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Reflections on trauma, recovery, and belonging

I write weekly essays exploring trauma, emotional abuse, healing, and the search for belonging—drawing from clinical insight and lived experience. If this kind of thoughtful, trauma-informed writing matters to you, you’re warmly invited to join me by entering your email below.

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Woman wearing a t-shirt with the printed words "friends, mothers, daughters, visionaries, queens, rulers, women"
Diabolical Lies
Response to a misogynistic footballer commencement speech.
Woman with blonde hair looking down solemnly in dimly lit walkway.
When Words Fail
Reflections on putting voice to personal story.
Black rotary telephone
Mother's Day Musings
Finding grace in the void.
Assorted floral bouquets piled against a fence
Lessons in Grief
Navigating loss as a human, therapist, and friend.
Orange flames
The (in)Justice System
Reflections on rape convictions in the wake of Weinstein: Justice withdrawn and justice withheld.
Two cups off coffee and a pastry sitting on a cafe table
Connection at Coffee
Why I’m an Unapologetic Baby Flirt.
A walkway with bare trees lightly coated in snow.
When Winter Lasts Too Long
Reflections on suicide in the wake of loss.
A hand holding out a piece of paper that says "you are lying" on it.
Pathological Liars
The psychology of lying and how to respond.
The dictionary on the entry page for "lying" which is defined as "n. the act of telling a lie; the habit of telling lies"
The Courage to be True
“Lucy has been in a terrible car accident. She is in the ICU in a coma. Please pray.”
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