When children are traumatized there are always results.This is a well documented and researched truth. The brain scans of those who have bee

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

This book defines me as a writer. It is an interweaving narrative that almost defies description. One of my endorsers for Jeannie's BRAV

Jeannie, the resourceful and resilient child self of author Janyne McConnaughey takes center stage in this companion book to BRAVE: A person

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

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

I realize more and more how trauma informed my teaching methods and choices. No one expected anyone else to be perfect. Stories were receive

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was natural to think of PTSD being a primarily military problem—until I met my own trauma and PTSD symptoms face to face.