Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Generational Patterns and the Ice Cream Truck
My daughter and I were sitting beside the pool playing a card game. My granddaughter was swimming with a newfound friend about her age. Off
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Aug 8, 2017
- 5 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 6, 2017
- 6 min
Ministry: Was I Idealistic or Right?
I chose a career path that made little sense to most. I believed in small children. I believed what happened to children in the first five y
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Aug 2, 2017
- 5 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 2, 2017
- 4 min
My First Tattoo: The Pear of Kindness
I was watching a small girl at the next table when she suddenly lost it. Hysterical. Pulling at her blouse. Inconsolable. It was something a
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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 30, 2017
- 7 min
How Should We then Dress?
I lived my life well. I kept the rules that I was told to keep only now realizing that most of those rules have been discarded. Some say tha
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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 25, 2017
- 6 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 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
- Jul 18, 2017
- 5 min
All Healing is Painful
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 16, 2017
- 5 min
We May Have the Story of Joseph Wrong!
In my mind, we get the story of Joseph all wrong when we try to imply that God was in control during every step of the journey. This in no w
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Jul 13, 2017
- 4 min
Choices: Because Pools Don’t Plagiarize
Sometimes, as I work on the pools, I shake my head and think, “It has come to this.” Yes, it has come to this. I am a Pool Lady with a Ph.D.
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Jul 11, 2017
- 6 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 9, 2017
- 4 min
Spiritual Gaslighting and the Wounded Body of Christ
How is it that telling the truth about the pain inflicted on us makes us less spiritual than those who inflicted the pain? Making the victim
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
- Jul 7, 2017
- 5 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, 2017
- 5 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, 2017
- 5 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, 2017
- 8 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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