I am sharing a blog that was posted on www.familybasedsolutions.org in October 2019. To gather the ‘trauma blogs’ relevant to the Beyond the Trauma Wall Initiative here.
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Diverse Outcomes After Trauma
I am sharing a blog that was posted on www.familybasedsolutions.org in December 2020. To gather the ‘trauma blogs’ relevant to the Beyond the Trauma Wall Initiative here.
Continue reading “Diverse Outcomes After Trauma”Fundraising for the Beyond the Trauma Wall Book
One of the foundation stones of the Beyond the Trauma Wall Initiative is a book that will give detailed information about what trauma is, what the consequences of unresolved trauma are, how they form the trauma wall, how the trauma wall can be broken down and how doing so can help address the root of many aspects of the poly-crisis we are living in, as well as give a significant return on investment – financially as well as in quality of life. The book is based on my personal and professional experience and supplemented by the research I am currently doing. This work takes -unpaid – time, as well as resources to access studies and books behind paywalls.
This is why I have started a crowdfunding page. If you would like to support the work on the book and ensure it can become available as soon as possible, please consider donating HERE.
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If Only We Could Prevent Trauma…
This tends to be said rhetorically. It is taken as a given that we can’t. Often trauma is seen as something inevitable, inescapable, and to be lived with. Similarly, too often, trauma awareness or trauma-informed practice is seen as at best recognising and having understanding for the trauma experienced by someone. While I acknowledge that trauma cannot be fully eradicated (people will die, accidents and disasters will happen and people will be affected by that) my belief is that a very large proportion of trauma can be prevented, just not overnight.
Continue reading “If Only We Could Prevent Trauma…”The Need for (Particular) Addiction
Through the research I am doing for the Beyond the Trauma Wall book, my insight into the link between addiction and attachment is crystalising. A few years ago, I started to see a deeper root cause already, I would like to take this a bit further now.
Continue reading “The Need for (Particular) Addiction”(Why) Is There More Trauma Now?
The question ‘why is there suddenly more trauma?’ is often heard. With everything I know about trauma, which by now is quite a lot, I have long had a strong sense that there isn’t actually more trauma. However, I was not quite able to articulate clearly why I felt that, beyond believing we are starting to recognise it more. As I read Rutger Bregman’s book ‘Utopia for Realists’, a lot is suddenly falling into place. He does not articulate the situation related to trauma, but what he describes gives me language for my long-held view.
Continue reading “(Why) Is There More Trauma Now?”Saving the Economy… Through Social Reform
Panic is growing because an economic crisis looms. Trade wars have been initiated, though there is a lot of uncertainty over who will go how far and when, as well as whether anyone will back down. The economic threat is compounded by extreme and sudden cutbacks in funding for foreign development projects, something that even in the medium term will prove not to save any money at all – quite the opposite – despite claims. In short, things look dire, and people feel desperate and powerless. Despite the dystopian feel of the moment, the very bleakness and desperation that makes it so might actually provide an opportunity to achieve real, sustainable change and improvement. We might have reached the point where politicians might just be desperate enough to be willing to listen to ‘crazy ideas’.
Continue reading “Saving the Economy… Through Social Reform”Start Where You Are
I happened to pick up ‘The Art of Happiness: A handbook for living’ and it brought me some insights and links that are surprisingly closely connected to my previous blog. So, I wanted to share this with you. The book was written in 1998 by psychiatrist Howard C. Cutler, based on his conversations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Continue reading “Start Where You Are”It’s About the Response…
You may have heard it said that trauma is not caused by what happened, but by how we respond to what happens, internally. This is true, but I think it is incomplete. It panders to the desire to put something incredibly complex into a few words or a short sentence. The shortest way I can think of to formulate what is really meant, is as follows:
Continue reading “It’s About the Response…”Children Need More Than a Loving Family
There is much mention of children’s need for a loving family on social media and in advocacy campaigns. Particularly from those working in child protection reform. There is no doubt that children absolutely do need this. However, as someone who grew up in a loving family, I need to tell you that that is not enough.
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