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In this video/podcast I turn my health and wellness focus on the caregiver, and is a follow up to parts 1 and 2. This isn't another piece about why self-care is important or what to do. It is about how you can decide what is right for you and how to implement it. Have a question or comment? Please be in touch below! To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

My interview with Dr. Judy Norman (OB/GYN) about her work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where she teaches Gynecology and Women's Health. Dr. Norman is doing some remarkable out-of-the-box interventions to improve the health and wellness of women in places like garment factories and those selling sex in the red-light district. She is breaking down cultural barriers and leading her staff and community towards real change for women in Cambodia. We also discussed some practical medical interventions for those working directly with women in prostitution. A couple of main take-aways are that we should remain life-long learners and to train up others and multiply yourself where you are qualified. She also emphasized networking and collaboration with NGOs so that strengths are synergized for maximum benefit and impact. I'm sure you will be energized and inspired by this dynamo physician! You can see our interview here. To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

In this podcast I address the issues surrounding three counter-trafficking organizations which have takenwrong and deplorable turns.I also take this opportunitydiscuss due diligence and how institutions and individuals can evaluate an organization they are considering supporting. To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live webinar please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/ Articles about Operation Underground Railroad https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7a3qw/a-famed-anti-sex-trafficking-group-has-a-problem-with-the-truth https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxev5/inside-a-massive-anti-trafficking-charitys-blundering-overseas-missions https://gritdaily.com/operation-underground-railroad-tim-ballard/ Articles about The Exodus Road https://theexodusroadopenletter.medium.com/this-open-letter-regarding-the-exodus-road-ter-and-the-actions-of-ter-ceo-matt-parker-and-5fbb3e963455 https://www.vocativ.com/316333/ex-pro-athlete-joins-misguided-sex-worker-rescue-effort/index.html Articles about COSA https://www.shineglobal.org/project/the-wrong-light/

Here is my audio report about my FKT on the Berliner Mauerweg (Berlin Wall Trail) https://fastestknowntime.com/route/berliner-mauerweg-germany

In this video/podcast I turn my health and wellness focus on the caregiver. This isn't another piece about why self-care is important or what to do. It is about how you can decide what is right for you and how to implement it. The written blog version to part 1 is here: https://gorelentless.org/essential-principles-of-self-care/ Have a question or comment? Please be in touch below! To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

We are thinking outside the box of anti-trafficking work with Erika Tello and her unique journey to establishing a nationwide anti-trafficking network in Italy. She saw a particular gap in the fight against human trafficking and rose to the challenge of bridging it. We discuss not only the importance of networks, their challenges, and how to get started. If you have further questions or would like to get in touch with Erika, please reach me through my website link or leave a comment below. Radiant Treasures Alliance website: https://tesoriraggianti.wixsite.com/atr-english Introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NggI8lfFLFY&t=3s&ab_channel=AlleanzaTesoriRaggianti To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

In this video I interview Taina, who works with an NGO to do street outreach and aftercare assistance to transgender women in prostitution in a European city. They offer relief and assistance to anyone who wants it, and if someone wishes to exit the sex trade they help facilitate that process. I'm sure you will learn a lot and be inspired to get involved through this brief interview. A good discussion took place after the recording stopped. If you have further questions or would like to get in touch with Taina, please reach me through my website link or leave a comment below. To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

In this video/podcast I turn my health and wellness focus on the caregiver. This isn't another piece about why self-care is important or what to do. It is about how you can decide what is right for you and how to implement it. The written blog version is here: https://gorelentless.org/essential-principles-of-self-care/ Have a question or comment? Please be in touch below! To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

It is Human Trafficking Awareness Month in the USA and so I address this with the super inflation of human trafficking and the Super Bowl. Rachel Lloyd's article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/village-voice-escort-ads_b_1250617?guccounter=1 Tampa Bay Times article: https://www.tampabay.com/news/hillsborough/2021/01/11/71-arrested-in-hillsborough-prostitution-sting-ahead-of-super-bowl-55/ Slave Free Chocolate: https://www.slavefreechocolate.org/ Ethical Fashion Guide: https://baptistworldaid.org.au/resources/ethical-fashion-guide/ My posts about the Superbowl: https://gorelentless.org/the-hyper-super-bowl-of-trafficking/ https://gorelentless.org/dont-try-it-here-says-governor-daniels/ Have a question or comment? Please be in touch below! To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

