EMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF ADVERSE CHILHOOD EXPERIENCES AND TRAUMA-AWARENESS

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EMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF ADVERSE CHILHOOD EXPERIENCES AND TRAUMA-AWARENESS

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EMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF ADVERSE CHILHOOD EXPERIENCES AND TRAUMA-AWARENESS

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    “I was a Child and Nobody Told Me Anything".
    starlings
    • Jun 15
    • 3 min

    “I was a Child and Nobody Told Me Anything".

    I can't fully explain the impact addiction has had on my family, myself, or my father, whose final breath was shared with fentanyl. For...
    4000
    The Shame and Guilt with Learning about Substances in School
    starlings
    • Jun 10
    • 2 min

    The Shame and Guilt with Learning about Substances in School

    I remember being in grades 7-8 about 13-14 years old and my teacher was starting our health curriculum that covered substance use. The...
    1640
    Learning to Love Me More
    starlings
    • Jun 9
    • 1 min

    Learning to Love Me More

    "Have you ever felt like being somebody else? Feeling like the mirror isn't good for your health? Every day I'm tryin' not to hate...
    430
    "I CAN".
    starlings
    • Feb 13, 2019
    • 3 min

    "I CAN".

    "Kids succeed if they can {not if they want to}." -Steven Wiggleworth ,Catherine Nichols Gunn School, Inn From the Cold's Circle of Hope...
    320
    Forging Resilience Through Connection
    starlings
    • Jan 11, 2019
    • 6 min

    Forging Resilience Through Connection

    “Things that don’t bend, break”-Jewel, Never Broken We’ve heard about resilience time and time again, as though it is something we are...
    270
    Leading From Behind
    starlings
    • Jan 3, 2019
    • 4 min

    Leading From Behind

    "Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation."-Simon Sinek The other day while describing the book I was...
    511
    "Are you free to FaceTime?"
    starlings
    • Nov 28, 2018
    • 7 min

    "Are you free to FaceTime?"

    “I’m convinced of this: good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather then walking by them...
    870
    Baby steps to AWESOME.
    starlings
    • Nov 16, 2018
    • 6 min

    Baby steps to AWESOME.

    “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk...
    1030
    Through the eyes of a child.
    starlings
    • Nov 12, 2018
    • 6 min

    Through the eyes of a child.

    "this is the recipe of life, said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year...
    512
    Tolerating... strawberries?
    starlings
    • Nov 7, 2018
    • 6 min

    Tolerating... strawberries?

    What connecting can mean and look like. "Connection: Energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they...
    1130
    Little kids. Big difference.
    starlings
    • Nov 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    Little kids. Big difference.

    "You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give" Winston Churchill /share a meal. give a meal/ The Calgary Drop In...
    640
    Reading Rainbow
    starlings
    • Nov 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    Reading Rainbow

    /THROW BACK/ "Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high Take a look, it's in a book, A Reading Rainbow! I can go anywhere Friends to...
    300
    "Every child Needs a Hero"
    starlings
    • Oct 30, 2018
    • 4 min

    "Every child Needs a Hero"

    {Circle of Hope-Every Child Needs a Hero-Inn from the Cold} “Whatever the hopes, wishes or intentions of the parent, the child does not...
    270
    "A Star is Born"-Why everyone's story matters.
    starlings
    • Oct 28, 2018
    • 5 min

    "A Star is Born"-Why everyone's story matters.

    Who sees inside from outside? Who finds hundreds of mysteries ...
    360
    "I don't know anyone with a mental health disorder"
    starlings
    • Oct 24, 2018
    • 4 min

    "I don't know anyone with a mental health disorder"

    Studies directly link childhood anxiety to depression later in life. In any given year, 1 in 5 Canadians experience a mental illness or...
    300
    Connected. In close proximity. Community
    starlings
    • Oct 23, 2018
    • 4 min

    Connected. In close proximity. Community

    I've had the question be asked, so, why Starlings? They are birds, right? Starlings are a type of bird that I fell in love with a few...
    340

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