Spotlighted at For Grace's 11th Annual Women In Pain Conference on November 17th will be stories of recovery and growth from the impact of trauma. Via video vignettes, folks will share their poignant, inspiring lived experiences of overcoming trauma and chronic pain, and in the process, how they developed richer, fuller lives - many who now make the world a better place. In addition, they'll reflect on the importance of resilience in forging wellness and better days ahead.
The impact of generational trauma on health and wellness will be highlighted at For Grace's 11th Annual Women In Pain Conference on November 17th. Dr. Noshene Ranjbar, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University of Arizona College of Medicine, will share her work with Native American communities, keying on trauma-informed mental health healing based in mind-body medicine. Dr. Ranjbar will highlight how trauma and its adverse health effects have devastated these communities via multiple generations of social and cultural disenfranchisement.
For Grace founder Cynthia Toussaint's poignant story of resilience is shared in a groundbreaking pain management book published this month by University of Michigan pain psychologist Dr. Afton Hassett. Chronic Pain Reset , which includes a detailed 30-day self-care program, delves deeply into how evidence-based behavioral strategies can help people with chronic pain. Contributing to a chapter on values, virtues and strengths, Toussaint writes tenderly about her father's suicide and how she used his memory as an impetus to overcome what many called impossible. Team For Grace HIGHLY recommends this inspiring, empowering, life-changing read!
Fall rolls out strong as For Grace celebrates 20 years of sponsoring a California resolution that proclaims September as Pain Awareness Month and the 1st as Women In Pain Awareness Day. Authored for the third year-in-a-row by Senator Maria Elena Durazo, SR 48 brings critical awareness of pain as a major public health concern along with the plight of women in pain and their challenge to get early diagnosis and effective pain management to Golden State lawmakers. Thank you, Senator Durazo, and your amazing staff member, Fernando Rameriz. Bravo!!