A Balanced Mind

28/10/2025

🌈 Grief in Special Needs Children: Listening Beyond Words 🌈

When a child with diverse abilities experiences loss, the signs of grief often whisper rather than shout.
A change in behavior, disrupted routines, increased agitation, or silence that lingers too long, these may all be expressions of deep pain they cannot easily name.

As caregivers, educators, and helpers, it’s not just about seeing the grief, it’s about listening beyond words. 💛

Join me, Dr. Royette Williams-James, Ph.D., Trauma & Grief Educator, for a three-day online training designed to help you:
✨ Recognize grief manifestations across disabilities
✨ Use sensory and play-based methods to support healing
✨ Develop trauma-informed, individualized care plans
✨ Partner with families to promote emotional stability
✨ Integrate cultural sensitivity into grief work

📅 November 3rd – 5th
🕔 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
💻 Online | 💵 $300TTD / $150EC
($250TTD/125EC - Groups of 5 or more)
📜 E-Certificate & Handouts included

Let’s nurture hope where words may fail and healing begins through understanding.
👉 Interested? WhatsApp (868)703-7487

28/10/2025

27/10/2025

🌸 When the Nest Feels Empty… 🌸

As parents, we pour our hearts into raising our children, guiding, nurturing, and watching them soar. But when they finally leave home, the quiet can feel overwhelming. This stage, known as Empty Nest Grief, is a real emotional experience that deserves compassion and understanding. 💛

Join me as we explore what it means, why it happens, and most importantly how to heal, rediscover purpose, and embrace this new season with hope and grace. 🕊️

27/10/2025

🌿 FREE WEBINAR REMINDER 🌿

Join us tonight for When the Goodbye Has No Closure, a FREE 1-day webinar offering guidance, reflection, and hope for anyone navigating grief, loss, or uncertainty in these difficult times. 💚

🗓 Date: October 27th
🕕 Time: 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
🎓 Facilitator: Dr. R. Williams-James, Ph.D. — Trauma & Grief Educator

🪶 You don’t have to face your pain alone; healing begins with understanding.

ZOOM LINK
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88622699977?pwd=NSakb0T9K5H4fTr1FBrXilRn20yl4g.1
💻 Meeting ID: 886 2269 9977 | Passcode: 903209

26/10/2025

🌍 REMINDER: FREE WEBINAR TOMORROW 🌍
🕯️ When Goodbye Has No Closure – Understanding Grief in the Caribbean Context

Across Trinidad, the Caribbean, and the world, many are struggling to make sense of unimaginable losses, from sudden deaths and violence to the quiet grief of broken relationships, displacement, or change. 💔

Join us on Monday, October 27th, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., for a free online session offering reflection, guidance, and hope for those navigating pain and uncertainty.

🎙️ Facilitator: Dr. R. Williams-James, Ph.D.
Trauma & Grief Educator

Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88622699977?pwd=NSakb0T9K5H4fTr1FBrXilRn20yl4g.1
💻 Meeting ID: 886 2269 9977
🔑 Passcode: 903209

✨ You don’t have to face your pain alone — healing begins with understanding.

22/10/2025

🌱 Level Up Your Life — One Habit at a Time! 🌱

At A Balanced Mind (NGO), we believe that true transformation starts with small, consistent actions.

💪 These 20 habits are simple yet powerful ways to improve your health, mindset, and overall well-being from prioritizing sleep to building meaningful connections.

✨ Let’s commit to living more intentionally, practicing gratitude, and nurturing both mind and body.
You deserve a balanced, fulfilling life and it starts today! 💚

20/10/2025

🌧️ Grief & Mental Health: Healing Isn’t Linear 💚

Grief changes us. It’s not just about losing someone, it’s about losing the world we knew with them. Whether it’s death, a breakup, an illness, or a dream that didn’t come true, grief touches every part of our being: mind, body, and soul.

🧠 Mentally, we may feel foggy, disconnected, or overwhelmed.
💔 Emotionally, we swing between sadness, anger, guilt, and numbness.
🕊️ Spiritually, we often ask “Why?” — searching for meaning in the midst of pain.

And that’s okay. Healing doesn’t mean forgetting — it means learning to live, love, and breathe again in new ways.

💬 If you’re grieving:
✨ Be gentle with yourself.
✨ Talk about your feelings — silence is heavy, but sharing lightens the load.
✨ Don’t rush the process; time alone doesn’t heal, what you do with that time does.
✨ Reach out — to a counselor, a friend, or a faith leader. You don’t have to walk through grief alone.

🫶 Your grief deserves space. Your heart deserves care. Your healing deserves patience.