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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Jan 16, 2019
- 3 min
What Educators and Therapists are Saying!
During my healing journey, my dissociated child selves, frozen in time by trauma, provided a window into the mind of a child who has suffere
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Jan 9, 2019
- 4 min
A Peek into Jeannie's BRAVE Childhood!
This book defines me as a writer. It is an interweaving narrative that almost defies description. One of my endorsers for Jeannie's BRAV
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Nov 13, 2018
- 2 min
Jeannie's BRAVE Childhood
Jeannie, the resourceful and resilient child self of author Janyne McConnaughey takes center stage in this companion book to BRAVE: A person
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Aug 9, 2018
- 5 min
Ten Things I Needed at School
For a child who has suffered trauma—especially abuse, sexual abuse in particular, the main goal of every single day is to feel safe. This ne
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Jun 1, 2018
- 5 min
Helping Jeannie Release Trauma
We 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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Nov 23, 2017
- 4 min
Thankful: Being Safe in my own Head and Body
Today, I am thankful for so much. My husband who took care of me (no small task), my therapist who believed in me when I couldn’t believe in
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Nov 12, 2017
- 5 min
Can 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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Nov 1, 2017
- 4 min
Thankfulness and Sensory Processing
As 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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Oct 17, 2017
- 5 min
Flying Earrings: The Lesson
When 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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Oct 10, 2017
- 5 min
The Story My Body Told
The second realization had to do with manicures. I knew, without understanding the language being spoken, that no one wanted to give me a ma
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Sep 21, 2017
- 4 min
Please Look at Me!
“Please, just keep looking at me and I will be OK.”
I was speaking to another woman who also got pulled over ‘for further inspection’ at a
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Aug 24, 2017
- 6 min
Our Tenacious Inner Child
Jeannie 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
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Aug 20, 2017
- 5 min
Jesus Said to Love YourSELF
As much as we want to deny that an inner child still lives inside of us and is the core of who we are, it is the absolute truth. When I snea
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Aug 1, 2017
- 5 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 27, 2017
- 4 min
Effects of Trauma: I Was an Underachiever
I was an underachiever. Has God enabled me to live my life and use my suffering to help others? Absolutely! But there is so much I would hav
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Jul 23, 2017
- 6 min
Living the Fruits by Control
Joy was always tricky because deep down, I knew there was something wrong. It wasn’t a spiritual problem; it was something much deeper. How
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Jul 20, 2017
- 3 min
The Classroom through the Lens of Trauma
The doctor my parents took me to was wise beyond his era. He said, “She seems to be a bit anxious about school. Maybe it would help to keep
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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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