Nightmare

• Six Flags Magic Mountain , the Thrill Capital of the World, is set to make hearts race and pulses pound this Fall as the park celebrates 30 chilling years of Fright Fest.
• With 30 nights of frights running select nights September 8 through October 31, Six Flags Magic Mountain leaves no tombstone unturned this haunt season.
• View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230801812842/en/
  Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain celebrates 30 chilling years with 30 nights of frights, select nights September 8 - October 31.
• Fright Fest operates on 30 chilling nights including September 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 28-30, October 1, 5-8, 12-15, 19-22, 26-29, and 31.

• DENVER — From Olympians and lawyers, to everyday people, everyone needs to be a force in the effort to protect women’s sports for female athletes, said leaders of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports ( ICONS ) and the International Consortium on Female Sport ( ICFS ) during their International Women’s Sports Summit 2023.
• She recalled how team practice twice a day left the women exposed to a man as they changed in and out of their swimsuits.
• “Human stories matter; they impact policymaking,” said Christiana Kiefer, JD, who represents three female athletes as the lead attorney in several Title IX and women’s sports cases.
• “We can’t have some countries in sporting events bringing men to compete against women,” said ICONS co-founder Marshi Smith, an NCAA champion swimmer.

• Every year, up to 1 billion children worldwide experience some form of emotional, physical or sexual abuse.
• More than two-thirds of children report at least one traumatic event by age 16.
• I have been participating in a project that treats Ukrainian children and families affected by the war since March 2022.

The Ukraine project

• Given that they were still exposed to an ongoing threat in Ukraine, it was critical to help the children differentiate between a real danger and what was only a reminder of their trauma.
• So the therapist would teach them relaxation skills to manage the stress from hearing sirens or being evacuated to a new location.
• Our team of international trainers also addressed secondary trauma – in this case, the traumatic stress that mental health care providers are experiencing.

A different brain architecture

• Studies show that trauma leaves marks not only on the brain but also on other parts of the body.
• Chronic stress leads to ongoing activation of the stress response system, which activates neural connections involved in fear, anxiety and impulsive reactions.
• Even in the absence of a real threat, the fight-flight-freeze response – located in the amygdala, or the primitive, instinctual and survival-oriented part of the brain – remains constantly activated.
• In addition, other brain regions that are less important for survival – such as problem-solving, learning and memorizing – are less developed in children who have experienced trauma.

Storytelling as a means of healing

• First, it helps the child recognize how past trauma affects their view of themselves and their behavior.
• For example, a female adolescent who was sexually abused may be triggered by a male friend who comes physically close to her.
• But after receiving trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, he could express his emotions over his mother’s death.
• The therapy typically requires from eight to 25 sessions, depending on the number of traumatic experiences and the complexity of the symptoms.

Caregivers are critical

• 1 factor for healing from trauma is the presence of a safe, nurturing and predictable caregiver – a parent, grandparent, social worker, pastor or coach.
• These sessions give an opportunity for the caregiver to praise the child and acknowledge the strength it took to create and share their narrative.
• It works for a Ukrainian teenager victimized by war – or for an abused child living in a U.S. suburb.
• I can finally live my life without feeling like I’m going to break down at any second.”

• In his speech, Xue Mo emphasized the importance of love and wisdom as master keys to unlocking the world.
• In his speech, Xue Mo pointed out,
  In the wake of the pandemic, the global situation remains highly uncertain.
• In this case, Chinese concepts of LOVE and WISDOM can precisely offer new insight into addressing the shared challenges facing humanity today.
• So far, Xue Mo has published 105 literary and culture-themed works, some of which have been translated into more than 30 languages.