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Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 05:07 pmhaste does indeed make waste
Free Resources for Managing Trauma -- 17-31 August 2020
Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 06:12 pmSounds True was founded in 1985 to "wake up the world by distributing spiritual wisdom." It now publishes "wellness" audio, particularly meditation and therapy tools.
They're currently hosting a Trauma Skills Summit. Each day they feature professionally-captioned video talks from two or three speakers, with backgrounds in trauma healing, mindfulness, and chronic conditions. Until 31 August, the content is free. The teachers are counselors, yogini, doctors, dancers, spiritual guides and healers from a variety of backgrounds -- check out the list of Trauma Summit Teachers. Use that link to register with an email address for free access until the end of August.
The Trauma Skills Summit started on the 17th, so here's what's already available
If you want to get downloads (or extend access after the end of the month), you can pay them $147.
ETA: video only, no books/transcripts
I adored this essay by Heather Sellers, who is face-blind and place-blind. Sellers teaches creative writing and her craft is A++. This essay explores:
- wayfinding
- accommodations
- self-compassion
- coming out as disabled
- the possibility & joy of later life learning
Where Am I? from Longreads
( 225 word excerpt from 8000-word essay )
On a completely different topic, Pedal Pedal Pedal in The Sun gloriously evokes the power and freedom of bike riding. Her well-organized website has tons more.
Pleasant time wasting
Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 12:09 pmTurns out that some of Reddit isn't toxic. Hurray!
The sub*
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/
is folks posting a picture of something that mystifies them, and people respond with what it is.
There's a remarkably high signal-to-noise ratio.
* A "subreddit" or "sub" is what we'd call a community. In this case the sub = "r/whatisthisthing/". One can just plug that in after the Reddit url to get there.
As opposed to users, who are "u/TwoSmiles" which happens to be me.
The sub*
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/
is folks posting a picture of something that mystifies them, and people respond with what it is.
There's a remarkably high signal-to-noise ratio.
* A "subreddit" or "sub" is what we'd call a community. In this case the sub = "r/whatisthisthing/". One can just plug that in after the Reddit url to get there.
As opposed to users, who are "u/TwoSmiles" which happens to be me.
Great Present for Chronically Ill Folks
Sunday, December 31st, 2017 03:49 pmRicky Buchanan is one of my long-time heroes. I had the good fortune to meet her on the CFS-L listserv back in the 1990s. She’s been basically bed-bound for decades, and she’s contributed so much to our community, where “we” are people with chronic pain and chronic illness.
Energy Saving Self-Care Cards are just one of those great contributions.
( Sample card in the cut )You can preview the deck (complete with image descriptions) at Tumblr https://energysavingselfcare.tumblr.com or buy a pack for less than US$20: http://energysavingselfcare.com
Ricky is also the genius behind http://atmac.org, a great resource on “Using Assistive Technology to Empower Apple Users With Disabilities.”
Self-Compassion Meditation is Wonderful!
Thursday, April 9th, 2015 10:18 amA year ago I enthused about the joys of meditation, in particular "Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction." I've continued my formal practice of MBSR (15 - 25 minutes nightly before bed. I meditate lying down, to minimize pain crosstalk.) But wait, there's more!
I'm now learning about "Self-Compassion Meditation," which has been even more helpful for me. (I'm sure spending a year directing a kindly, curious attention to anything floating through my brain and body has enabled me to apply SCM at any time.) I can now do "informal practice" whenever I need it. The key to SCM is it rides along with the acknowledgement of pain. The fact that I'm beginning to lash myself on my perceived defects, or enduring the throbbing of my augmented ankle, or weeping over the daily news— that pain itself triggers my SCM response.
Self-Compassion Meditation—Kristin Neff
http://self-compassion.org
Dr Neff's site and book support a meditation practice for folks who live with mental, physical, and psychic pain. Her approach is firmly grounded in Buddhist spirituality, but is very accessible to those of us who bounce off religion.
In the brief month I've been using it, I've developed the skill of responding to negative events with compassion, not fear, anxiety, self-punishment, or despair.
The whole site is well worth reading: this resources page offers free downloads of guided meditations and writing exercises:
http://self-compassion.org/catego/exercises
She also provides a self-compassion test which helps you to realize when you may be suffering needlessly, and how self-compassion could make your life less painful.
( Resources mentioned last year )
I'm now learning about "Self-Compassion Meditation," which has been even more helpful for me. (I'm sure spending a year directing a kindly, curious attention to anything floating through my brain and body has enabled me to apply SCM at any time.) I can now do "informal practice" whenever I need it. The key to SCM is it rides along with the acknowledgement of pain. The fact that I'm beginning to lash myself on my perceived defects, or enduring the throbbing of my augmented ankle, or weeping over the daily news— that pain itself triggers my SCM response.
Self-Compassion Meditation—Kristin Neff
http://self-compassion.org
Dr Neff's site and book support a meditation practice for folks who live with mental, physical, and psychic pain. Her approach is firmly grounded in Buddhist spirituality, but is very accessible to those of us who bounce off religion.
In the brief month I've been using it, I've developed the skill of responding to negative events with compassion, not fear, anxiety, self-punishment, or despair.
The whole site is well worth reading: this resources page offers free downloads of guided meditations and writing exercises:
http://self-compassion.org/catego/exercises
She also provides a self-compassion test which helps you to realize when you may be suffering needlessly, and how self-compassion could make your life less painful.
( Resources mentioned last year )