I'm so excited to learn about the You Have Options Progam (YHOP) and how the needs of sexual assault victims/survivors are being respected, heard and … [Read more...]
Dear Summer: I’m Sorry and I See You
August 17, 2016 · by · Leave a Comment
Dear Summer: Too many pecks on the cheek and not enough eye-contact, savoring and skin. We've brushed up against each other for sure. It's not been … [Read more...]
The “F” Words – Fear & Forgiveness
August 5, 2016 · by · Leave a Comment
“If your parent is the bear in the living room, it is biologically impossible to run to that parent when they are either over or under reacting. If … [Read more...]
PTSD, Children & Images
August 3, 2016 · by · Leave a Comment
Former foster children are almost twice as likely to suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as U.S. war veterans, according to a study … [Read more...]
Forgetting Isn’t Healing: Lessons from Elie Wiesel (www.npr.org) & Telling & Hearing the Truth
July 17, 2016 · by · Leave a Comment
In my college youth, I was quick to want to "get beyond" race. I apologized for what I thought was an unmanly outburst in class. I admonished myself … [Read more...]
Childhood Adversity Makes Us Unhealthy Adults & What We Can Do – Part 2
July 8, 2016 · by · 2 Comments
To read part one of this story, go here: It was in October 2014, and it was a one-hour conversation I had with Lisa Vasile, a nurse practitioner of … [Read more...]
How Childhood Adversity Makes Us Unhealthy Adults: Part 1
July 8, 2016 · by · 1 Comment
Heidi Aylward spent much of 2015 going to doctor’s appointments for back and joint pain, dizziness, swelling of the legs and feet, high blood … [Read more...]
Rick Hanson: Practical Neuro-Plasticity without a PhD
July 8, 2016 · by · Leave a Comment
Oh how I love Rick Hanson. I love how he helps my healing and my parenting. He's taught me so much about the ABC's of being human, being … [Read more...]
Loneliness Licked by Love
June 25, 2016 · by · Leave a Comment
Don’t surrender you loneliness so quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you as few human or even divine ingredient can. … [Read more...]
Death Address
June 17, 2016 · by · 4 Comments
For the first time in my life I know where my father is. I love having a dead dad. Death is an address he can’t change. In death, my father is … [Read more...]