Greg Rendon

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

THIS IS GOING VIRAL SO I WANTED TO SHARE IT HERE TOO:

A bit from my past:

My first job after getting my PhD was working as a therapist for people from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Almost all of them were diagnosed with depression, GAD, bipolar, or BPD. Most were highly medicated— some to a point that still sticks with me years later.

As I got to know their background and lives 3 things were very clear:

1. A vast majority had been emotionally neglected, emotionally abused, or physically abused as children.

2. A vast majority had experienced domestic violence or were currently living in it.

3. Basic needs were never met. Life was an hour by hour struggle. Treatment was an attempt to allow them to get to work in most cases. To just continue to surviving.

It was the start of me questioning the field I had been trained in. One that diagnoses people with disorders without taking a look at the whole picture. It began my path of holistic understanding.

A person cannot be well when one unexpected bill will have them fall behind on rent. When they lay their head on a pillow and all they can think about is expenses piling up. When a bill at the grocery store is almost double what they paid last year when their income has stayed the same.

An entire family unit deeply struggles within survival mode. When a job is lost. When daycare needs to be paid, but so does the light bill— what do you choose? When parents can’t even think about the emotional needs of their children because they have to figure out where their next meal is going to come from.

In 1942, 10 years before the diagnostic manual of mental illness was released Maslow knew what was once just common sense: we have a hierarchy of needs.

At the bottom are basic needs food and shelter. Then safety (resources, security). Then belonging (connection, friendship, intimacy.) Without three things we *will* be sick, period.

I get pushback for questioning the status quo. And I’ll continue to do it. The status quo is keeping people sick. It denies their experience. And it says we should bandage people’s symptoms so they can return to the environment that made them sick.

May we wake up, heal ourselves, and build conscious communities to help each other.

Retweet if you feel this is true in your body 🙏

[Deion Sanders Jr @DeionSandersJr]

Get out of your hometown & go chase your dreams. Sometimes your home city is detrimental to your success.

You don’t gotta be in your city to go put on for your city

[Francisco Gómez de Tejada | arquitecto @gomezdetejada]

Navidad en la Farnsworth.

[Team DREAMVILLE @TeamDreamville]

FUN FACT: J. Cole has the greatest verse of 2022 ⚡️

[Greg Rendon @_rendonator]

I am happy with the work I've completed in graduate school and looking forward to scaling this success to the professional level. #FIU #FIUSOA #SUBURBIA #MASTERSTHESIS #ARCHITECTURE

[Greg Rendon @_rendonator]

This past Friday I was awarded for my thesis project, "The Wall: Redefining limits in suburban corridors." A proposal that brings awareness to the common suburban infrastructure and investigates ways to address the lack of sensitivity to pedestrians, ecology and local climate.

[Greg Rendon @_rendonator]

This was an incredibly challenging project, but one that sparked lots of engaging conversation. I am so proud of this and grateful to have been able to present this to such a large crowd!

[Ben Fowler @BenMFFowler]

@AustinMcCoy3

[Jordan Santiago | Real Estate @TheJSantiago]

YOU PRAYED FOR THE RESPONSIBILITES THAT ARE STRESSING YOU OUT RIGHT NOW

BOSS UP

[The Nation @thenation]

A new South Carolina law forces people on death row to choose between firing squad and electric chair if lethal injection drugs aren’t available. https://t.co/0o3b55FJf8

[More Than A Vote @morethanavote]

That moment when he realizes he put a Jim Crow-era slogan in the bill he’s claiming isn’t voter suppression😬

[Lea 🌱 @skull_gardens]

Assistant District Attorney Jerry Blackwell not only understood the assignment, he came beyond prepared. We love to see it.

#ChauvinTrial #ChauvinIsGuilty #DerekChauvin #DerekChauvinTrial #JerryBlackwell #NoJusticeNoPeace #justiceforgeorgefloyd #BLM

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

This white man was resisting arrest, BEATING A COP with his own baton, and driving away in their police car, and there is not one taser or gun in sight… yet #DaunteWright was killed for a minor traffic violation. #TwoAmericas

[GoodtimesJackson ™ @officialhotrod]

American policemen when they find out there is a Black Sea

[Sweets @ChiquitaSWEETS]

This is a developer who deserves to get their ass beat. Jumped by all of Harlem, in front of Popeyes on 125th type ass beat.

[Fire Force Fooly @Fooly_Cooly__]

I wonder what Ja Rule is thinking right now??