Why would survivors and their families care about the different ways addiction is viewed and treated? Most importantly: Many survivors have relied on alcohol or drugs to cope with pain. Understanding views – and biases – helps identify your best options when you are ready to choose a path...
The Alvin Ailey Dance Company put a full season online this year. The Dancing Spirit program offers homage to the Black American Gospel Hymn and its influence in dance and the arts. With a special focus on resilience in suffering, it seemed like a program that belongs in features...
By Tyler VanderWeele Tyler VanderWeele is the Director of the Human Flourishing Program, which was founded in 2016 at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science. The Human Flourishing Program aims to study and promote human flourishing and to develop systematic approaches to the synthesis of knowledge across disciplines. This research...
Dave Pittman is the Director of Together We Heal and part of the Safeguarding Initiative Team at GRACE. Pittman teaches churches, schools, and families how to talk with their kids about sexual abuse, how to better identify predatory behavior, and how to properly respond to those who’ve been victimized....
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 31, 2021 The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, The Harvard Divinity School, and The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America present the Inaugural, International, Interdisciplinary Symposium entitled Faith and Flourishing in the Face of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Strategies for...
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Trafficking people for free or cheap labor or for commercial sex is something which troubles all survivors of abuse and trauma. While our experiences remain distinct, the long road to recovery is similar and similarly difficult for everyone. This brief description of advances...
Christmas can intensify the strain and tears and defining disappointments in our relationships. Can this darker side of Christmas offer us a gift, too? There’s an important reflection here. The Christmas miracle itself is about restoring the fundamental, existential relationship — between God and us. It happened in the...
Presenting a Healing Voices Special Delivery: Instead of a couple dozen Christmas cookies, here are a couple dozen insights into the darkness that often visits us midwinter, during the holiday season – and after. What makes night within us may leave us stars. (Victor Hugo) I will love the...
A Poem by Robert Frost I have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain....
Winter equinox challenges everyone one’s mood and mental health. One of the best protocols is free, and rises every day, sets every night. Sunshine offers many benefits for physical, mental, emotional, and psychological health. The positive impact is well documented. As more research is conducted, more benefits become clear....