Healing Collective Trauma: How to Get Involved in Your Community
Kelsey Harper Kelsey Harper

Healing Collective Trauma: How to Get Involved in Your Community

It's truly impossible to speak to anything about trauma recovery and healing without including how we do this in the environment of state violence, unrelenting stress fear. What I've observed and reflected with others is that when we see that our community needs us, and there are so many ways our community needs us, our personal values alert us to take action. That alert can come as a feeling and sense that we're not doing enough - then motivating us to mobilize into action. We might be focusing more on the “not enough” part of that sense, and not the “I'm doing” part that reflects the reality.

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Activism and Mental Health: Why Is Activism Important
Kelsey Harper Kelsey Harper

Activism and Mental Health: Why Is Activism Important

Activism as a Healing Path for Trauma Survivors. Activism is a powerful avenue for mental health  and trauma healing and transformation, particularly for trauma survivors seeking to channel their experiences into positive change. It is crucial for survivors to approach activism and mental health with self-compassion, awareness, and a deep understanding of their triggers. 

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