healing

Oct
02
What's a Girl Have to Do to Get Into a Graduate Program?

What's a Girl Have to Do to Get Into a Graduate Program?

There's explaining why I want to get this degree. Then there's bleeding on the page.
3 min read
Sep
06
A person wearing all black clothing lies curled in a fetal position on a wooden bench.

Leadership, Trauma, and the Space for Connection Between Them

Rarely can we admit that our carefully crafted structures may not always be the right ones for the circumstances
5 min read
Aug
25
What Does Intentional, Human Centered Disaster Response Look Like?

What Does Intentional, Human Centered Disaster Response Look Like?

Nothing much can get done unless and until people feel safe, seen and heard before they can act effectively.
5 min read
Aug
19
The Importance of Human Response to Systemic Failure

The Importance of Human Response to Systemic Failure

Trauma is arguably a part of life, but also arguably, hardship can be prevented from ever becoming trauma by loving care and compassion
5 min read
Aug
12
A reintroduction

A reintroduction

We don't talk about what happens or how to manage when the losses keep piling on
3 min read
Mar
11
A young white woman with dark hair lies face down on grass, her arms folded over her head.

Finding Community and Building Solidarity for Socially Exhausted Introverts*

If you're paying attention, you find the keys to all your future interactions
3 min read
Mar
04
An assembly line of gardeners work together to plant pink and yellow flowers in a long brick planter

How to Heal When Life Feels Like the Environment That Harmed You

Regaining our sense of agency is another way of saying regaining the sense of power we lost in the environment(s) that harmed us
5 min read
Jan
31
A woman's hand holds a pen over paper on a wooden desk beside a notebook and a mug.

To Protect Our Children, We First Need to Heal Ourselves

The predatory men I engaged with recognized I was starved for connection. Our support structures need to realize this, too.
13 min read
May
23

How to Learn to Trust, Even When You're Afraid

Because the risk of not trusting is greater than the risk of trusting the wrong people
4 min read
Mar
30
A white man in the background reaches his hand toward a woman's in the foreground.

Reaching Out for Help When Everything Tells You to Pull Back

Why should I ask? Why should anyone answer? I am coming to this first post still recovering from a pretty
4 min read