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KSOC-TV: Supporting Families with LGBTQ Youth

2014

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KSOC-TV explored ways that communities can support families with LGBTQ youth. Research shows that family acceptance contributes significantly to improving the health and well-being for LGBTQ youth and reduces the risk of suicide.

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Pushing Past Tokenism

La Sarmiento has been a leader of American LGBTQ and people-of-color Buddhist communities for close to a decade. I caught up with the trans, queer Filipino teacher before a silent retreat to discuss the dynamics of race and gender in a world that is typically White, cisgender and straight.

Miriam Zoila Pérez

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86 – Friday Fix: 4 Simple Strategies That Can Help You Live in the Moment

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin

Coping with Cancer: DBT Skills to Manage Your Emotions—and Balance Uncertainty with Hope

This compassionate book presents dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a proven psychological intervention that Marsha M. Linehan developed specifically for the impossible situations of life--and which she and Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz now apply to the unique challenges of cancer for the first time.

Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz, Marsha M. Linehan

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DBT For Dummies

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3 Ways Leaders Can Prevent Emotional Drain

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Why Well-Being Is a Skill That Can Be Learned

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Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

A kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans, you’ll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from “reactive parenting” habits and raise kind, cooperative, and confident kids.

Hunter Clarke-Fields, Carla Naumburg (foreword)

Meet a Teacher: Larry Yang

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Dan Harris: The First Time I Rushed My Son to the E.R.

No amount of meditation will allow me to unhear the sickening thud of my toddler’s head as it made impact with the edge of our wooden coffee table.

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Family Acceptance