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Sharing is Caring!

Sharing with others – whether thru writing, artwork, conversation or even (gasp) TAXES – is one way we give
back some of our own creativity to our companions on life’s journey.
Let’s face it – though sometimes we feel isolated or abandoned, none of us makes it to this stage of life alone.
To be an adult, able to read these words (on a computer, no less!) means that no matter how badly we were treated, at some point there was a teacher, a friend, a supportive relative, a clergy person, a therapist or someone–often many different someones–who helped us survive, learn, and grow. And inside each of us, a spark of life pushed our complex selfhood into the open, eager to share our unique private experience with others. 

Like apple trees, we reach for the sky!

That’s why MV exists. Many Voices offers you the chance to express your personal growth and change in a place that may help others–people you have never met–take the next step toward a healthier, happier life.

Our focus is HOPE. We don’t pretend that life is rosy, or even stable. But we do recognize that hope for the future is like a vitamin or a nutritious energy-bar. Shared reports of progress inspire others to try a similar breakthrough approach. Persistence pays off. And in the end, hundreds of readers might benefit from your single positive story.

If you want to share your experience, just send it in. Surface mail or Email is fine. Handwritten text is ok, as long as I can read it. Concentrate on the ideas you want to share–what was troubling you, and what you did to feel better. Don’t worry too much about spelling or grammar. I often clean up the text to make the newsletter more readable. I try very hard to not change the meaning of what you write. And if I have a question about a particular phrase or approach, I’ll call you or email you to get your input before I make a noticeable change. (One more good reason to include your phone number and/or email address with your submission.)
A few more caveats: we avoid printing graphic descriptions of abuse, because some readers who receive MV don’t have much support – and we try not to freak people out (though we can’t promise it will never happen.) We don’t print material favorable to exorcism or "instant cures" for dissociation. We are open to believers of all faiths or no faith…as long as the religious practices are not intended to harm or stifle the spirit.

We do our best to accept views from every lifestyle except those advocating violence or intolerance. I do not personally agree with everything that is printed in Many Voices, because MV serves a diverse audience and not everyone (Thank Heaven) is just like me!
Newsletter content depends on what we receive–if you think a particular topic is not covered as well as it should be, write what you’d like to read! Chances are, others are wishing for that very topic as well.

Crabapples in springtime: What could be lovelier?

PLEASE NOTE!

You do NOT have to be a subscriber to send material to MV for possible publication.

Non-subscribers receive a free copy of the issue their work appears in. Just include your address and a note saying you don’t subscribe.

Partners, friends, and supportive family members can also write for MV. We deeply appreciate this hard-to-find perspective.

And of course, we are always seeking helpful Therapists’ Pages. (I’d love to get a really solid updated page on Use of Medications from an MD, for example.)

If you have ANY other questions about submissions, please contact me. I’m always glad to hear from you!

– Lynn W.

Lilacs are lovely, too!

BioFeedback Information, at HEART MATH!

Some MV readers mention the use of biofeedback devices in their recovery. I’ve never tried any of this myself, but think it is intriguing. It seems to me that whatever a healing person can do to encourage the body and mind to work together for health is a Good Thing!
One friend enthusiastically recommends the Institute of Heart Math. Although this organization is selling a product, it has some good free information, like this page on anxiety reduction which I found interesting.

TRAUMA TREATMENT EDUCATION

June 17-19th 2010. Columbia, MD
Risking Connection©Training – Sidran Foundation
Teaching professionals, survivors, family & friends a new way to think about relationships in healing and recovery.
Facilitator: Elizabeth Power, M Ed. Request information.

Survivor Oriented Conferences

Aug 6-8, 2010. Windsor Locks, CT
SMART conference for Survivors of Extreme(ritual)abuse

Aug 7-9, 2010. Edgewood, MD
Survivors of Incest Anonymous 3rd World Service Conference
Questions?

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If your hospital or clinic is interested in advertising in our MVMC supplement, contact Lynn. We’d love to help you offer MV readers quality  health care services!  

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ISSTD Call for Proposals! Still Underway!

Accepting submissions now through Friday, April 30, 2010, 11:59pm EDT

Don’t wait!  The website for submissions is still open. ISSTD members, colleagues and supporters are invited to submit proposals online for the 27th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The deadline is April 30, 2010, at midnight EDT.

