Burn Support Magazine: Winter 2020
Inside this issue of Burn Support Magazine...
Letter from Amy Acton, CEO
"Dear Friends,
Over the past year, we’ve been bombarded with uncertainty and fear of an unknown future. Many of us have been separated from our routines, our jobs, and our communities. We’ve heard a call for equality and justice, and weathered an election unlike any we’ve seen before. As a nation, as a world, we have been increasingly challenged and divided...."
Burn Community News
Get the latest updates from Phoenix Society and the burn community:
Meet Jeff Gallinat, the New Phoenix Board President
Learn how to Share Your Story and make a difference
Remembering Alan Breslau, Phoenix Society founder
Bill Alexander
Finding Transformational Healing - 59 Years Later
In 1960, nine-year-old Bill Alexander was burned on over 50% of his body. He endured more than 50 surgeries over the next ten years.
“For me, the mental recovery was worse than the physical pain,” Bill says. “Back then, no PT/OT or mental help was available—or even thought of.”
Horses Saved Me
by Michelle Lauren Anderson
"There are no endless questions about my scarred, patched-together body or my dark past. There is no judgment, no need to explain why I am the way I am. Rather, horses accept and show me love just for being me."
Increasing Your Capacity for Connection
An Interview with Dr. Lise Deguire
In this special podcast, we interviewed burn survivor and clinical psychologist Dr. Lise DeGuire. Lise shares the healing value of connection and offers tips for overcoming the barriers burn survivors face when building relationships.
