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Healing is a verb

Oct 20, 2012 By elinwaldal 5 Comments

  Healing from trauma is a journey, a journey that in many cases if you are the one in the thick of it, others may become impatient with. It seems to me in our 24/7/365 society that people become uncomfortable when a friend or loved one remains in a place they perceive as “stuck” or […]

Filed Under: Healing from Trauma Tagged With: abuse recovery, Healing, PTSD, Trauma

His bags were packed, he was ready to go

Dec 22, 2010 By elinwaldal 2 Comments

You can learn a lot about a person by messing with their plans. Really. Try volunteering to take someone to the airport, insist that you will take responsibility for setting the alarm and waking them…and then experience how they respond when you wake them up five minutes before their plane is scheduled to depart and […]

Filed Under: On being a parent, Travel Tagged With: abuse recovery, expectations, manhood, travel, trigger

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