george floyd

Learning From Experience Re-Experiencing, George Floyd, Breath

As we all know far too well, trauma activation is redundant, miserable, and exhausting. I avoid the word “triggering,” because it summons the imagery of gun violence, (although activations certainly can feel that violently jarring and even lethal,) but also because the word is used is too loosely in popular discourse. It can lose its […]

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Patchwork Quilts, Ricotta and Traumatic Growth

Making Something Out Of “Nothing”: Patchwork Quilts, Ricotta and Traumatic Growth

When I complained that other kids got money for doing chores or even getting good grades, I remember our dad used to say, “I want you to be good for nothing!” He thought it was funny. I didn’t think so and soon started going out and finding babysitting jobs. In those days the going rate

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