Apr 6, 2022 | Child Abuse, Healing Trauma
A friend passed me the link to this article last week. The story is about Mackenzie Fierceton, a St. Louis teenager. Her mother was a highly-regarded, well-known pediatrician in one of the major healthcare organizations in the city. She was also an abuser....
Mar 16, 2022 | Handling Emotions, Healing Trauma
I’ve been uneasy–angry really–for days. I knew I should be writing my next post, but I kept getting bogged down in my emotions. At first I wasn’t sure why. I mean, the world is a mess, but it has been a mess now for years. There was the blight on American history that...
Feb 28, 2022 | Anxiety, Ending Sexual Abuse, Parenting
Over the last year, my 12-year-old daughter befriended a high-school aged friend–we’ll call them Gamer Friend–while playing Minecraft online. After speaking with Gamer Friend multiple times via Facetime alongside my daughter, I had become fairly comfortable with their...
Feb 14, 2022 | Healing Trauma, Mental Health
What’s the opposite of a traumatic event? A non-traumatic event? (Nope, let’s go deeper.) How about this? A radically positive experience. I’m in love with this three-word phrase, and I’ll tell you why. But first, the source. I heard it from Michael Pollan,...
Feb 6, 2022 | Depression, Suicide Prevention
This past week sucked. Sunday we heard about Cheslie Kryst, a young American–famous for winning Miss USA in 2019 and an “Extra” correspondent–taking her own life. About a week before that, it was Ian Alexander Jr., son of actor and director Regina King. Then,...
