Friends Outside In Sonoma County

As we've known for a long time, adverse childhood experiences can have have long-lived effects. Science is catching up with common sense. http://sideeffectspublicmedia.org//childhood-trauma-leads-

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The Lotus Project is a 12-week program that was begun in the jail November 2013. The overall theme of the program is mindfulness. The program is designed to encourage its participants to become more mindful of their thoughts and behaviors. Each session addresses a mindful living skill, such as values clarification, boundary-setting, and empathy.

Today we had a very productive meeting with the staff from Mobile Supportive Services, a new non-profit that provides outreach services for homeless and at-risk families, households and individuals. The idea is to reach out to people who are at risk of becoming homeless and hopefully assist them to avoid homelessness. What's that expression? "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

If you've been thinking about having a film made about your heart-warming narrative, you could contact Drew Denny and Talia Herman--two very talented young women who know what picture to film and what questions to ask. They get right to the heart of things!