Bring the Elders Their Ice Cream
During the last six weeks of his life on this earth, I brought my Baba all the ice cream that he wanted. One night in
June 30, 2025
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Nourishing and Depleting: Applications As An EMDR Therapy Inventory Strategy
One of the loveliest practices I ever learned for my own self-care is to make a two column list. In one column, I write down
April 17, 2025
A Lullaby for Jason
I’ve written several pieces inspired by my friend Jason Fair on this blog. You can check out Merry Christmas, Jason, published just two weeks after
September 23, 2024
Freedom is What You Do With What Has Been Done To You
As I share this reflection with the world on my twenty-second sobriety birthday, I recognize that many folks in the trauma recovery movement may take
July 8, 2024
The Capacity to Be Honest
Dr. Jamie Marich explores their journey through addiction recovery and trauma treatment, emphasizing the transformative power of honesty in confronting societal stigmas, challenging clinical norms, and advocating for authenticity and inclusivity in trauma care.
February 29, 2024
The Dissociation Made Simple Playlist
The process of making playlists is a great joy for me and an important aspect of living life in expressive arts process. These songs emerged,
January 12, 2023
Pal, This is Not a Holy War
As I slowly moved down another painful declining portion on my second day walking the Camino de Santiago, my already injured knee rolled in and
November 14, 2022
Baba
In her classic Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes tells the tale of the misplaced zygote. This magical fairy child, brimming with
June 19, 2022
God is in the Music
This summer, I sat in a chapel run by a major religious order before the Holy Mass where my brother Paul would make his vows
December 10, 2021