Trump's Legacy of Trauma
Nora is 4 years old. She and her family have traveled to the United States seeking asylum. It has been a long and difficult journey, but...
Hurt People Hurt People
In recent news, the Dominican author Junot Diaz wrote a deeply resonant account of his childhood rape and the lifelong effect the trauma...
The Remarkable Truth About Giving
Back in 2005, when my “picture perfect” life began to dissolve, I sank into a deep depression. My life as I knew it would never be the...
Lift Our Voices
It was my first real job. I was 16 years old and working as a check-out clerk at a local grocery store. I loved the independence of...
Healing The Silent Survivors
Several years back I was sitting around a kitchen table chatting with two friends with whom I am very close. One of them was Paula (name...
The Truth About Vulnerability
Vulnerability has been a buzz word ever since researcher Brene Brown’s TED talk went viral in 2011. According to Brown, allowing...
The Empathy Test
Can we feel empathy in our bodies? What exactly does it feel like? How will we know when we feel it? Try this little test. Click on the...
Meet My Friend, Shame
Not too long ago I received an email from a new friend. We had just spent five days together with several colleagues working on a book of...
Chasing Well-Being
I recently attended the Women’s Conference in Boston, MA. For one full day, thirteen thousand women—mostly from the corporate...