Go to Online Proposal Submission Information

ISSTD’s 27th annual conference will be held October 16-18 at the Atlanta Hilton Hotel.  There will be two days of Pre-conference workshops on October 14 & 15.
The theme for this year’s meeting is "Clinical Consequences of Complex Psychological Trauma: Assessment, Treatment and Recovery.
We also welcome submissions on other topics that are relevant to Trauma, Dissociation, chronic traumatization, child abuse or other trauma related areas.

  HELP YOURSELF and MV Too!
Thanks to the generous gift of donated copies by author Jane Wegscheider Hyman, this excellent and inspiring book is offered to MANY VOICES’ readers at a discount: Only $15 per copy, including media-mail shipping to all US destinations.

From the book jacket: "The women in ‘I Am More Than One’ are living proof that you can find new sources of strength through family and friends, build a rewarding, successful career, and still hold on to your own unique identity." These messages of hope and encouragement are essential reading for people who want to learn how to survive and thrive despite painful histories of trauma and abuse.

Dr. Hyman is a researcher and writer on women’s health and a member of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation. She is the author of several well-received, helpful books.

ORDER YOUR COPY NOW DIRECT FROM OUR WEBSITE!

Or call Lynn W. at 513-751-8020, to order over the phone.

I AM MORE THAN ONE
How Women with
Dissociative IdentityDisorder Have Found Success in Life and Work
By Jane Wegscheider Hyman PhD

VOLUNTEERS needed! We still need more web-research for the public education site …so if you like to browse the internet, here’s your chance to help MV while you explore! Also, we want lists of community mental health clinics in your area that might appreciate a free subscription to MANY VOICES.  Please contact me if you can help with this.  Substance abuse facilities, homeless shelters and domestic violence shelters are also logical places that might welcome MV. We want to increase our outreach to the people who need us most. THANK YOU!

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PLAN AHEAD! WRITE OR DRAW FOR US !

Start sending ideas for our 2011 Issue themes NOW. Decisions will appear in the August issue, but the more input, the better!
If you’re not sure when your subscription expires, ask Lynn!

You can renew your subscription on Paypal, here.

JUNE 2010: Life without therapy. Changing therapists. Coordinating different therapy modalities. ARTWORK: Caring for your Self(ves).

August 2010: Sexuality: Choices & Dilemmas. Is your partner involved in your therapy? Safely opening up about abuse. ARTWORK: Loving yourself and others. Deadline: June 10, 2010.

Send NOW ,  & help others heal!

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Suggest YOUR ideas for a future SHARING QUESTION. & Respond to the SHARING QUESTION for APRIL

Our friend JAN thinks she’s too dependent on her therapist. She wants to start applying the skills she’s worked so hard to learn, during years of therapy. She asks MV Readers if they ever feel "too dependent" and what they do to become more self-sufficient.
Please read through the whole list of Sharing Questions, and reply to any, no matter when the topic first appeared. We Love Fresh Updates to PAST QUESTIONS!

At MV, we make every effort to be helpful to people
recovering from trauma and abuse, their families and friends.
We also want to assist trauma treatment professionals who guide people
in recovery toward a healthier, happier life. Please help us perform these
tasks well by sending your suggestions and input, pro or con, anytime.
Call me personally at 513-751-8020. I want to hear from you!
Sincerely,
Lynn Wasnak, aka Lynn W., Editor and Executive Director

Many Voices
PO Box 2639
Cincinnati, OH 45201-2639

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April 2010

This Newsletter is Dedicated to Jacki M

because your spirit is with me always, lifting me to new heights. My cups runneth over. (Kind of like the girls busting out, but not.)  No really, in all seriousness…
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Daring to fall

Daring to Fall

There is a part of you that needs to come out once in a while,

the part that is free of expectations,
that opens you to new ways of being
and new realms of your heart,
that is unusual and daring
and not necessarily acceptable to anyone else.

You need to find a place in your life
where you can challenge the way you have always done things,
where you can risk falling down,
allow yourself to be embarrassed,
strip off your shell and be vulnerable.

And yet, you need to do this in an environment
that is safe enough that your apparent failure is not ridiculed
and you are not discouraged from further experimentation…..

For it is true that you discover
what is enough by experimenting with too much,
that you discover what is acceptable
by daring to go beyond the boundaries.

And you often find the true spark of creativity,
the little thing that is uniquely you,
your special mark upon the world,
by daring to be truly different.

Find a place that is nurturing enough
to let you fail,
that is safe enough to let you experiment,
that is creative and exciting enough
to challenge you to take that extra step,

to spin that additional rotation,
to splatter that red paint with abandon,
and to use those words in new and daring ways.

Find people who will applaud your daring,
gently lift you when you fall
and encourage you to get up and try again.

