Yes, the adolescent brain can be harmed by marijuana use!

To parents - please be aware that the adolescent (and older) brain can be harmed by marijuana use!


http://healthland.time.com/2014/01/23/why-its-still-a-big-deal-if-your-teen-smokes-pot/?utm_source=Join+Together+Daily&utm_campaign=cf3341c81a-JT_Daily_News_Growing_Number_of_Localities&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97f4d27738-cf3341c81a-221355809#ixzz2rhzJBnAq

One more good addition to read before I sign off for this Friday night...

One more great post on trauma and the relief of a diagnosis... 

Hope you all have a great weekend!

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/after-trauma/2014/01/can-getting-a-diagnosis-be-traumatic/

Thank you, Elizabeth Vargas!

Thank you Elizabeth Vargas for going public with your story and making it ok for others to consider getting help for addictions and trauma!  I fully respect her and all others who address their use of alcohol/substances/addictions and the underlying issues that fuel these addictions.


http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/01/elizabeth-vargas-alcohol-for-me-is-no-longer-an-option-says-abc-news-anchor/?nwltr=icymi_2020_more

Links between substance abuse and violence

One more reason to address substance abuse issues...

http://www.michigandaily.com/news/study-discovers-link-between-prescription-drug-abuse-and-conflict

Snow day giving me time to talk to an organization called "Saving Promise"

Just had an interesting phone call with the founder of an organization called, Saving Promise about expanding their voice in the domestic violence prevention world - what a great idea, let's prevent domestic violence before it starts occurring!


http://www.savingpromise.org/

Money addiction

A colleague sent this to me - 

A colleague brought an article to my attention this morning, exclaiming,

"You have to read this!" She was right.  I was amused to read a gold-plated

opinion piece describing the gluttonous rabbit-hole of money addiction in

today's New York Times. What do Sam Polk's For Love of Money and my, For

Love and Money: Exploring Sexual and Financial Betrayal in Relationships,

have in common? Everything and then again, nothing.  Well.it's probably more

fitting to say that where Polk's piece, For Love of Money ends, For Love and

Money (FLAM) begins. For those who are not familiar first hand with the

excesses of Wall Street (other than what you recently viewed in, The Wolf of

Wall Street) the exhilaration and gluttony can be all consuming.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/opinion/sunday/for-the-love-of-money.html?_r=0

It's not your fault...

Good morning!    Here is a great quote from Bone Sigh Arts - I just love their quotes and how empowering they are!

it's not your fault

“it's not your fault.
you didn't know what to do,
who to tell,
where to go.
it's not your fault.
you didn't know.
it's not your fault -
and it's time now for you to hold that.
for you to hold her -
the little girl who is you.
hold her and love her.
hold her and love you.
hold her and let the other go.
it's time now.
you can do it.
women everywhere who share your story
are standing next to you.
love yourself. and let the other go.” 

http://www.bonesigharts.com/store/its-not-your-fault

Here's an amazing kid talking about happiness...

Here is an amazingly bright kid talking about happiness... with some neuroscience language and learning thrown in.

Wishing you all happiness!!!!

Amazing kid talking about happiness

2012 Gray Wilson TED talk on teens and porn

Here is a TED Talk from 2012 by Gray Wilson - it's a great TED talk on the teen brain and porn...

TED talk on teens and porn

The teenage brain on porn...

Teenage brain on porn

CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

I thought some of you might find this list of resources helpful!

http://www.onlinecolleges.net/for-students/mental-health-resources/

College Students, PTSD, and alcohol... more about that relationship

Here goes... first post... 

This article is just more data on the idea that people use alcohol to cope and how that cycle can precipitate more trauma... what a terrible cycle to be in! Do something wonderful for yourself and see a therapist well versed in trauma, dissociation and the use of behaviors and addictions (alcohol, drugs, food, sex, self harming behaviors, gambling, just to name a few!) as coping skills!

Relationship of PTSD symptoms and college students with alcohol

Robyn's Dive Into Blogging

I'm going to give this whole "blogging" thing a shot... Stay tuned for more information, great articles, and helpful insight into the work the practice does. 

Thanks for reading!
Robyn