We chat with one of the masterminds behind the iconic reality competition series about the 'Survivor' challenges design process. The post Designing ‘Survivor’: A Conversation With Challenge Designer Myles Nye appeared first on PRINT Magazine.| PRINT Magazine
The pandemic has been a lesson in adaptation. For me, this has involved finding creative ways to adapt to long periods without enough sleep. The post How Lack of Sleep Hinders Creativity (and Four Effective Strategies to Adapt) appeared first on Possibilify™.| Possibilify™
Self-care - it's on all of our minds. So let's talk about moving from a superficial, individual conception of self-care to radical self-care based on connection and relationships. The post Moving from Superficial to Radical Self-Care appeared first on Possibilify™.| Possibilify™
Sometimes finding ways to care for yourself can be a radical act of self-preservation. The post The Radical Activism of Self-Care appeared first on Possibilify™.| Possibilify™
When the Darkness Feels Too Heavy: A Message for Those Thinking of Ending It All Sometimes the pain is so loud, so constant, so unrelenting, that the idea of ending it all doesn’t feel dramatic — it feels like relief. If you’ve ever found yourself searching for ways to disappear, … Continue reading → The post When the Darkness Feels Too Heavy: A Message for Those Thinking of Ending It All appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA.| Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse – HAVOCA
Neuroplasticity: Rewiring Hope After Trauma For many survivors of childhood abuse, healing can feel like an uphill climb especially when old beliefs and patterns seem deeply embedded. But what if the brain itself could change? What if healing wasn’t just emotional, but neurological? That’s where neuroplasticity comes in. And for … Continue reading → The post Neuroplasticity: Rewiring Hope After Trauma appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA.| Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse – HAVOCA
Knowing Yourself: Understanding Behaviour and Building Resilience Recovery from abuse doesn’t start with a perfect plan — it starts with a question: Why do I feel and act the way I do? For many survivors, behaviours that seem irrational or disruptive make perfect sense when seen through the lens of … Continue reading → The post Knowing Yourself: Understanding Behaviour and Building Resilience appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA.| Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse – HAVOCA
Facing the Hard Truths: Accepting What Feels Impossible Some facts arrive in our lives like thunderclaps. Others creep in slowly, uninvited, unwelcome — then stay. For one survivor on our Survivor Boards, the truth came in layers: “I really struggled to accept that my dad was a paedophile. It’s taken … Continue reading → The post Facing the Hard Truths: Accepting What Feels Impossible appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA.| Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse – HAVOCA
The Idiot’s Guide to Inner Child Work (For Those Who’d Rather Not) Let’s be honest: inner child work can sound a bit too fluffy, or way too intense. Maybe it conjures images of sobbing over old toys or writing tearful letters to your past self. If that makes you back … Continue reading → The post The Idiot’s Guide to Inner Child Work appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA.| Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse – HAVOCA
Grieving What Was Taken: Understanding the Grief Process in Recovery When we think of grief, we often associate it with death — the loss of a loved one, a final goodbye. But for survivors of childhood abuse, grief can take on a different, quieter shape. It’s the mourning of what … Continue reading → The post Grieving What Was Taken: Understanding the Grief Process in Recovery appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA.| Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse – HAVOCA
There is no better person to interview another Survivor alum than another Survivor alum. Survivor alum Zeke Smith, who serves on GLAAD’s Board of Directors, sat down with Survivor winner and Traitors fan favorite Pavarti Shallow to discuss all things about the legacy reality series and her new book, Nice Girls Don’t Win. In her new book, which hits shelves [...] The post WATCH: Zeke Smith and Pavarti Shallow Talk All Things ‘Survivor’; Her New Book ‘Nice Girls Don’t Win’; ...| GLAAD
Episode 59: Resilience in Academia It’s unlikely that anyone has ever said that a career in academic research is easy. It is highly competitive, requires an incredibly large skill set, and “rejection” is essentially part of the job description. However, despite all these challenges, most of us couldn’t imagine doing anything else! In this episode, […]| Naturally Speaking
I have measured my life by Octobers for almost 3 decades. My life skidded off its original path on October 4, 1991 when I went from virgin to rape victim in the blink of an eye. When the MeToo Movement erupted last year, I was elated, triggered, and still in the grips of grief after... Read More » The post The Long Shadow: Tracking the Lifelong Effects of Rape in the Wake of #MeToo appeared first on Mamaguru.| Mamaguru