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Surviving the RMV

Just today I completed a successful visit to the Registry of Motor Vehicles in Massachusetts. This may not seem like a huge...

Trump's Legacy of Trauma

Nora is 4 years old. She and her family have traveled to the United States seeking asylum. It has been a long and difficult journey, but...

Hurt People Hurt People

In recent news, the Dominican author Junot Diaz wrote a deeply resonant account of his childhood rape and the lifelong effect the trauma...

Lift Our Voices

It was my first real job. I was 16 years old and working as a check-out clerk at a local grocery store. I loved the independence of...

Redefining Trauma

Years ago I identified myself as the problem in my marriage. I felt that the only explanation for being so repulsed by intimacy was that...

The Truth About Vulnerability

Vulnerability has been a buzz word ever since researcher Brene Brown’s TED talk went viral in 2011. According to Brown, allowing...

The Empathy Test

Can we feel empathy in our bodies? What exactly does it feel like? How will we know when we feel it? Try this little test. Click on the...

Meet My Friend, Shame

Not too long ago I received an email from a new friend. We had just spent five days together with several colleagues working on a book of...

Chasing Well-Being

I recently attended the Women’s Conference in Boston, MA. For one full day, thirteen thousand women—mostly from the corporate...