Martial arts can help treat trauma.
There’s increasing anecdotal evidence that martial arts training can help people in dealing with various types of trauma, including things like PTSD.
Sarah interviewed Jane Clapp, a trauma recovery specialist, about the benefits she’s been seeing from these activities.
To read the full feature head over to Asian World Of Martial Arts by clicking here.
Filed under Health, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
How does one restart martial arts training as an adult?
With growing evidence that lifelong martial arts training can be beneficial to a person in many ways, one of the questions Sarah has been considering is “how does one restart training in martial arts when they’re an adult?”
She tried to answer her own question in a post for Asian World Of Martial Arts.
To read what she found out go here.
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Julia, Sesame Street’s autistic Muppet
Sesame Street has just introduced a new autistic Muppet character named Julia.
There are a number of reasons why this new character is valuable. For one, it will better enlighten non-autistics on how to share the world with autistic persons. Likely more important, though, it will give autistic persons a valuable reference tool to help them navigate the world.
Using television characters as guides to navigating the real world can be an uneven pursuit.
Sarah explained why in her debut post for Vox’s “First Person” section.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Culture, Health, Relationships, Shameless Promotion, Television
There’s so much more to eating food than just “does it taste good?”
Every bite of food you eat reflects all sorts of cultural and class struggles, and social and health issues.
It’s also an area where judgmental sorts would be better off sitting down and keeping quiet.
Sarah explained why in a recent piece for The Establishment.
To read it go here.
Filed under Food, Health, Shameless Promotion
Rihanna gets humanitarian award
In the latest batch of news stories I wrote for charitable entertainment site Samaritanmag Rihanna gets a humanitarian award, a thousand days of protest songs are declared and disobedience is rewarded.
Check them out:
Are You Disobedient for the Good of Society? Nominations Open for $250K USD Award
Honey Nut Cheerios Free Seed Campaign Launched to Protect Bees
Staples Gives Almost $200k to Five Canadian Charities
March Is Music Therapy Awareness Month
Rihanna Gets Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year Award
Adele, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga Items Part Of Grammy Foundation Auction
1000 Days Of Protest Songs Set to Mark Next Four Years
Guess Who’s Protest Song Enters Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
What Is The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)?
Former Great Big Sea’s Séan McCann To Perform At National Music Centre for Bell Let’s Talk Day
Filed under Environment, Health, Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 