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Mental Health: The Not-So-Golden Silence
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jun 19, 2017
  • 8 min

Mental Health: The Not-So-Golden Silence

I saw her stand up to give her testimony. Everything in me was screaming. "No! Don't do it!" But she did. In exquisite detail
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Jeannie Learns to be Brave
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jun 14, 2017
  • 3 min

Jeannie Learns to be Brave

From somewhere deep inside of me, I can still feel myself gather up strength in order to be brave for my father. We never talked about that
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Courage Profiles: We Went to Therapy
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jun 6, 2017
  • 4 min

Courage Profiles: We Went to Therapy

(Courageous like a Lion! I am meeting many who have courageously gone to therapy and are now sharing their stories to help others. I will...
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Trauma and PTSD: My Story of Hope
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jun 2, 2017
  • 5 min

Trauma and PTSD: My Story of Hope

It was natural to think of PTSD being a primarily military problem—until I met my own trauma and PTSD symptoms face to face.
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When Dads are Mothers
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • May 13, 2017
  • 3 min

When Dads are Mothers

This is my day before Mother’s Day epiphany: My dad was my mother. I blogged earlier about the difficulty of buying cards on Mother’s...
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The Ladybug Takes Flight
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • May 7, 2017
  • 5 min

The Ladybug Takes Flight

Two years ago, I marched in my graduation regalia and knew it would be my last time to sit with the faculty at Convocation. The sun was...
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Picking Roses and Cards
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • May 3, 2017
  • 5 min

Picking Roses and Cards

When I was a little girl, every Mother’s Day, my mother would go outside and pick a rose for each of us. She would choose red for me and...
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I Went to Therapy
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Apr 28, 2017
  • 5 min

I Went to Therapy

Staring at the large white Victorian house in front of me, the safety and comfort of my car seemed to wrap around my terrified body and...
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Dance With Me!*
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Apr 25, 2017
  • 4 min

Dance With Me!*

I always believed I had no rhythm. It wasn’t true, but I believed it. Once, when speaking, I said rhythm had been bred out of me as a...
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Writing My Own Ending to My Story
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Apr 23, 2017
  • 4 min

Writing My Own Ending to My Story

Last week I had the opportunity to sit with a new group of potential friends and tell my story. That was a frightening thing to do...
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An Easter Perspective: Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Apr 16, 2017
  • 5 min

An Easter Perspective: Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness

Why did Jesus die? Well, first of all he died because religious types hated him for speaking truth that upset their carefully constructed...
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A Line of Sorts in the Sands of Time
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Mar 3, 2017
  • 2 min

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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