Category Archives: Trauma

The Matzah of Healing

Passover is a stressful time for those who are alienated from family. I offer a way to deal with this. Passover illuminates the relationship between our very earthbound existence and the divine spiritual presence that is past our human horizon Continue reading

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Entering the Space Between Us

We would be fools not be afraid. This is ripping every emotional, social, and economic system to its shredding point. But we do not have to lose ourselves to this modern fall from what could be our redemptive amends for all that we have wrought. We can do this. You got this. I got this Continue reading

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Facing the Waterfall – Tips for Coping

For the past 10 minutes, I have been rearranging my desk drawers. Do my pens need to be where my paperclips were? Nope. I did this because I find that my ability to concentrate on ‘brainy’ tasks, such as work … Continue reading

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Trauma and Incarceration

There’s No Place Like the Present It has finally become understood that being incarcerated equals being traumatized. When someone suffers trauma, their whole life and world view lives through this lens. The trauma that is caused by the incarcerated experience … Continue reading

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