/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 2025* “/Music is a great healer. Begin and end your day with music.” – Lailah Gifty Akita/ _Music & Thoughts To Share - “__Songs For The Keys To Your Life”_ by Michael Skinner @ YouTube The genesis ...Continue Reading

/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 2025* Hi Folks, Welcome to 2025!! I hope this year is a time of peace and joy for you.  January is _National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month_, _National Mentoring Month_ and _Nationa ...Continue Reading

/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 2024* “/Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world.” – Frank Warren / ...Continue Reading

/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 2024* *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] Psy ...Continue Reading

/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 2024* *Male Survivor Awareness day Oct 25* _Help for Male Survivors of Sexual Assault & Abuse_ @ MenHealing /*Inspiring Hope, Changing Lives*/ Men who are survivors of sexual harm are frequently isola ...Continue Reading

/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 2024* Hi folks, There were server issues that impacted my sending the July Newsletter. It never was delivered. So I'm re-sharing the two links to read it online and the Newsletter Contents List. Hopefully al ...Continue Reading

Resubscription Confirmation I'm testing the configuration of the Surviving Spirit mailing list. There were server issues recently and the July Newsletter was not able to be sent out.  Hopefully things are fixed now. I will re-send the July issue in a few days, but it is posted here - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20240723222246/ and here - https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-07-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_July_2024.pdf Thank you & take care, Michael Skinner ...Continue Reading

/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 2024* *Newsletter Contents*: 1] The Unbearable Lightness: Loneliness, Onlyness, One-liness by Mikele Rauch, LMFT @ Taking Back Ourselves 2] A bench and a grandmother's ear: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health the ...Continue Reading

/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 2024* May is Older Americans Month and Mental Health Awareness _Older Americans Month 2024 Theme: Powered by Connection _- Administration for Community Living Every May, the Administration for Community Livin ...Continue Reading

/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 2024* “/Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” - Harriet Tubman/ Hi Folks, The ...Continue Reading

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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