The Me You Can’t see Category

I Didn’t Know

As a child, I didn’t know: what bullying, manipulation, incestual sexual abuse, and sexual assault meant.  I needed to heal from childhood sexual abuse.  Individuals who experienced childhood sexual abuse were at an increased risk of dropping out of high school and experience anxiety, depression, insomnia, teenage pregnancy, and substance abuse. Being in an abusive […]

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A Reminder From Nature That Fear Is Learned

As my children and I were heading out to the garden, we saw a startled deer out of our living room window. And when my son opened the patio door, it was no surprise that the deer sprinted away. As I walked out to my garden, I spotted another deer on the other side of […]

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