community
If FEMA Goes Away, Could Communities Step Up?
Three books offer a vision of future disaster recovery – if we can come together in mutuality
healing
community
Organizing in Community, Also When You Have No Experience
Stepping up isn't just about collecting training or experience. It's also about healing past trauma.
emergency-management
What's a Girl Have to Do to Get Into a Graduate Program?
There's explaining why I want to get this degree. Then there's bleeding on the page.
emergency-management
Leadership, Trauma, and the Space for Connection Between Them
Rarely can we admit that our carefully crafted structures may not always be the right ones for the circumstances
community
What Does Intentional, Human Centered Disaster Response Look Like?
Nothing much can get done unless and until people feel safe, seen and heard before they can act effectively.
community
The Importance of Human Response to Systemic Failure
Trauma is arguably a part of life, but also arguably, hardship can be prevented from ever becoming trauma by loving care and compassion
healing
A reintroduction
We don't talk about what happens or how to manage when the losses keep piling on
community
Finding Community and Building Solidarity for Socially Exhausted Introverts*
If you're paying attention, you find the keys to all your future interactions
community
How to Heal When Life Feels Like the Environment That Harmed You
Regaining our sense of agency is another way of saying regaining the sense of power we lost in the environment(s) that harmed us
child-abuse
To Protect Our Children, We First Need to Heal Ourselves
The predatory men I engaged with recognized I was starved for connection. Our support structures need to realize this, too.
community
How to Learn to Trust, Even When You're Afraid
Because the risk of not trusting is greater than the risk of trusting the wrong people
community
Reaching Out for Help When Everything Tells You to Pull Back
Why should I ask? Why should anyone answer? I am coming to this first post still recovering from a pretty bad trigger. My son spoke to me in a way that called to mind many less fortunate interactions with men over the years. I felt criticized and judged as less