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, PhDApr 2, 20195 min5 Things I Did to Not be MeLet 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDNov 27, 20185 minWish Lists: The Importance of AskingThere are lots of us who can’t ask for what we need or want. We have stories that caused this and it affects us in relationships and other h
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, PhDFeb 14, 20185 minA Garden Full of ValentinesI don’t want to dwell there either, but I find the populace in general to be very much lacking in an understanding of the effects of not hav
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, PhDAug 24, 20176 minOur Tenacious Inner ChildJeannie was and is tenacious, but I don’t think there is really anything inside me that is not available to every human being. We are born t
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDAug 10, 20175 minGenerational Patterns and the Ice Cream TruckMy daughter and I were sitting beside the pool playing a card game. My granddaughter was swimming with a newfound friend about her age. Off
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, PhDJun 14, 20173 minJeannie Learns to be BraveFrom 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
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDJun 6, 20174 minCourage 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...
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDMay 26, 20175 minRock-a-Bye Baby: What God Wants for Every ChildWhen I was a little girl, I had a book with Nursery Rhymes. I still have it. I kept it through all my moves. The picture I attached to this
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDMay 18, 20173 minDid I Damage You?To have our children point out our inadequacies and accept it with grace is probably the hardest, bravest, and most helpful thing we could e
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDMay 13, 20173 minWhen Dads are MothersThis 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...
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDMay 3, 20175 minPicking Roses and CardsWhen 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...
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDApr 15, 20172 minWhy April Licked Her BabyWhile watching April, the giraffe, give birth this morning, I thought it was a perfect illustration of new birth and bonding. It was a...