In this interview with Shannon, the Executive Director and co-Founder of Netzwerk gegen Menschenhandel (Network against Human Trafficking) and the project Liebe ohne Zwang, we discuss her organization's innovative efforts to prevent sex trafficking of young people through leading workshops in schools. We also discuss the Loverboy method and the insidious coercive ways they manipulate young women. I'm sure you will learn a lot! Netzwerk gegen Menschenhandel https://netzwerkgm.de/ Liebe ohne Zwang https://liebe-ohne-zwang.de/ Interested in reaching Shannon or me with a question? Please post a comment below. The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/loverboys-and-sex-trafficking-prevention/ To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

Here I interview Rhonda who heads up an organization that helps women exit prostitution in Germany. We cover a variety of topics and I'm sure that everyone will learn something about prostitution in Germany, the COVID situation here,and how one excellent organization does their best to help women exit sexual exploitation. Interested in reaching Rhonda or me with a question? Please post a comment below. The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/prostitution-and-covid-in-germany/ To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

I tackle conspiracy theories and human trafficking because the size and scope and potential for harm is too great to let the recent QAnon shenanigans go by without addressing them. In this talk I discuss what is QAnon and what does it have to do with human trafficking? Why do such conspiracies take such hold in society? What harm has the #savethechildren conspiracy done to the human trafficking movement? What can we do to recognize such fallacies and prevent them in the future? The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/conspiracy-theories-sensationalism-and-human-trafficking/ To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

Guest Cristhina discusses her organization's development of an online outreach program to sexually exploited women. She offers some practical wisdom for how to get started and how to stay healthy in this challenging milieu. The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/online-outreach-in-the-era-of-covid/ To receive a copy of the Online Outreach 101 and Tech Tipps handouts please contact me here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/ To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

Guest Cristhina discusses her organization's development of an online outreach program to sexually exploited women. She offers some practical wisdom for how to get started and how to stay healthy in this challenging milieu. The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/online-outreach-in-the-era-of-covid/ To receive a copy of the Online Outreach 101 and Tech Tipps handouts please contact me here: https://gorelentless.org/contact/ To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

Informed consent is one of the most important components of trauma informed interviewing and is foundational in establishing safety in a practitioner/patient relationship. I also cover some language and cultural considerations in the interview process. The blog version of this talk is on my website: https://gorelentless.org/informed-consent/ To get updates on these webinars and learn how to participate in a live session please click here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/

This webinar is about strength-based interviewing, as a follow up to the previous segment about resilience and recovery.Here I briefly discuss what it looks like to employ a trauma-informed lens to our interviews and assessments.How do we address the negative and difficult parts of the traumatic events and also provide hope for the future based onthe strengths and resiliencythat our beneficiaries/patients already possess? It is originally recorded on 5 October. The blog version of this talk is here: https://gorelentless.org/strengths-based-interviewing/ For more on this webinar series: https://gorelentless.org/webinar-series-with-live-qa/ To get informed about future webinars and other events please sign up for the newsletter: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ References: Lewis-O’Connor A, Warren A, Lee JV, Levy-Carrick N, Grossman S, Chadwick M, Stoklosa H, Eve Rittenberg E. The state of the science on trauma inquiry Women’s Health Vol. 15: 1–17 https://doi.org/10.1177/174550651986123. Kimberg L. Trauma and trauma-informed care. In: King TE and Wheller MB (eds) The medical management of vulnerable and underserved patients: principles, practice and populations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2016.) Hopper EK. Trauma-Informed Psychological Assessment of Human Trafficking Survivors. Women and Therapy 3 Oct, 2016, accepted manuscript available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02703149.2016.1205905 Leitch L. Action steps using ACEs and trauma informed care: a resilience model. Health and Justice. (2017) 5:5 DOI 10.1186/s40352-017-0050-5.

