Janyne McConnaughey, PhDJan 13, 20204 minWhat 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.
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDMay 23, 20194 minPlanes, Blocks, Moms, & ToddlersWe 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDJul 13, 20183 minWHAT 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDJun 1, 20185 minHelping Jeannie Release TraumaWe 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDJan 16, 20183 minLiving Life with Faulty ConnectionsListen 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDNov 12, 20175 minCan 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDNov 1, 20174 minThankfulness and Sensory ProcessingAs 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDOct 17, 20175 minFlying Earrings: The LessonWhen 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDAug 2, 20175 minFeelings: It's Just a WaveThen, 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDAug 2, 20174 minMy First Tattoo: The Pear of KindnessI was watching a small girl at the next table when she suddenly lost it. Hysterical. Pulling at her blouse. Inconsolable. It was something a
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDMar 3, 20172 minA Line of Sorts in the Sands of TimeThis 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...