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Adverse Childhood Events, ACES
Happiest Country, Also Depressed?
My husband and I just spent a couple of weeks in Scandinavia, participating in a conference in Finland. Finland is one of the countries that offer vast support…
The Toxic Legacy of James Dobson
James Dobson, who died recently, may be credited with having the biggest hand in producing the greatest amount of trauma among USian families in the past…
“Superman” Was Not What I Expected
On a whim, we went to watch the new Superman movie. I had heard that Superman’s message was about empathy and kindness, a refreshing shift from the increasingly…
The Ethics of Evil
Thomas Aquinas defined sin as the violation of human wellbeing. Erich Fromm (1973) calls such behavior irrational:
“I propose to call rational any thought,…
Why Is Authoritarianism So Easy?
It wasn’t hard to become a Nazi. From my short lifetime of experience, I pulled together unresolved bitterness, feelings of unjust treatment and social slights,…
Moral Shrinkage: How did we fall so far?
Our 6-minute film, Breaking the Cycle, gives the overview of how the dominant culture lost its way. We are in a cycle of competitive detachment, an unnested…
Why We Forgot How To Feel, A Video With Gabor Maté, MD
There is a fundamental reason why many people have forgotten how to feel.
https://youtu.be/FGnf4c7cxq4
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Wrestling Ghosts: A Parent’s Recovery From A Traumatic Childhood, A…
Wrestling Ghosts is a raw, intimate, and heart-opening documentary about parenting, childhood trauma and healing. Wrestling Ghosts follows the epic inner…
Negative Childhood Experiences Can Lead People To Believe In Conspiracy…
Belief in conspiracy theories stems – in part – from negative early childhood experiences with caregivers, new research has shown.
In two studies,…