This video discusses the public health approach to preventing human trafficking. The blog version of this video can be found on my website here: https://gorelentless.org/a-public-health-approach-to-preventing-human-trafficking/ This is the re-recorded version of the talk I gave on 3 August. References: 1. Jonathan Todres. MOVING UPSTREAM: THE MERITS OF A PUBLIC HEALTH LAW APPROACH TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 89 N.C. L. REV. 447 (2011) http://ssrn.com/abstract=1742953 2. Greenbaum VJ, Titchen K, Walker-Descartes I, Feifer A, Rood CJ, Fong H,. Multi-level prevention of human trafficking: The role of health care professionals. Preventive Medicine 114 (2018) 164–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.07.006 3. Wood LCN. Child modern slavery, trafficking and health: a practical review of factors contributing to children’s vulnerability and the potential impacts of severe exploitation on health. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2020;4:e000327. doi:10.1136/ bmjpo-2018-000327.

In this segment I present a very broad overview of the various ways in which health and health care professionals intersect with the fight against human trafficking. Throughout this series I will be delving deeper into all of these topics and more. Relevant Blog Post: https://gorelentless.org/the-role-of-health-professionals-in-countering-human-trafficking/ Please stay informed about new blog post and video releases here: https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/

In this installment I discuss resilience and recovery for survivors of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), human trafficking, and other trauma. We explore how the plasticity of our brains helps us face stressful situations and recover from trauma. A live Q&A follows every webcast so please join us for the next session to ask your questions! Please visit www.gorelentless.org or https://gorelentless.org/resilience-and-recovery/ for the accompanying blog article. References: Iacoviello BM, Charney DS. (2014) Psychosocial facets of resilience: implications for preventing posttrauma psychopathology, treating trauma survivors, and enhancing community resilience, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 5:1, 23970, DOI:10.3402/ejpt.v5.23970. Kerig PK, Wainry C. (2013) Introduction to the Special Issue, Part I: New Research on Trauma, Psychopathology, and Resilience among Child Soldiers around the World, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 22:7, 685-697, DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2013.817816 Kerig PK, Wainry C. (2013) Introduction to the Special Issue, Part II: Interventions to Promote Reintegration of Traumatized Youth Conscripted as Child Soldiers, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 22:8, 797-802. Levine, P. Trauma through a Child’s Eyes. New York: North Atlantic Books, 2010. McEwen BS, Gray JD, Nasca C. Recognizing resilience: Learning from the effects of stress on the brain. Neurobiology of Stress. 1 (2015) 1e11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2014.09.001 Reul J M.H.M., Collins A, Saliba RS, Mifsud KR, Carter SD, Gutierrez-Mecinas M, Qian X, Linthorst ACE. Glucocorticoids, epigenetic control and stress resilience. Neurobiology of Stress 1 (2015) 44e59. Schultz T, Schwer Canning S, Eveleigh, E. (2018): Posttraumatic Stress, Posttraumatic Growth, and Religious Coping in Individuals Exiting Sex Trafficking, Journal of Human Trafficking, DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2018.1522924.

In the third webinar in this series covering the intersection points of health and human trafficking I cover some of the neuro-bio-psychological science that links childhood adversity and risk of vulnerabilities to being either a victim or a perpetrator of exploitation and trafficking (among other things). I break down some of the cutting edge research on ACEs effects on our brains and bodies and translate it into language than a non-scientific person can understand what is going in our heads and why it matters. The live webinar covers just my speaking portion of the webinar. If you would like to participate in the live Q&A please join me for a live session every other Monday afternoon. I also publish a blog version of these talks. Please stay informed of upcoming events and blogs through following these links: www.gorelentless.org https://gorelentless.org/newsletter-signup/ www.facebook.com/getrelentless References and recommended resources: www.acestoohigh.com Be Worried About Boys: https://acestoohigh.com/2017/02/14/be-worried-about-boys-especially-baby-boys/#more-6534 Michael D. De Bellis, MD, MPH and Abigail Zisk A.B. The Biological Effects of Childhood Trauma Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2014 April; 23(2):185–222. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2014.01.002. Felitti VJ. Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study. Am J Preventive Medicine Volume 14, Issue 4, pp 245-258, May 1998. http://www.acestudy.org Harris, N.B. The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-term Effects of Childhood Adversity. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. Levine, P. Trauma through a Child’s Eyes. New York: North Atlantic Books, 2010. Racine N, Plamondon A, Madigan S, et al. Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Infant Development. Pediatrics. 2018;141(2):e20172495 Wood LCN. Child modern slavery, trafficking and health: a practical review of factors contributing to children’s vulnerability and the potential impacts of severe exploitation on health. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2020;4:e000327. doi:10.1136/ bmjpo-2018-000327.