Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Apr 3, 20185 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Feb 28, 20185 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jan 10, 20184 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 24, 20174 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 22, 20176 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 8, 20175 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 2, 20175 min
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 1, 20175 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 25, 20176 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 18, 20174 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 11, 20176 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 7, 20175 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 4, 20175 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 2, 20175 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 30, 20178 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 22, 20176 min
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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 19, 20178 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 6, 20174 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 2, 20175 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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