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My Readers are BRAVE!
(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

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 11, 20194 min read
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BRAVE: To Read or Not to Read
I used all my skill as an instructional designer when writing BRAVE. I have read books that throw graphic abuse details at you on the first

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Apr 3, 20185 min read
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The Blanket of Brokenness
My blanket of brokenness had lots of layers. It had the parts I rejected and the parts I created to please the world. It also had a thousand

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Feb 28, 20185 min read
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BRAVE: A Personal Story of Healing Childhood Trauma
I am well aware that my book and the truth I tell will be a powerful statement about the effects of childhood trauma. The vulnerability requ

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jan 10, 20184 min read
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The Day Everything Changed
The day I walked into therapy, I got on a train to a new destination. Scott saw me departing and jumped on board. We have traveled over moun

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 24, 20174 min read
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Therapy: Do I Hear Crickets?
When I include the word therapy in my blog titles, I hear crickets. Maybe I should just randomly include ‘God’ in the titles. Maybe that wou

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 22, 20176 min read
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Therapy: The Unknowing Knowing of Trauma
For many abuse victims, there is a sense of knowing without knowing. Sometimes a memory floats around the edges of consciousness, but our de

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 8, 20175 min read
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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

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 2, 20175 min read
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Therapy: Finding a Sense of Self
Finding a sense of Self out of a conglomeration of children, teens, young adults, and adults who would step in to lead (without warning when

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 1, 20175 min read
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Therapy Tape: Get Sticky
While my journey through therapy was undoubtedly one of the loneliest times of my life, I am grateful for my husband who became my ‘Therapy

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 25, 20176 min read
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Healing Trauma is Painful and Worth It
The day I walked into therapy, I looked and felt great--but I knew I needed help. A month later I was filling every trashcan in the office a

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 18, 20174 min read
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A Chat About My Blog
I really could have just pulled through to the other side and never told anyone—except for the fact that I was so tired of hiding. Living ou

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 11, 20176 min read
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Is it Anxiety or Shame?
I never knew I was dealing with shame. I knew I had excessive anxiety about the simplest of things like ordering food in a fast food restaur

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 7, 20175 min read
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The Battle Was Worth It
The battle was worth it. The peace and freedom that I longed for is mine. It doesn’t look anything like I ever expected or hoped for, but it

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 4, 20175 min read
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Resting on the Promises that God Gives to Others
It is way too easy for leadership in Christian settings to feel right (or righteous) about the decisions they make and simply believe that t

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 2, 20175 min read
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Understand Trauma? I Didn't.
I said, “I need to finish this conversation another time.” To my horror, he said, “No, we are going to finish this right now.”I was probably

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 30, 20178 min read
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Neediness: An Unintended Consequence of Shame
I stood in the doorway. I was very small, maybe two. I was sucking on my two middle fingers and watching my mother in the kitchen. I was for

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 22, 20176 min read
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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

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 19, 20178 min read
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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...

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 6, 20174 min read
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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.

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 2, 20175 min read
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