Healing After a Lifetime of Invalidation
Thoughtful Cruelty I obssess reflect often on how my reactions to trauma—my insecurity, shame, and depression—were treated harshly by the very people I depended on. I was openly and collectively…
Personal reflections on the painful experience of being divided from my children, and the complex family dynamics, grief, and confusion of ongoing loss.
Raising Boys Amid Trauma, Silence, and Emotional Games
Artificial Indifference Artificial Indifference. Finally—a name for the thing that was sought, feigned, and revered in my family, and later in an equally dysfunctional marriage. I see my younger son…
Why I No Longer Engage With Passive-Aggressive ConflictToday v. Yesterday
When I choose to confront something happening right now—something I see as worth addressing—and someone tries to shut me down by dragging the conversation into the past, I finally understand…
Why “Sorry, No” Is My New Favorite Sentence
I pull into the second of two gas pumps at Costco. I turn off my car, get out, and walk toward the pump just as the car at the first…
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