Activism Archives - Heal Write Now for Trauma Survivors & Adults Abused as Children https://healwritenow.com Writing & Inspiration to Heal Trauma Sun, 26 Aug 2018 22:27:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.5 Learning about ACEs Changed My Life & I DO NOT Support Universal #ACE Screening! https://healwritenow.com/learning-about-aces-changed-my-life-i-do-not-support-universal-ace-screening/ https://healwritenow.com/learning-about-aces-changed-my-life-i-do-not-support-universal-ace-screening/#respond Sun, 26 Aug 2018 22:26:11 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=4865 I’m a health activist, writer, and mother. I’m someone who has a mental health diagnosis (post-traumatic stress) and talks and speaks openly about a childhood filled with chaos and trauma and living, loving, and parenting as an adult – after wards. I learned about the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) study in 2014 and found out […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/learning-about-aces-changed-my-life-i-do-not-support-universal-ace-screening/feed/ 0 How We Do the Work is the Work We Do https://healwritenow.com/how-we-do-the-work-is-the-work-we-do/ https://healwritenow.com/how-we-do-the-work-is-the-work-we-do/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:41:19 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=4848 I love that quote but don’t always know how to listen to others or even myself. I get so frustrated with all the talk of the evidence-based need for social connections for kids with high ACEs – and the total lack of connecting socially with parents, survivors, and communities. It’s a major disconnect for me […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/how-we-do-the-work-is-the-work-we-do/feed/ 2 Listen to Survivors Speak after Years of Being Silenced https://healwritenow.com/listen-to-survivors-speak-after-years-of-being-silenced/ https://healwritenow.com/listen-to-survivors-speak-after-years-of-being-silenced/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:43:59 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=4827 I hope you watch this entire clip but more than that, I hope survivors get heard. The speeches are powerful, direct, insightful, and indicting. The sentiments, unfortunately, are not. The desire to matter, to be seen, believed, validated and supported is universal. It’s what is often denied. It’s why I feel gutted today. I can’t lie. […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/listen-to-survivors-speak-after-years-of-being-silenced/feed/ 3 Commentary On & a Link to The Paradox of Postpartum Depression, an article in Colorlines by Rebecca Blustain https://healwritenow.com/commentary-on-a-link-to-the-paradox-of-postpartum-depression-an-article-in-colorlines-by-rebecca-blustain/ https://healwritenow.com/commentary-on-a-link-to-the-paradox-of-postpartum-depression-an-article-in-colorlines-by-rebecca-blustain/#respond Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:53:14 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=4824 Day 24 in 30 posts after Oprah’s 60 Minutes show. Cissy’s note: Parents are not all treated the same, not during pregnancy, birth, or in the post-partum period nor in the adoption process for that matter. Parents with ACEs (adverse childhood experiences and adverse community experiences) aren’t all treated the same either, not when in crisis […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/commentary-on-a-link-to-the-paradox-of-postpartum-depression-an-article-in-colorlines-by-rebecca-blustain/feed/ 0 Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit (www.nytimes.com) & Commentary https://healwritenow.com/many-people-taking-antidepressants-discover-they-cannot-quit-www-nytimes-com-commentary/ https://healwritenow.com/many-people-taking-antidepressants-discover-they-cannot-quit-www-nytimes-com-commentary/#respond Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:49:32 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=4785 Survivor voices are not optional.

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