Historic tragedy wounded our nation nineteen years ago this week. We share that memory, all of us. Experiences vary, but the trauma connects us. It’s a good week to keep in mind we all are grappling in our own ways. Self-care on memorial anniversaries is really important. Planning ahead...
OUR CATHOLIC STORY, launched on October 15, 2020, was a day spending telling stories. These powerful stories were told by many of different Catholics, including survivors, about their experience of the abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and about how they responded. We received many requests to keep the...
Mayra E. Flores, the Safe Environment Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Chicago, had some inspiring words for Catholics, in particular diocesan ministries, considering whether and how to offer healing prayer services locally for survivors, their families, parishes, and the Church. Maya participated in the Archdiocese’s prayer service, which was...
Why do you keep going back? Survivors of child abuse often find themselves in dangerous adult lives, including addictions, sexual acting out – and most often domestic violence. To heal we begin healing the “today.” To help us heal, sometimes others have to face the first shock: we’ve been...
This continues The Healing Voices Series on Alice Miller: Icon & Ideas Another trend that welcomed Miller’s new ideas in the 1980s was a growing demand for self-improvement, which had already become a national pastime. Here people committed time to reflect, discuss, and read. This trend went beyond baby...
What if a child has been abused? What if you suspect abuse? The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is a world leader in finding and caring for minors who have been lost, possibly abused, or indeed abused or trafficked. They work closely with national, state, and local...
For survivors, managing money is a life skill that develops along with other self-care practices. Fortunately, there are secure budgeting apps that can help. Forbes columnist Kristin Stoller did a round up of the best budgeting apps in 2020. Options exist for the numerically challenged, for visual learners, and...
i thank You God for most this amazingday:for the leaping greenly spirits of treesand a blue true dream of sky;and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today,and this is the sun’s birthday;this is the birthday of life and...
This continues The Healing Voices Series on Alice Miller: Icon & Ideas Alice Miller’s book, now known as The Drama of the Gifted Child, became an icon of the self-help and recovery book market. One reason is that it hit the market when new cultural trends were developing–and converging....
The power of narrative is incorporated into programs as diverse as international and collective conflict resolution through individual and private psychotherapy. Constructing a narrative can rebuild communities, families, and individual lives. It is an important element in restorative justice approaches. Arthur Frank’s book The Wounded Storyteller, suggests one way...
This continues The Healing Voices Series on Alice Miller: Icon & Ideas This story of Alice Miller’s first book, The Drama of the Gifted Child, ended last week (click here) as it hit the U.S. market with little fanfare. Even though it was about to change how a generation...
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