As the protests began, I understood the purpose; when they turned violent, I also understood some of the conditions that fed that violence.

It is impossible to know what a day will bring; it is also impossible to know when something a day brings might end out to be very important

Have you ever stood and watched the sun rise over the mountains? First there is a glow. Then a glimmer. Then an explosion.

Some days are not what we expect. This was true of my day at Brumby Elementary School in Marietta, Georgia. I was invited by former stude...

The mother and daughter were two of five who missed the plane. There had been plenty of announcements, but they didn't get there in time.

This presentation was certainly going to take me deeper than I would ever choose for my feet to wander.

Allowing myself to feel my feelings while being triggered is part of healing and to be able to do this is what “healed” feels like.

Yesterday I sat on a community panel on the topic of teen mental health.That was surprising, but not as surprising as sitting between two te

I have served in churches and church-related ministries in two denominations that believed very differently about the roles of women in mini

I was prepared to share my insights with the students; but what I received from them exceeded my expectations. I received a profound hope fo

Thinking a child who doesn’t enter into play is simply being shy or obstinate prevents us from helping the child utilize this important path

Increasingly, the researchers are telling us the key to learning is physical activity (though this is not a new understanding). While we nee

“Tell the teachers to start watching for posts,” Jeannie said. “They will understand and buy my book and it will help them understand childr

Except for the people I have known for many years, my life looks nothing like it did five years ago. I do not live in the same place, do the

When children are traumatized there are always results.This is a well documented and researched truth. The brain scans of those who have bee

(I have been blessed by so many who have written to me and shared their healing paths which included both reading BRAVE: A Personal Story of

We eventually began to talk about the end of the flight, how far we had to go before we slept, who was waiting there, and so forth. She ment

Our culture’s avoidance of feelings and emotions has resulted in an inability to understand ourselves and why we do the things we do. Both s

Let us look deeply inside the children in our lives. The “me” I described in the above paragraph was overlooked and lost in all my survival

During my healing journey, my dissociated child selves, frozen in time by trauma, provided a window into the mind of a child who has suffere