For clients, caregivers, clinicians, and communities alike, it may be one of the practices that allows care to remain sustainable, relational, and alive. You do not have to reach complete exhaustion before your need for rest becomes legitimate. Rest is not a reward for finishing everything. It is part of being human.

Despite an onslaught of mandates aimed at destroying the political will of the people and creating opportunity to revolt and uproot the communist regime, Cubans wait in perpetuity. Wait for change that may yet come, wait for relief that is barred from its shores, wait for a dignified response to the slow violence that all but erases hope for the future. And still, Cuba has demonstrated that continued survival may be the most powerful iteration of defense and liberation on dis

When life feels overwhelming, and emotions seem tangled in ways words cannot fully express, I have found somatic therapy to be a gentle and effective path toward healing. This approach connects the mind and body, helping us release stored tension and trauma through awareness of physical sensations. In Illinois, many people are discovering how somatic therapy can support their mental and emotional well-being in a compassionate, trauma-informed way. Somatic therapy offers a uni