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March 21st 2024

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter March 2024* March is recognized nationally as _Brain Injury Awareness Month_ and is a time to acknowledge and support the millions of Americans affected by brain injury. According to the Brain Injury Association ...Continue Reading

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February 27th 2024

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter February 2024* *Newsletter Contents*: 1] The Nordic Way to Stop Bullying by David Robson @ BBC News 2] People Who Had Unhappy Childhoods Usually Develop These Traits by Sinead Cafferty @ Bolde 3] Fighting for Rec ...Continue Reading

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January 24th 2024

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter January 2024* *Newsletter Contents*: 1] Seasonal affective disorder: Self-care tips to fight the winter blues By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira @ CNN 2] Why more men are joining the ranks of therapists: ‘We’re rushing to ...Continue Reading

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December 12th 2023

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter December 2023* Hi Folks, Welcome to the latest Surviving Spirit sharing...mindful that at times, life can feel overwhelming and the world in continued chaos and crisis. I find hope and a sense of peace knowing th ...Continue Reading

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October 22nd 2023

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter October 2023* Hi Folks, Welcome to the October issue of the Surviving Spirit Newsletter. As always I strive to share a balance of resources that offer Hope, Healing & Help. In the past several years I have fo ...Continue Reading

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September 20th 2023

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter September 2023* Hi Folks, Welcome to the September issue of the Surviving Spirit. Fall is definitely in the air here in New Hampshire, pleasant days and /chilly nights/...a sign of what's to come. Hoping to be ab ...Continue Reading

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July 24th 2023

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter July 2023* *Contents List*: 1] Introducing the Neuroplastic Narrative: a non-pathologizing biological foundation for trauma-informed and adverse childhood experience aware approaches by Haley Peckham @ Frontiers ...Continue Reading

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June 24th 2023

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter June 2023* Hi folks, Welcome to the the June issue of the Surviving Spirit Newsletter. Summer is officially here but here in my little corner of the world there's been lots of rain and temperatures 10-12 degrees ...Continue Reading

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May 21st 2023

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter May 2023* 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 New ...Continue Reading

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February 6th 2023

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter February 2023* “/You either get bitter, or you get better. You either take what's been dealt to you and allow it to make you better, or you allow it to tear you down.” - Iona Mink/ “/Sometimes it takes an overwhe ...Continue Reading

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December 20th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter December 2022* Hi Folks, Season's Greetings....the holidays are upon us, a time of joy for many and also a time of turmoil...so please do take care. /Lots of self-care/ if this is a hard time of the year for you ...Continue Reading

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November 13th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter November 2022* Hi folks, Welcome to the November issue of The Surviving Spirit Newsletter. Honored to have been a guest on Salima Jadavji's podacst - '/Dare To Share Your Untold Story/'. _‘Dare To Share Your Unto ...Continue Reading

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October 12th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter October 2022* Hi folks, Welcome to the October edition of the Surviving Spirit Newsletter. Please consider a visit my You Tube Channel. I am a musician, writer and an advocate addressing the impact of trauma, abu ...Continue Reading

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September 13th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter September 2022* Greetings folks, Well...here we are in September and it's dark at 7:10pm, some leaves are dropping, flowers gone by the wayside and nights are cooler – such is the ever-changing landscape of New E ...Continue Reading

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August 25th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter August 2022* Hi folks, Welcome to the August Edition of the Surviving Spirit Newsletter. I created these two music videos for the _International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference_ - /Uniting the glo ...Continue Reading

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July 18th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter July 2022* *Newsletter Contents*: 1] What Happens When We Reconnect With Nature By Rochelle Calvert @ Mindful 2] 10 Health Benefits of Drumming - The Health Benefits of Beating Your Own Drum by Christiane Northru ...Continue Reading

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June 13th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter June 2022* “/You might make people uncomfortable, even those you love them most and it will hurt./ /The masses will likely misunderstand you and as a result they will judge you and even lash out at you and you ma ...Continue Reading

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May 1st 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter May 2022* Hi Folks, The month of May recognizes Mental Health Awareness and National Trauma Awareness - very cool. On that note, I'd like to share a few resources that I had the honor of participating with that a ...Continue Reading

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March 31st 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter April 2022* Hi folks, Some thoughts about the month of April – it is _National Child Abuse Prevention Month_, _Sexual Assault Awareness Month_ and _National Poetry Month_. I'd like to share a few things that I w ...Continue Reading

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March 4th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter March 2022* *Newsletter Contents*: 1] On Loving Another Person – Hope Works Community - Larry Drain 2] RAMPD - Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities 3] Adverse Childhood Experiences, the Bra ...Continue Reading

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February 13th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter February 2022* Hi Folks, Welcome to the February Surviving Spirit Newsletter Three key points of interest for February are: [*] _Black History Month_ (United States and Canada) [*] _LGBT History Month_ (Unite ...Continue Reading

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January 16th 2022

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter* _The Healing Power of Music by Michael Skinner_ @ _The Lamplighter Movement_ “/*Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.” – Debasish Mridha*/ Music has a profound way of touching us in so many ways ...Continue Reading

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October 24th 2021

/Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter October 2021* “Don't Quit” by John Whittier When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but yo ...Continue Reading

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September 12th 2021

/Healing the //Mind, Body & Spirit / / Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter September 2021* Hi Folks, Twenty years ago today at this time of the morning I was getting ready to leave for Ellenville, New York to perform and speak at the Annual New York Association of Psychiatric Reha ...Continue Reading

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August 3rd 2021

/Healing the Heart Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy / Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “/Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”.// // Kahlil Gibran/ *The Surviving Spirit Newsletter August 2021* Hi Folks, Welcome to the month of August...from my part of the country here in New Hampshire-land it is a time of summer and heat...but the whole month of July and coming into August has been more like a monsoon seaso ...Continue Reading

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