Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Our Nation's Legacy: Solutions or Millstones
When children are traumatized there are always results.This is a well documented and researched truth. The brain scans of those who have bee
top of page
Search
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jan 16, 20193 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
68 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jan 9, 20194 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
93 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 13, 20182 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
37 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 9, 20185 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
109 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 1, 20185 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
72 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Feb 21, 20185 min
An Airport Reflection about Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools
I realize more and more how trauma informed my teaching methods and choices. No one expected anyone else to be perfect. Stories were receive
45 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 23, 20174 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
53 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 12, 20175 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
69 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 1, 20174 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
59 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 17, 20175 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
76 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 10, 20175 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
109 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Sep 21, 20174 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
107 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 24, 20176 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
67 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 20, 20175 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
112 views0 comments
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
89 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 27, 20174 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
949 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 23, 20176 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
96 views0 comments
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 20, 20173 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
85 views0 comments
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.
131 views0 comments
bottom of page