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We Know The Red Flags Of Unhealthy Relationships, But What Are The Green Flags Of Healthy Ones?
Since the Trump era, there's been a nationwide renaissance in public discourse about malignant narcissism, and many of us have taken off our...
What Is Trauma-Informed, Social Justice-Conscious, Science-Friendly Spirituality Without Spiritual Bypassing?
Since the chaos of 2020, I have been writing a book I have not yet published, reckoning with the distortions, disinformation, delusional thinking,...
The Ethical, Kind Way To Test If Someone Is Trustworthy
People with relational trauma often have trust issues, and they can be a beast to deal with if you're someone new in their life. People with a heavy...
Honoring Tyre Nichols & Why People With Empathy May Never Understand Those Who Lack It
Once again, we are grieving the loss of yet another apparently innocent young Black man who is crying out for mercy and his mother. Even though...
“Nervous System Privilege”- How To Navigate Reciprocity In Relationship When One Of You Is More Traumatized Than The Other
Over the course of my life, in my romantic partnerships and friendships and business partnerships, I have sometimes been the more traumatized...
The Racial Reckoning of 2020 Needs To Be More Than A Sometimes Holiday Remembering: A Dream On MLK Day
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr Day and the kids in California are off school. Today we remember one of our brave and imperfect Civil Rights heroes...
Why We Need Our Trauma Stories Validated (When Abusers So Often Minimize, Deny & Gaslight)
Why We Need Our Trauma Stories Validated (When Abusers So Often Minimize, Deny & Gaslight) In spite of every pretzeling attempt his child self...
How Jeffrey Rediger & I Are Choosing To Heal Together – A Love Story
Since I'm gearing up to teach the Memoir As Medicine class with Nancy Aronie, I wanted to take a moment to write you all a love story. It's about my...
Why Your Memoir Is Worth Writing For Medicinal Purposes, Even If Nobody Else Reads It
I used to hate being asked "What do you do?" I learned that if I told people I was an OB/GYN, the next half hour would result in people telling me...
Why Memoir Writing Can Be Medicine & Some New Year’s Journal Prompts To Help You Reflect
I had known my current partner as a dear friend for two and a half years before he felt safe enough to tell me the real story under his polished,...
Honoring The Ten Year Anniversary Of Sandy Hook: Some Thoughts On Forgiveness & Accountability
Honoring The Ten Year Anniversary Of Sandy Hook: Some Thoughts On Forgiveness & Accountability Today is the 10-year anniversary of the Sandy...
10 Red Flags Signaling That Your Healer, Therapist, Spiritual Teacher, Psychedelic Guide, Or Coach May Be Untrustworthy
10 Red Flags Signaling That Your Healer, Therapist, Spiritual Teacher, Psychedelic Guide, Or Coach May Be Untrustworthy We'd all like to believe...