This is your life
and it should be fun and daring,
a thrilling ride and full of surprises.
So take a deep breath, step out and live.

carriehart.com

This posting was created with love by,

~ angelsgarden ~

Monday Morning Moment by Eric Allen Bell

thanks Eric, I needed to read this this morning.  Funny how that works, Jacki

Global One TV

Online Spiritual Television for a New Age

A message to all members of Global One TV

By Eric Allen Bell
When it comes to the subject of Enlightenment I am no authority. I do
not possess special knowledge nor do I profess to speak to you now from
some elevated state. On all matters Divine there is but one authority
and that is God.

Enlightenment is often said to be a state of conscious communion with Divine Source.
According to some spiritual traditions this state is something of a
finish line. One’s existence is seen to be a cycle of birth, death and
rebirth as one’s soul perfects their karma and eventually reaches a
state of Nirvana or pure bliss.

In the Judeo-Christian world the word "Heaven" is more commonly used. A
person is believed to live only once and at the end of their life will
face judgment. The outcome of this judgment will determine whether or
not a person is worthy enough to enter the Kingdom of God or have to
face eternal damnation. Something of a "get out of jail free card" is
provided for those who believe in the teachings of a specific messiah
or prophet and one’s transgressions in this life can be forgiven such
that they become pure enough enter into a state of permanent God
awareness, living side by side with God forever – so long as they
believe.

These are the two main theories or beliefs that dominate the world
religious consciousness. Outside the sphere of religious orientation
are the Agnostics who neither deny nor embrace a concept of the Divine.
Less popular, but growing in numbers these days, are the Atheists who
believe that any concept of God or the Divine is pure fantasy concocted
by the feeble human brain which fears death. To many Atheists science
is the ultimate authority – even though science is the absolute faith
that what one perceives through the sense organs is real, reliable and
complete. It can be argued, from this standpoint then that Atheism is
in fact another form of religion since it is faith-based.

Everything I have described to you thus far is rooted either in logic
or in faith – faith being the belief in things unseen. But there is
another dimension of perception available to us and that is the field
of pure knowing. Direct perception.

The brain-body organism that thinks it is me – that is to say the
accumulated collection of beliefs, experiences, biases, prejudices ,
opinions, sensations, longings, hopes, fears, and other perceptions
which all add up – which all conspire to equal a "person"… This
person has had glimpses of a Divinely perfect state of pure bliss. The
character that thinks it is Eric Allen Bell has thought himself to have
had moments of clear God awareness. The person who I am often
identified with has had a brush with total clarity from time to time,
only to fall back into the survival-oriented, me-centered day to day
existence that is life in the material world.

Can one then, as a person living in the world, have direct perception
of the Divine? Can we experience continuous and conscious communion
with Divine Source while living in this place we call the world?
There is nothing unique about me posing this question to you.

The question is as old as time itself. What is Enlightenment?
How do you experience a continuous awareness of the Divine? If that
which is Divine is infinite, and by its very nature it must be, then
the Divine never loses its awareness of you. Therefore you are always
constantly connected to God. The belief that you are apart from God is
a state of ignorance.

So in an enlightened state one becomes aware of what already is. We
awaken from our sleep. The awakened self already exists concurrent with
the everyday mundane self who is generally unaware of who and what we
are and where we came from.

The awakened self doesn’t need to awaken. The Ego self, by definition
cannot awaken, but will use so-called "spirituality" as a form of self
help and decorate itself with its accomplishments, it’s knowledge and
its belief systems. It uses the spiritual experience as a means of
avoiding anything spiritual at all.

As such, when asking the question "Can the self be awakened?" it is
worthwhile to ask yourself who it is that is asking. Do you imagine
yourself to be a person? If you do imagine yourself to be a person,
know that the person can never be more or less than what it is. The
person has no need for awakening as awakening runs counter to the
survival-based mindset that is the mandate for the society the person
is living in. Only that which is not a person, not a citizen, not a
race or a gender or a set of beliefs can even begin to truly ask the
question, "Who am I?"

If one adds to their arsenal of beliefs that "We are all one" that is
only a thought and should not be confused for real perception. I know
that New York exists, but seeing it for myself is an entirely different
kind of experience.

That which is awake within you does not seek awakening. That which
seeks awakening can never find it as every move it makes is in fact an
attempt to avoid the experience entirely.

Call off the search. There is nothing to find for the one who has not lost anything.
Peace,
Eric Allen Bell

http://www.GlobalOne.TV

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