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Hope. Double Major: Psychology and Social Work. Minor: Victimology. Victims Advocate.

[goodbyeeveryonee-deactivated202]

2019 is about doing everything you find scary so that the universe can stop giving you repetitive lessons and elevate you to another level. Rebirth is in the air.

[pinkboxes]

take your child abuse roleplay somewhere else, bye 👋 👋

[030586]

beautiful things are beginning to manifest.

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

My whole life I’ve been telling myself, ‘don’t be afraid’. And it is only now that I’m realizing how stupid that is. Don’t be afraid. Like saying, ‘don’t move out of the way when someone tries to punch you’ or ‘don’t flinch at the heat of fire’ or ‘don’t blink’. Don’t be human. I’m afraid and you’re afraid and we’re all always going to be afraid, because that’s the point. What I should be telling myself is 'be afraid, but do it anyway’. Live anyway.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Have enough courage to trust love one more time, and always one more time.

Maya Angelou (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[officialaudreykitching-deactiva]

‪Something massive is shifting right now. Can you feel the past losing its grip?‬

[mcavoy]

this is so funny and cursed at the same time bye.

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Attention is the purest form of generosity.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

You wake up every morning to fight the demons you fought the day before. And that, my dear, is bravery.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[mamakay93-deactivated20190129]

Just an FYI for those in the US with insurance issues

[the-real-seebs]

this sounds oddly plausible

[jumpingjacktrash]

a good doctor will pester the insurance company on your behalf. a couple times in my Back Pain Odyssey my insurance noped out on a procedure, and my doctor called them up and was like “no, really” and they gave in.

so if your insurance is in the habit of going “you don’t actually need TWO months of physical therapy, just walk it off,” tell the doctor who ordered it, and they may very well volunteer to, or agree to, call up the insurance people and go “simon says pay for the fucking therapy.”

[breelandwalker]

For all my peeps out there fighting the good fight against Big Pharma Bureaucratic Bullshit.

[lavenderandpear]

The man holding this #BlackLivesMatter sign is Richmond (CA) police chief Chris Magnus, whose department has not lost an officer or killed a citizen since 2007, the year after he took over. This is not an accident, this peacefulness is the direct result of his leadership. Police departments across the country should be looking to his department as an example to be followed.

‘Chief Magnus changed the department from one that focused on “impact teams” of officers who roamed rough neighborhoods looking to make arrests to one that required all officers to adopt a “community policing” model, which emphasizes relationship building.

“We had generations of families raised to hate and fear the Richmond police, and a lot of that was the result of our style of policing in the past. It took us a long time to turn that around, and we’re seeing the fruits of that now. There is a mutual respect now, and some mutual compassion.”’

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the interview is pretty awesome if you want to watch it: https://www.yahoo.com/news/richmond-california-police-chief-chris-magnus-talks-community-policing-in-katie-couric-interview-044448393.html?ref=gs

[sabbatine]

They also do regular officer trainings with roleplay scenarios and airsoft guns to teach them how to de-escalate, how to avoid firing when fired upon, and how to deal with people with weapons in a way that doesn’t end with a shootout.

They also apparently go through the details of officer-involved shootings elsewhere, picking them apart and using them as teaching tools for what NOT to do or what the officer could have done to avoid shooting the person.

Essentially, they take a proactive approach to not shooting people and put time, money, and effort into it. Richmond isn’t a low-crime area. Other cities could follow their model and almost certainly see results.

[brinconvenient]

Who’d have thought it would take so much work to learn how to just … NOT shoot people

[trashmouse]

These are the sort of police officers who deserve respect.  The ones who take the time to build a relationship with the community they’re supposed to be protecting, and work to actually protect people instead of just shooting anyone who looked scary.

[oswinstark]

In before anyone tries to say that the only reason this works is because Richmond is probably like “not as bad” as other places in the US

I grew up here. I’m close to Richmond. It used to be one of the most dangerous cities in America. Literally. In 2006 it was #11 in the Most Dangerous Cities in America. 

Now? It doesn’t even break the top 100.

What changed? This guy became police chief in 2007.

IT’S SO FUCKING WEIRD HOW THAT WORKS! *looks pointedly at every other police force in America*

[wit-witch]

what men call “logic” is really just a lack of empathy

[sheholdsyoucaptivated]

and what they call “objectivity” is really just subjectivity lacking in self awareness

[paci-fisticuffs]

And what they call “common sense” is usually just a series of social biases that they’ve never bothered to analyze or question.

[i-hate-chick-fil-a]

You can GoFundMe Austin Perine

https://www.gofundme.com/show-love-fight-hunger?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=campaign_link_t&utm_campaign=welcome

“Feeding the homeless is the highlight of my life.” I’m all verklempt. #BlackExcellence

[secretohiomilf-deactivated20180]

So AMAZING and sweet!!

[candiikismet]

I’m on my bed crying on Saturday morning

[onlyblackgirl]

This baby bout to grow up and change the world.

[tarynel]

What’s your fantasy?

[pleasestopandrew]

I wake up, my debt is all paid off, my bank account is full, my relationships with my family are healthy, and I’m able to travel anywhere in the world.

[sophiamariabaeks]

reblog for this ultimate fantasy life to come true

[katal0gue]

The way that we learn about Helen Keller in school is an absolute outrage. We read “The Miracle Worker”- the miracle worker referring to her teacher; she’s not even the title character in her own story. The narrative about disabled people that we are comfortable with follows this format- “overcoming” disability. Disabled people as children. Helen Keller as an adult, though? She was a radical socialist, a fierce disability advocate, and a suffragette. There’s no reason she should not be considered a feminist icon, by the way, and the fact that she isn’t is pure ableism- while other white feminists of that time were blatant racists, she was speaking out against Woodrew Wilson because of his vehement racism. She supported woman’s suffrage and birth control. She was an anti-war speaker. She was an initial donor to the NAACP. She spoke out about the causes of blindness- often disease caused by poverty and poor working conditions. She was so brave and outspoken that the FBI had a file on her because of all the trouble she caused.

Yet when we talk about her, it’s either the boring, inspiration porn story of her as a child and her heroic teacher, or as the punchline of ableist, misogynistic jokes. It’s not just offensive, it’s downright disgusting.

[kyonite]

this is the perfect grade of good luck

reblog in 5 seconds and all of your grades will inch ever closer to perfect

[khaos-studyblr]

Last semester kicked my butt. I’ve been super scarce on this page. But I passed Statistics!!! I have no clue how. I struggled in that class. But I passed. And I’m thankful.