The Midwifery of Trauma Recovery
In mid-morning of October 2nd, 1996 I was in my second floor bathroom tub in the midst of heavy labor with my first son. I had chosen to...
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Sue Jones
- May 15, 2018
- 6 min
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...
Sue Jones
- Apr 30, 2018
- 5 min
The Remarkable Truth About Giving
Back in 2005, when my “picture perfect” life began to dissolve, I sank into a deep depression. My life as I knew it would never be the...
Sue Jones
- Mar 27, 2018
- 7 min
Because Oprah Said It
I admit it, I was a little miffed when Oprah came on 60 minutes to uncover a “Life changing story”—her discovery of the ACE report and...
Sue Jones
- Mar 14, 2018
- 5 min
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...
Sue Jones
- Mar 8, 2018
- 5 min
Healing The Silent Survivors
Several years back I was sitting around a kitchen table chatting with two friends with whom I am very close. One of them was Paula (name...
Sue Jones
- Mar 1, 2018
- 6 min
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...
Sue Jones
- Jan 17, 2018
- 2 min
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...
Sue Jones
- Jan 10, 2018
- 3 min
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...