“Smile… be nice!” What are your first thoughts when you hear those words? For me, it brings back memories of dining at a restaurant with…
Many children face all types of abuse every single day. The lasting effects of abuse are becoming clearer as the children of past generations are…
As summer is coming to a close, and the weather starts to change many people get that heavy feeling for no apparent reason. Many questions,…
When you pity sick people, you disempower them–including yourself. A young girl with Cystic Fibrosis understood this very well. She knew she would be sick…
Sometimes people express surprise that despite living almost on the borders with Scotland I grow my own grapes (admittedly in a greenhouse). It is an…
Whether from childhood or adult relationships, the devastating effects of betrayal are the same: we develop a seeming lack of ability to trust both ourselves…
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris discusses “How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime”. “Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up.…