You’re going to be okay: healing from childhood trauma | Katy Pasquariello |
Katy’s personal stories walks you through the abuse she encountered as a child, how she over came it and advice on spotting signs of child abuse.
Sarah’s story: Breaking the silence on rape
She’s now broken her silence so that others will know help is always available. Sarah suffered sexual assault as a child. She’s now broken her silence so that others will know help is always available.
Loneliness is literally killing us | Will Wright
lonely individuals had a 26% higher risk of dying. This figure rose to 32% if they lived alone. https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2019/05/03/millennials-and-the-loneliness-epidemic/?sh=6ca0aeda7676 Healthcare tech entrepreneur Will Wright shares the strong impact that loneliness has on our health, and proposes a novel idea for how we can easily connect with others and combat its effect. Millennials And The Loneliness…
Ngāi Tahu and ACC to build new central city Dunedin ACC office
https://www.acc.co.nz/newsroom/stories/ngai-tahu-and-acc-to-build-new-central-city-dunedin-acc-office/ Ngāi Tahu Property and ACC today signed an agreement to build a new state-of-the-art ACC office building in Ōtepoti Dunedin. Construction is set to get underway in 2021 at the site of the Dowling Street Carpark. The building, which is a 50:50 joint venture between Ngāi Tahu Property and the ACC Investment Team, will…
“Extraordinary things emerge from following thousands of ordinary lives”
https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/newsroom/2020/executive-summary-now-we-are-8.pdf “Extraordinary things emerge from following thousands of ordinary lives” – adapted from Helen Pearson (The Life Project) The Now We Are Eight Report continues the series of “Now We Are” reports, adding child-centred descriptive information about the cohort children’s wellbeing and development in middle childhood, in the context of their families, whānau and wider…
Unique insights into kiwi kids in middle childhood
Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) is Aotearoa’s largest contemporary longitudinal study of child development. The study has followed a cohort of more than 6,000 children since just before they were born around 2009 or 2010. The purpose of regularly collecting this data is to gain policy-relevant evidence about what can work to support resilience…
What does loneliness look like in the brain ?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201215082059.htm The researchers found several differences in the brains of lonely people. These brain manifestations were centred on what is called the default network: a set of brain regions involved in inner thoughts such as reminiscing, future planning, imagining and thinking about others. Researchers found the default networks of lonely people were more strongly wired…
Behind the Scenes of Sarcasm
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/and-running/202012/behind-the-scenes-sarcasm The truth is, chronically-sarcastic people frequently rely on this obfuscation to express emotions and communicate. These folks also often harbor passive-aggressive characteristics and simply don’t have the ability to be real about emotions, or fear confrontation were they to speak their mind. They therefore employ sarcasm, a sort of cloak-and-dagger approach to communication. It…
The three secrets of resilient people | Lucy Hone | TEDxChristchurch
Five years ago, the sudden death of Lucy’s 12-year-old daughter Abi forced Lucy to turn her academic training and professional practice to foster resilience in very personal circumstances. The blog she wrote in the aftermath of Abi’s death attracted international attention and resulted in the best-selling non-fiction title, What Abi Taught Us, Strategies for Resilient…
Trauma is irreversible. How it shapes us is our choice. | Sasha Joseph Neulinger
Sasha Joseph Neulinger speaks about his journey in life as a survivor of multi-generational sexual abuse. Sasha Joseph Neulinger is a native of Pennsylvania who moved to Montana to pursue a BFA in Film Production from Montana State University. He is the Co-Founder and Head of Production at Step 1 Films which has a mission…