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Why Trauma Sometimes Makes it Hard to Connect with God
Blog Post Trauma & how we see God The difficulties we faceFor many of us when thinking of or approaching God, our experience is one of reticence, revulsion or some point between the two. When we have been shaped by the pervasiveness of harm in our world, it...
Dealing With Your Trauma Through Prayer
Blog Post Healing Prayer and trauma a brief guideDoes prayer work for trauma? “What part does deliverance play in trauma healing?” and “Do you believe trauma can be healed through prayer?” Both these questions have been asked during my trauma training workshops and...
Dealing with your trauma
Blog Post dealing with your trauma a brief guide"how do I deal with my trauma?" Sooner or later in the course of a conversation or training event, this question will often come up. I hope that this post is a helpful resource for anyone who is living with that...
Trauma and Justice
Blog Post Trauma & Justice It can be complicated“I have forgiven them, but I still really long for justice and it makes me mad to see them thriving after all the harm they have caused.” Can you relate? What do we do with that? Is it even possible for all three of...
Trauma and the gnarly thing of Forgiveness
Blog Post Trauma & Forgiveness Its a gnarly business“You haven't mentioned the importance of forgiveness for dealing with trauma, I assume you’ll get to it?” Trauma training participant. I remember a few years ago when a friend’s marriage fell dramatically apart...
Earthy and Embodied
Blog Post Earthy and Embodied Practices for trauma healingWith my body I become aware of how I am and how I have been. Years of spiritual direction and massage therapy have enabled me to begin returning to the experience of being a whole, human, being: moving from...
Shake, Baby, shake!
Blog Post Shake, Baby Shake! Practices for trauma healing "Restless legs are so uncomfortable and there’s no relaxing when they are in that state! Last night I was trying to do just that but my legs were super restless. I used to take this as a sign that I needed to...
The Indignant Witness
Blog Post the Indignant Witness God in solidarity "“God is not disclosed in the crosses of our experiences, but rather beside our crosses as an indignant witness. God is neither behind abuse, animating it; nor above abuse, indifferent to it. Instead, God is closely...
What’s all the fuss about trauma?
Blog Post whats all the fuss? about trauma"With all the talk about becoming trauma informed, I really don't know what all the fuss is about! I don't deal with traumatised people and I certainly am not traumatised myself. It feels like a lot of hype over something that...