by. I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn’t have much to ‘bring’ to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say. What are you struggling with? he asked. I gestured around me and said I dunno man. Life. Not satisfied with my answer, he said No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you? I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn’t want to say it. I wanted to have something more substantial. Something more profound. But I didn’t. So I told him, "Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN’T do them because I’ll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can’t stand and scrub the dishes. I felt like an idiot even saying it. What kind of grown-ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I’m whining to my therapist about dishes? But, my therapist nodded in understanding and then said: RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE. I began to tell him that you’re not supposed to, but he stopped me. Why the hell aren’t you supposed to? If you don’t want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist, so stop giving yourself rules. It blew my mind in a way that I don’t think I can properly express. That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times. I felt like I had conquered a dragon. The next day, I took a shower lying down. A few days later, I folded my laundry and put it wherever the fuck they fit. There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again. Now that I’m in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry. But, at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson: THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!" Author unknown #pandemic2020 #depressionawareness

10.01.2022 Are you thriving or just surviving? The COVID pandemic has created a concurrent crisis around mental health. We all need to be taking care of each other, but th...at includes ourselves. This is especially true for healthcare workers. This site from the Colorado Healthcare Ethics Resource Group offers information and resources to help address the anxiety and stress that can, if left unaddressed, deteriorate into crisis. https://cohcwcovidsupport.org/ See more

09.01.2022 The following stages of White Identity Racial Development have been developed to describe racial identity. Originally developed for the purpose of psychology an...d therapy literature, the models have broader application for understanding how individuals function in community, family and organisational setting.It is important to mention at this point that not every person will go through all stages or in any particular order, their occurence may be cyclical in nature. Similar models of ethnic identities have been developed for People of Colour and Bi-racial People. To read more about racial and ethnic identity development, read https://www.racialequitytools.org//Compilation_of_Racial_I #racialidentity #racialidentitydevelopment #ethnicidentitydevelopment

08.01.2022 @bebadass #terminologytuesday #bodyneutrality

07.01.2022 Great graphic from Backwoods Mama! Read more here: https://www.backwoodsmama.com//stop-telling-kids-be-carefu

06.01.2022 Sexual intimacy requires communication. A successful blueprint for establishing intimate trust in your relationship is to get into the habit of sharing your Se...xual Love Maps. These questions can be framed as either "What felt good last time?" or "What do you need to make intimacy better?" Check out the Gottman Card Decks app for conversation starters to increase the sexual intimacy between you and your partner available in your app store. For a more extensive list of questions, read "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work" by Dr. John Gottman: https://bit.ly/3oXwmLb

04.01.2022 Kai Cheng Thom writes: "I think the major difference between a social justice and a white/colonial lens on trauma is the assumption that trauma recovery is the ...reclamation of safetythat safety is a resource that is simply 'out there' for the taking and all we need to do is work hard enough at therapy . "I was once at a training seminar in Toronto led by a famous & beloved somatic psychologist. She spoke brilliantly. I asked her how healing from trauma was possible for ppl for whom violence & danger are part of everyday life. She said it was not. . "Colonial psychology & psychiatry reveal their allegiance to the status quo in their approach to trauma: That resourcing must come from within oneself rather than from the collective. That trauma recovery is feeling safe in society, when in fact society is the source of trauma . Colonial somatics & psychotherapies teach that the body must relearn to perceive safety. But the bodies of the oppressed are rightly interpreting danger. Our triggers & explosive rage, our dissociation & perfect submission are in fact skills that have kept us alive . + . The somatics of social justice cannot (i believe) be a somatics rooted in the colonial frameworks of psychology, psychiatry, or other models linked to the dominance of the nation-state (psychology was not always this way, but has become increasingly so over time) . The somatics of social justice cannot be aimed at restoring the body to a state of homeostasis/neutrality. We must be careful of popular languaging such as the 'regulation' of nervous system & emotion, which implies the control and domination of mind over emotion & sensation. . "Because we are not, in the end, preparing the body to 'return' to the general safety of society (this would be gaslighting). we are preparing the body, essentially for struggletraining for better survival & the ability to experience joy in the midst of great danger. . "In the cauldron of social justice healing praxis, we must aim for relationality that has the potential to generate social change, to generate insurrection. we must be prepared to challenge norms. acknowledge danger. embrace struggle. take risks. . "& above all, we must not overemphasize the importance of individual work (which is important indeed) to the detriment of a somatics that also prepares us, essentially, for war. somatics that allow us to organize together. fight together. live together. love each other. Kai Cheng Thom . Art by Shelby McQuilkin . .