On September 1, 2026, 17-year-old Sarah Santiago, a high school student in North Carolina, was charged with murder in the deaths of three people in a mass shooting at a mosque in... Read more »
The recent social discourse around tradwives, or traditional wives, illuminates dimensions of our psyche, including the father complex. The tradwives debate can also pit women against one another by suggesting that being... Read more »
I grew up in a part of Fresno where people did not need clinical language to understand trauma. We called it the hood, the barrio, the trap, or the block. In places... Read more »
Over a year ago, I wrote a post about how trauma is “not just in your head”. Here, I follow it up with corroborating evidence. I’ve dedicated most of my life to... Read more »
New research suggests that for many children, what we call ADHD is actually a complex response to early life stress. By looking at data from 10,869 children, scientists have mapped out a... Read more »
Kalani had always dreamed of being a mother. But once she had children, her own childhood trauma made parenting far harder than she ever expected. Kalani grew up in an abusive household... Read more »
For many trauma survivors, tattoos are not about aesthetics.They are about choice and meaning. Trauma is not only something that happens to the mind. It happens to the body. Long after the... Read more »
Years ago, I worked with an emergency room nurse I’ll call Lisa, who sought my help after a horrific day in the emergency room. “We lost a child today due to child... Read more »
In our previous posts, we explored how family trauma can shape your parenting without you even knowing it, and then looked at six specific ways trauma shows up in your daily parenting.... Read more »
A new study uncovers how early wounds ripple through attachment and dissociation, shaping the path from trauma to psychosis. Key Points Repeated trauma doesn’t directly cause psychosis – it sets off a... Read more »