Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
What Does Healing Feel Like?
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.
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
May 23, 20194 min read
Planes, Blocks, Moms, & Toddlers
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 13, 20183 min read
WHAT IF It's Not Your Fault?
Then one glorious day, I sat back on the therapy couch and said, “This was never my fault.” In all of my “what if” moments, the idea of my i
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 1, 20185 min read
Helping Jeannie Release Trauma
We often stop ourselves and the children in our lives from doing everything necessary for the body to heal from trauma. We stop our tears, w
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jan 16, 20183 min read
Living Life with Faulty Connections
Listen to the children. Talk to the children. Follow the clues they leave to their faulty connections. Help them be free to live the lives t
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 12, 20175 min read
Can We STOP the Anxiety?
What if the trauma outweighs the goodness of God? It is easy to think that is a spiritual problem, but does a child (or adult) who prays for
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 1, 20174 min read
Thankfulness and Sensory Processing
As I began to heal, I saw the world around me for what I felt like was the first time. I was like a small child discovering the world. There
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 17, 20175 min read
Flying Earrings: The Lesson
When my earrings fell out and bounced across the floor, I was suddenly about six years old in an adult presenter’s body. I could do nothing
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 2, 20175 min read
Feelings: It's Just a Wave
Then, I felt it pass over me like a wave. It felt like I was just outside the place where the waves broke and crashed onto the sand. The emo
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 2, 20174 min read
My First Tattoo: The Pear of Kindness
I was watching a small girl at the next table when she suddenly lost it. Hysterical. Pulling at her blouse. Inconsolable. It was something a
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Mar 3, 20172 min read
A Line of Sorts in the Sands of Time
This is a line of sorts in the sands of time because this blog post divides my past from my future. I suppose it can't really be that...
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