Self-Care in a Jar: Canning and Preserving as a Meditative Practice
Preserving food is a way of life that people have been doing to survive since probably the dawn of people—and it’s a practice that most rural trans and non-binary folks are well familiar with. But what maybe hasn’t existed for that long is the concept that preserving...
#dailyprayer 140 characters at a time
Contributor: Rev. Sean Dennison It started as a kind of challenge: was it possible to pray in a meaningful way in only 140 characters? I’m a Unitarian Universalist minister and we have a reputation for being verbose—using a LOT of huge words—and enjoying hearing...
Making a Plan
In the midst of a crisis is the worst time to try to figure out what helps you. In crises, emotion-caused brain chemicals flood your brain, effectively making it impossible to think. Instead, your brain gives your emotions space for a free-for-all, which is not...
“Boring Self-Care”: Reframing Everyday Mental Health Wins as Accomplishments
“Self-care” has become a loaded term in mainstream culture today, and often calls to mind things like bubble baths, spa days, and shopping trips—ways to allegedly decrease your stress by taking a break from it all or indulging in guilty pleasures. But for folks who...Find us on Facebook!
Transgender youth are more likely than non-trans youth to have an eating disorder because of discrimination, stigma, and trauma.
Survivors are particularly at risk.
For #NEDAwareness, this is another reminder that trans youth deserve not only the best care, but a just, safe world in which to live. 💖 #ComeAsYouAre
[Image: On the diagonal, the image is divided between yellow (most of the image) and purple (the bottom right corner). On the dividing line is a photograph of a fork. Large text in the yellow, resting on the fork, says “trans youth are much more likely to have an eating disorder” and smaller text in the purple says “than non-trans youth.” The FORGE logo is in the bottom right corner.]
![Transgender youth are more likely than non-trans youth to have an eating disorder because of discrimination, stigma, and trauma.
Survivors are particularly at risk.
For #NEDAwareness, this is another reminder that trans youth deserve not only the best care, but a just, safe world in which to live. 💖 #ComeAsYouAre
[Image: On the diagonal, the image is divided between yellow (most of the image) and purple (the bottom right corner). On the dividing line is a photograph of a fork. Large text in the yellow, resting on the fork, says “trans youth are much more likely to have an eating disorder” and smaller text in the purple says “than non-trans youth.” The FORGE logo is in the bottom right corner.]](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/87313319_10157124166738597_7929243878845054976_n.png?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=a61e81&_nc_ohc=lO5Oya0y2DYAX8-lClQ&_nc_ht=scontent.xx&oh=683c2ab7c920d5b9404bd2ae7cfe084a&oe=5EFE1E88)