Grief can be defined as a deep sorrow. Sorrow can be defined as “a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others.” As well, sorrow is an “outward expression of grief.” Living with the unresolved affects of trauma is, most certainly, an experience of sorrow. Trauma takesRead More
The Pennsylvania court is taking action to ensure the recovery and justice for others to come, at least in the legal sense. In “More than 300 accused priests listed in Pennsylvania report on Catholic Church sex abuse” The Washington Post reported that “In addition to ending such limitations for criminal cases, the grand jury alsoRead More
Obsessive, dedicated, committed, wildly passionate movie-goers and movie watchers are often given a similar criticism: that they don’t live in the real world. Absorbing the storyline lives of others in fictional, or even nonfictional worlds is dangerous, some object, because they aren’t the real life of the observer. It is true that people can becomeRead More
The secret keeping involved with situations like the scandal of sexual abuse in the Catholic church which was exposed on Tuesday, August 14th in a report by the Pennsylvania grand jury are not exclusive to the cycle of abuse happening between the abuser, the priests and bishops and clergymen involved, and the victims of abuse.Read More
The understanding of trauma as a universally shared experience is widely spreading. Increasingly, we are beginning to see that every human being on earth is vulnerable to trauma and that each one of those precious beings will respond to the trauma stories of their life in a distinctly unique way. As a result of theRead More
On Tuesday, August 14, 2018, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro was tasked with leading a press conference to read parts of a report put together by the Pennsylvania grand jury. The 1400 page report was the end result of an 18 month investigation into the sexual abuse of children, teenagers, and legal adults in aRead More
To utter the words of the unspeakable is to break an unseen bond within which the agreements we’ve made throughout our lives are forged. Trauma is painful, bewildering, inexplicable, and devastating. Despite the evident difficulty of carrying trauma, many of us hold onto the comfortable weight of our life stories because it is all weRead More
In this final part of a three part series on the Grammy Award winning song “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman, we look at the final lines of the song’s chorus and how they speak to the forward moving journey of trauma recovery. Look out cause here I come And I’m marching on toRead More
Children rely on the adults around them to provide information, knowledge, wisdom, and set an example. Though children are learning from the outside in, they possess an incredible amount of internal wisdom already. Intuitive and keen, children are amazing observers, consuming information by the gallon and making sense of it on their own. Seeing anRead More
According to Genius Lyrics, “This Is Me” was not originally written as an anthem. Written by the very same talents which curated the words to the songs in the smash hit La La Land, the song was powerful as it was. Speaking with directors, the writers were instructed to put more power behind the songRead More