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My First Real Post-Trauma Poem
1999 was a bad year. I mean, a very, very bad year for my posttraumatic stress. My body was shutting down in various mysterious stress-caused illnesses and my mind was shutting down with it. At the...
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Supermodel Carre Otis Opens Up About Trauma and Recovery
What an amazing show last night! Carre Otis really surprised me: as a supermodel with great celebrity status and a slew of successful modeling and film projects under her belt, I didn’t expect to feel...
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What You, Andre Agassi, Queen Latifah, Lady Gaga, Ellen DeGeneres and Marlon...
Photo: Danilo Rizzuti After my trauma I felt… not quite right. In addition to enormous fear, I also felt ENORMOUS melancholy. As if the light in my soul had been extinguished, there was a hollow...
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Matthew Sanford Comments on Identity, Healing Stories and Mind/Body Connection
My guest last night knows about trauma (and how to build a life after trauma) enormously well: author, speaker and yoga instructor, Matthew Sanford, wrote the incredible memoir, WAKING: A Memoir of...
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Martha Beck Book Excerpt: Wild New World
I have dived into a wild new world — and I’m having so much fun! Martha Beck, coach extraordinaire (and a darn fun and funny writer) will be my guest on this week’s episode of YOUR LIFE AFTER TRAUMA....
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Martha Beck and the WILD NEW WORLD
Last night on air Martha Beck said, “The past only exists as a story in the mind.” I know you already know that, but when you hear it from someone outside, er, your mind what does it make you think?...
View ArticleEMDR Therapy: New Book By Founder, Dr. Francine Shapiro
This week on YOUR LIFE AFTER TRAUMA Dr. Francine Shapiro, founder and developer of EMDR Therapy, will be chatting with me about her new book, GETTING PAST YOUR PAST: Take Control of Your Life with...
View ArticleTaking Action To Release Trauma: Survivor and author, Tracy Ross
This is an excerpt of Tracy Ross’ memoir, THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS. In this prologue she sets up the resolution of a trauma that occurred thirty years earlier. What strength it took do this…. Tracy...
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Excerpt From Survivor/Author Kelley Harrell
Recently I did an e-interview with my colleague, Kelley Harrell, about her new book, GIFT OF THE DREAMTIME (GOTD), in which she chronicles a modern shamanic journey (her own) from pain, to healing and...
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8 Keys to Brain-Body Balance
Do we use both the brain and the body in healing trauma? You bet! I’m beyond delighted to have had Robert Scaer (one of my personal trauma recovery gurus) on YOUR LIFE AFTER TRAUMA talk about his new...
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THOSE WE LOVE MOST: A Novel About Trauma & Resilience
Maura Corrigan makes one tiny mistake that causes one enormous tragedy and many small changes in the world as she knows it. In Lee Woodruff’s debut novel, THOSE WE LOVE MOST, Woodruff creates a...
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The Healing Power of Breathing
I’m always on the look out for books about trauma and recovery that combine both science and practical tips for how we can move forward. And I’m always so excited when I find one – both for my own...
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A Daughter’s Journey Through Her Father’s Trauma
Recently I read Christal Presley’s new memoir, THIRTY DAYS WITH MY FATHER, an intimate and heartrending look at how trauma, war and PTSD impact generations of a family. Christal’s story is not unique:...
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Books That Matter In Trauma Recovery
Last week I received some exciting news: my trauma memoir, BEFORE THE WORLD INTRUDED, has been chosen as a finalist for the prestigious BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE award! The really cool thing is that I...
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How To Better Regulate Your Emotions
In my constant quest to learn more about trauma and recovery I read – constantly. Right now I’m reading a book that I feel any trauma survivor would benefit from. Regardless of your type of trauma or...
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Trauma Memoir Author Blog Hop
One of my buds, Smadar Belkind Gerson, recently invited me to a blog hop – and today’s the day! Smadar’s book, STORED TREASURES, was published last year and is about her great-grandmother’s, Minnie...
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#SampleSunday – Surviving Trauma & Learning to Thrive
You always hear me say, “We don’t heal in isolation; we heal in community.” Naturally, that means I’d be sharing excerpts from BEFORE THE WORLD INTRUDED (also available on Kindle)as part of the weekly...
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Wrangling Anxiety: How-To Tips You Can Use Today
It’s tough to live your life, keep up with friends, hold down a job, take care of family, and achieve your dreams when you’re being run ragged by an anxiety that just won’t stop! What if there were...
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#samplesunday – Courage Is A Choice
You always hear me say, “We don’t heal in isolation; we heal in community.” Naturally, that means I’d be sharing excerpts from BEFORE THE WORLD INTRUDED (also available on Kindle)as part of the weekly...
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My First Real Post-Trauma Poem
1999 was a bad year. I mean, a very, very bad year for my posttraumatic stress. My body was shutting down in various mysterious stress-caused illnesses and my mind was shutting down with it. At the...
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