Trauma, I have come to learn, can be with a small “t” or a big one. It comes to mean, ultimately, a response of losing connection with ourselves and each other. It can also mean adapting well to a toxic culture, while in reality, sensitivity and humanity have been buried. [Read More on SAND]
The Bully and the Brain Freeze: Trump’s Basic Insult
Have you ever met a very smart person, perhaps even a brilliant one, who believes his/her/their lover or partner even when accusations, let’s say, really make no sense? [Read More on Medium]
Democracy as an Internal State of Affairs
Consider democracy, bear with me here, [Read More on Medium]
We Can’t Stop the Violence without Empathy
It sounds corny, right? What’s empathy got to do with it? Many of us are sure that we need stricter gun laws while many other people on the right are accusing those crying tears of rage of merely. . .[Read More on Medium]
A New Year’s Eve with “The Swimmers”*: Feeling The Refugee “Problem”
How could Melissa have suggested this movie, “The Swimmers”? We were together for New Year’s Eve and that was her preference and request. Melissa had a fraught last year. . . [Read More on Medium]