Have you been asked if you could give a definition of “Soul”? Have you asked another person or group of people if they could define “Soul”? With the increasing knowledge and awareness of how the body experiences trauma, new ways of describing phenomena that are not new, are emerging. As attempt to better understand the …
Our bodies want to heal. Our bodies are wise, they have been here for thousands of years. May is Nurses month. 2023 is the first year for Nurses to be recognized and appreciated for the entire month of May. Over the past 30 years, Nurses Day was recognized on May 12, the birthdate of the …
Nurses are celebrating the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who was born on May 12, two hundred and three years ago. The year of 2020 was her 200th birthday, the year to be celebrated world wide as the “Year of the Nurse”, designated by the World Health Organization. LIttle did the WHO know what the year …
Ten years later, survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing still suffer from the traumatic experience. Some of the survivors have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Why does healing from a life threatening experience take so much time? Katherine Manners, a psychotherapist in an interview with CBS News on April 17, the day …
The wholeness of life. Holy wholeness. Being willing to go deep into our pain and suffering. Why do we think this is depressing, dark, and not a healthy thing to do? This week’s blog is not very long, as for myself, I am pondering one thing. How difficult it is to be with what is. …
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Fifty years ago the last of the U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam and Repatriation of our remaining prisoners of war (POW). In this ceremony acknowledging the honor and sacrifice of Vietnam Vets, with a Welcome Home, those being honored expressed this being …
“Welcome Home” is the frequent greeting to Soldiers returning from war. It is also a fond greeting to those Veterans who have recovered from Post Traumatic Stress. A traumatic experience may cause the mind to dissociate from the body. Trauma recovery brings all those shattered, scattered pieces of self back home, to themselves. This last …
Pilgrims have been walking to Sacred places known for healing for centuries. I personally have walked with other pilgrims to a few of these Sacred places. Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy,France, El Santuario de Chimayo, north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Birmingham, Alabama, and most recently, the Sanctuary of …
Living life will experience trauma. Experiencing a terrifying event where you thought you were going to die, is not that uncommon. Most people will recover from a traumatic experience as their bodies recover through homeostasis, our body’s maintaining its internal balance. With the new knowledge available to us as a result of recent advances in …
Let’s begin with diseases of despair. Alcoholism and suicide are diseases of despair, preventable diseases, and related to unintegrated trauma and Post Traumatic Stress. The Veterans Adminstration Healthcare System (VA) has been instrumental over the past decade in conducting research, leading the way in understanding PTSD, Moral Injury, and their consequences of alcoholism and suicide. …
