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6 Breathing Techniques That Calm Your Brain and Body Instantly - The Best Brain Possible Because your breathing directly influences your nervous system, it's the remote control to instantly calm your brain and body. Here are six ways to do that.

Creative day ✨

Welcome back to "Art Therapy Tuesday - Blue Blob Campaign" -- a social media series brought to you by the CATA-ACAT Advocacy Committee to raise public awareness and advocate for the profession, and dispel myths about art therapy.

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"Colouring books -- is that art therapy?"

Colouring books on their own are not art therapy, but they can be a structured art activity. Art therapy involves the creative process, and often includes the use of psychotherapy, to facilitate expressions and explorations based on a therapeutic relationship.

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[Open access] Art Therapist-Facilitated Open Studio Versus Coloring: Differences in Outcomes of Affect, Stress, Creative Agency, and Self-Efficacy -- Girija Kaimal, Janell L. Mensinger, Jessica M. Drass & Rebekka M. Dieterich Hartwell

CATA-ACAT Journal, 2017, Vol. 30, Issue 2: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08322473.2017.1375827

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Stay tuned for more art therapy info & sharables every Tuesday!

Express Yourself! The Transforming Autism Care Consortium (TACC) is looking for people with autism who want to share their art for our 2021 Autism Festival. Click here to sign up: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=cZYxzedSaEqvqfz4-J8J6qzunjzAytVHv3Jo3QAJzopUQllURzk5RlBWMzEzQzZVMDhCSkxON0NXWi4u

I had the pleasure to work alongside Aminta as my first doula experience! What a courageous, kind, thoughtful woman! If you are able to help her out in any way to pay off her hospital bills, here is a link to a gofundme page ✨

Aider Aminta et sa fille, organized by Catherine Chamberland Aminta est une jeune étudiante de 23 ans originaire du Sénégal. Elle étudie présenteme… Catherine Chamberland needs your support for Aider Aminta et sa fille

There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

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AutismHouse InfoSession: Summer Camp & Services for Autistic Adults & Teens Presenting our new programming & summer camps. Come to our infosession to meet us and learn about our services for autistic teens & adults.

In November, 21-year-old Special Olympics athlete Chris Nikic caught the attention of the world when he became the first person with Down syndrome to become an IRONMAN – completing a triathlon consisting of a 3.8-kilometre swim, a 180-kilometre bike ride and a 42-kilometre marathon run.

In celebration of on March 21, SportsCenter is sharing a behind the scenes look at Chris’s incredible journey.

Tune in this Sunday and !
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En novembre, l’athlète d’Olympiques spéciaux âgé de 21 ans Chris Nikic a capté l’attention du monde entier lorsqu’il est devenu la première personne ayant le syndrome de Down à terminer un IRONMAN, un triathlon consistant à enchaîner 3,8 km de natation, 180 km de cyclisme et un marathon de 42,2 km.

Ce dimanche, à l’occasion de la , SportsCenter vous fait découvrir les coulisses de l’incroyable parcours de Chris.

Regardez l’émission ce dimanche pour !