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Why does trauma recovery for refugees require a somatic approach?
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Why is it difficult for refugees to get help for trauma & PTSD?
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Read MoreIf their homeland had been a safe place to live, they wouldn’t have become refugees
Part 1 of this series describes the pervasiveness and accompanying symptoms of…
Read More“No more hurting people. Peace.”
8-year-old Boston Marathon bombing victim, Martin Richard, holding the sign he made…
Read More10 years on in Iraq, the toll and torment of PTSD
“Shock & Awe”. Baghdad, Iraq, March 2003. Hi everyone, Ten years ago…
Read MoreWe couldn’t have done it without you!
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another…
Read MoreExpansion, contraction and the horror of it all
The defenses we erect to protect us create the very condition we…
Read MoreThe gargantuan challenge of living this paradoxical, contradictory, incongruous, beautiful, awful life
Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living creatures, man…
Read MoreEve Ensler: the stomach is the pouch for all the self-hatred
“In the midst of a war on Iraq, in a time of…
Read MoreThe snarkiness of our times
Hi everyone, The election is over, and I might add… finally! Yet……
Read MoreTremors, an 8-min introduction to TRE
“The first night, I fell asleep really easily and felt like I’ve…
Read MorePBS Video: What is “Living Ubuntu”?
* * * David Nazar from PBS recently did a feature story…
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