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There is Nothing to Fix – Becoming Whole Through Radical Self Acceptance – Suzanne Jones
There Is Nothing To Fix by Suzanne Jones -There Is Nothing to Fix is her first book and has won a silver medal from the Nonfiction Author’s Association book awards, a bronze medal from the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, was a finalist in the International Book Awards and has been nominated for a 2020 Readers’…
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~ Please Consider A New Service Role ~
Service benefits your recovery and it benefits our ACA SMR family. We’d love to have you join the team of trusted servants! Check out descriptions of the positions to consider whether either opportunity would be a fit for you: (1) Group Conscience Secretary https://staging.acamorning.org/group-conscience-secretary (2) Service Co-Secretaries https://staging.acamorning.org/service-team-co-secretaries Also, learn about the Suggested Commitment to Service:https://staging.acamorning.org/commitment-to-service/ Any…
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Elections!
November 13th at 8:45 we will have elections for the following Trusted Servant positions. Service Co-Secretary (2 open positions) and GC Secretary. If you are interested in serving in one of those positions, contact info@acarmorning.org. Barbara S. has graciously agreed to chair the meeting for us. This special election is not part of our regular…
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
I recently listened to this book on Audible and it is one of my favorite books of all time. https://drgabormate.com/book/the-myth-of-normal/ Submitted by: Elizabeth W.
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Helping Someone with PTSD
A quick, to-the-point guide to help loved ones communicate with Trauma survivors.
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Trauma and the Brain
Trauma and the Brain: Understanding abuse survivors responses. Submitted by: Conrad J
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Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life
by Jill Bolte Taylor A wonderful and simple look at how our brains work and how to help heal from trauma, depression and anxiety. Submitted by MaryEllen O.
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The Laundry List: The ACoA Experience
ACA co-founder Tony A. adapted the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to help the Adult Child uncover the effects of having been raised in a dysfunctional family. Having worked the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, Tony A. placed a high value on the program that helped him become sober, but he had concerns about adopting…
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It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
by Mark Wolynn A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in…
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Position Description Meeting December 16, 2021
https://staging.acamorning.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-1216-position-description-meeting.docx
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Charlie Morley
https://www.charliemorley.com/ Charlie Morley is a lucid dreaming teacher and bestselling author who helps people wake up in their dreams & harness the power of sleep for psychological growth. In 2018 he was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship grant to research PTSD treatment in Military Veterans and continues to teach people with trauma affected sleep a set of…
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Wake Up to Sleep: 5 Powerful Practices to Transform Stress and Trauma for Peaceful Sleep and Mindful Dreams
by Charlie Morley Full of practical advice for reducing stress and improving sleep for people who are healing from trauma. As someone who grew up in a chaotic household, often lying awake in bed at night hearing my parents fight, and then waking up to more chaos, this has helped me retrain my mind to…
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Beyond Bitchy: Mastering the Art of Boundaries
Vicki Tidwell Palmer, LCSW Beyond Bitchy: Mastering the Art of Boundaries is a weekly podcast hosted by Vicki Tidwell Palmer, LCSW, author of Moving Beyond Betrayal and Creatrix of The Radiant Threefold Path. Beyond Bitchy dispels the common misperception that boundaries are selfish, rigid, and controlling, and offers a fresh vision of personal limits as…
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The Polyvagal Theory: The New Science of Safety and Trauma
What is trauma exactly? The polyvagal theory is a new understanding of how our nervous system works…you may not think about your body and brain the same way again. [28:09]
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ACA Tuesday Zoombox Podcast
Stories of recovery from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home. Recorded at the online ACA Tuesday Zoombox meeting and based on the ACA Tuesday Toolbox meeting in Brooklyn, NY. Listen on AnchorFM
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Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
by Pete Walker “Pete specializes in helping adults who were traumatized in childhood, especially those whose repeated exposure to abuse/and or neglect left them with the symptoms of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [Cptsd]. From Surviving to Thriving is a comprehensive user-friendly guide to recovering from the lingering effects of childhood trauma. It is an…
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Community: The Structure of Belonging
by Peter Block “Most of our communities are fragmented and at odds within themselves. Businesses, social services, education, and health care each live within their own worlds. The same is true of individual citizens, who long for connection but end up marginalized , their gifts overlooked, their potential contributions lost. What keeps this from changing…
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What Happened to You?
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and HealingBruce D Perry and Ophrah Winfrey I found this very helpful. Kate W.
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Transforming The Living Legacy of Trauma
A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists by Janina Fisher, PhD. I had heard Janina Fisher’s name around trauma therapy circles – so when I heard an interview with her on this Healing Trauma podcast and the way she spoke, I resonated with her deeply compassionate approach to accepting and embracing deeply wounded parts. She mentioned…
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Trauma And The Struggle To Open Up
Trauma And The Struggle To Open Up by Robert T. Muller If you’ve ever had the thought ‘why can’t I just get over it??’ this book may help you to validate the very real struggle. It gave me words where I had none. And validated my need to take it as slowly as necessary. Robert…