StoryWeavers Therapy

09/28/2022

09/12/2022

StableStrides partners with NAMI https://www.nami.org/ to provide free wellness groups with our therapy horses. This is a safe space for those living with mental health conditions to connect with the horses, and others, in a fun new way! There is no horseback riding involved, though you will spend the entire 90 minutes with the horses. Come join us at our Norris Penrose Event Center location- Wed, Sept 14 at 4:30pm.

09/12/2022

This week's Conscious Commitment is from Certified Instructor Tracy Skirpa and is dedicated to those with have or work with middle school-age children, but it could also apply to children of all ages.

If you are willing, comment "ImWillingRu?" and tag a friend you think would like this commitment too.

09/12/2022

"Not My Job:
- Fix or save people
- Be liked
- Do it all
- Please everyone
- Hold it together

My Job:
- Love people
- Be authentic
- Take the next step
- Speak my truth
- Breathe"

Source: Unknown

09/23/2021

Co-regulation and attentiveness is what infants and young children need. “Sleep training” can have lasting impacts on a child’s social and mental and emotional well-being.

True responsive care means adjusting to what babies need

09/04/2021

What great news for Illinois school children! Hopefully this matched with minimum paid sick days for caregivers. I am adding this to the list of changes made to support wellness during COVID’s highlighting of major issues.

Starting in January, students will be allowed to use their five mental health days without needing to provide a doctor's note for their absence.

09/04/2021

09/03/2021

Support and an affirming transition make a huge difference in the mental health outcomes of transgender individuals. Too many people continue to interpret trans and gender-expansive experiences as pathological, when the thing that makes su***de and other mental illness rates so much higher is actually the oppression. https://www.psypost.org/2021/08/transgender-youth-who-have-socially-transitioned-fare-as-well-psychologically-as-their-cisgender-peers-study-suggests-61752?fbclid=IwAR3b-axfYa30AAtHuqheatQZI6Bvu04X-qpR2jA8fsjQ6ydOPsGPWQYqAQo

According to new research published in JAMA Network Open, socially transitioned transgender youth experience similar levels of anxiety and depression to their siblings or same-age peers. ...

09/03/2021

Teens are amazingly resilient and capable of so many novel things. This study shows how teens in high-stress scenarios used technology to cope after stressful events, and how much was helpful.

Cell phones and social media can help teens cope with stressful events—as long as they strike the right balance between spending time online and pursuing other coping activities.