- Wider Narratives
- Difficult Times
- Uncomfortable Emotions
- Full Self
- Intricate Body
- Relationship Skills
- Healing Support
1: Wider Narratives
“It’s not you, it’s them: Reflections on being marginalized in STEM” by Naomi Ceder at Write/Speak/Code 2016. https://vimeo.com/176695137
“Fact vs. myth: mental health issues & violence.“ https://sane.org/information-stories/facts-and-guides/fvm-mental-illness-and-violence
“We Don’t Do That Here” by Aja Hammerly, September 29, 2017. https://thagomizer.com/blog/2017/09/29/we-don-t-do-that-here.html
“Radical Gentleness: The Transformation of the Inner Critic” by Ann Weiser Cornell. https://focusingresources.com/radical-gentleness-the-transformation-of-the-inner-critic/
An ultimately hopeful animated 9 min. video. “A Message From the Future II: The Years of Repair,” art by Molly Crabapple, political storytelling by Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, and Opal Tometi. https://youtu.be/2m8YACFJlMg
2: Difficult Times
“Change Moving Quickly” by Robyn Posin. https://www.robynlposin.com/the-magic-of-rest-and-going-slow/change-moving-quickly-s7
“Exponential Growth and Epidemics” by Grant Sanderson, 9 minute explanatory video. https://youtu.be/Kas0tIxDvrg
A safety plan is a personalized, practical plan to improve your safety while experiencing abuse, preparing to leave an abusive situation, or after you leave. Checklists and resources: https://calltosafety.org/services/safety-planning/
“What False Negatives Can Tell Us About Oregon’s COVID-19 Numbers” by Erin Ross, May 26, 2020. https://opb.org/news/article/false-negative-coronavirus-test-oregon-deaths/
“How Covid-19 Really Spreads” by Robert Roy Britt, May 27, 2020. https://elemental.medium.com/how-covid-19-really-spreads-f9627bb93645
“Long after the illness is gone, the damage from corona-virus may remain” by Peter Fimrite, May 31, 2020. https://sfchronicle.com/health/article/Long-after-the-illness-is-gone-the-damage-from-15305842.php
“We Need to Talk About Ventilation” by Zeynep Tufekci July 30, 2020. https://theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/
“Coronavirus: How New Zealand went ‘hard and early’ to beat Covid-19” by Anna Jones, BBC News, July 10, 2020. https://bbc.com/news/world-asia-53274085
“COVID Underdogs: Mongolia” by Indi Samarajiva, May 18, 2020. https://medium.com/@indica/covid-underdogs-mongolia-3b0c162427c2
“Black People Are Dying From COVID-19 at Higher Rates Because Racism Is a Preexisting Condition” by Edwin Rios, Mother Jones, April 9, 2020. https://motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/04/black-people-are-dying-from-covid-19-at-higher-rates-because-racism-is-a-pre-existing-condition/
“Covid-19’s stunningly unequal death toll in America, in one chart” by Dylan Scott and Christina Animashaun, Vox, Oct 2, 2020. https://vox.com/coronavirus-covid19/2020/10/2/21496884/us-covid-19-deaths-by-race-black-white-americans
“For Black Men, Fear That Masks Will Invite Racial Profiling” by Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, April 14, 2020. https://nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/coronavirus-masks-racism-african-americans.html
The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America by Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, July 22, 2016. https://theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/
“White America: Become an Ally through Education & Dismantle Racism,” panel discussion with Randy Blazak at RaceTalks, October 10, 2017. https://racetalkspdx.com
“Bystander Intervention Training” from Hollaback! against harassment and abuse. https://ihollaback.org/resources/bystander-resources/
“The Quiet Rescue of America’s Forgotten Fruit” by Anne Ewbank, March 27, 2018, Atlas Obscura. https://atlasobscura.com/articles/growing-collecting-rare-fruit
“The Election, Lao Tzu, a Cup of Water” by Ursula K. Le Guin talks about studying peace. “The election of 2016 was one of the battles of the American Civil War.” https://bookviewcafe.com/blog/2016/11/21/the-election-lao-tzu-a-cup-of-water/
“An Anarchist Quaker’s Prayer to Soothe Anxiety” by Ayu Sutriasa’s therapist encourages us to put down the world’s anguish for a moment. https://yesmagazine.org/opinion/2020/03/24/coronavirus-prayer-anxiety/
3: Uncomfortable Emotions
“How not to say the wrong thing” by Susan Silk and Barry Goldman, April 7, 2013. https://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407
“Being Too Much” by Robyn Posin. http://forthelittleonesinside.com/being-too-much
Barbara McGavin, “The ‘Victim’, the ‘Critic’ and the Inner Relationship: Focusing with the Part that Wants to Die.” https://focusingresources.com/the-victim-the-critic-and-the-inner-relationship-focusing-with-the-part-that-wants-to-die/
The Nonviolent Communication Feelings Inventory has many words for anger and other feelings. https://cnvc.org/training/resource/feelings-inventory
“Inner Relationship Focusing” by Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin. https://focusingresources.com/inner-relationship-focusing/
4: Full Self
Christine Miserandino developed Spoon Theory to explain to a friend what it is like to have lupus. https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/
“Why Diets Don’t Work” by Michelle Allison, November 19, 2013. https://fatnutritionist.com/index.php/why-diets-dont-work/
“Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift,” by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor, January 24, 2011. https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-10-9
5: Intricate Body
“Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study.“ Felitti, Vincent J. et al., American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 14, Issue 4, 245-258. https://ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(98)00017-8/pdf
Brief MRI video of breathing from Tatiana Kuzhelkova. https://youtu.be/u-O8CgkCW1I
6: Relationship Skills
“How not to say the wrong thing” by Susan Silk and Barry Goldman, April 7, 2013. https://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407
7: Healing Support
“Finding the Line” by Nan Narboe is a clear introduction to why and how practitioners should create a secure frame. http://nannarboe.com/FindingTheLine.html