Yesterday I sat on a community panel on the topic of teen mental health.That was surprising, but not as surprising as sitting between two te

I have served in churches and church-related ministries in two denominations that believed very differently about the roles of women in mini

I was prepared to share my insights with the students; but what I received from them exceeded my expectations. I received a profound hope fo

Thinking a child who doesn’t enter into play is simply being shy or obstinate prevents us from helping the child utilize this important path

Increasingly, the researchers are telling us the key to learning is physical activity (though this is not a new understanding). While we nee

“Tell the teachers to start watching for posts,” Jeannie said. “They will understand and buy my book and it will help them understand childr

Except for the people I have known for many years, my life looks nothing like it did five years ago. I do not live in the same place, do the

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

(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

We eventually began to talk about the end of the flight, how far we had to go before we slept, who was waiting there, and so forth. She ment

Our culture’s avoidance of feelings and emotions has resulted in an inability to understand ourselves and why we do the things we do. Both s

Let us look deeply inside the children in our lives. The “me” I described in the above paragraph was overlooked and lost in all my survival

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

Sometimes I like to surprise my readers by a side of me most haven't seen. Poetry would fall into that category. I wrote quite a few poe

There are lots of us who can’t ask for what we need or want. We have stories that caused this and it affects us in relationships and other h

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

What if we could simply say, “I don’t agree with everything in this, but I do agree . . .” It is OK to agree and disagree at the same time.

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

(There have been many times when readers stop and message me with appreciation after reading the Introduction to BRAVE: A Personal Story of