by Laurie | Jun 11, 2018 | Blog, Child's Experiences, Healing, Sexual Abuse, Trauma Recovery
(This is part 2 of a 2-Part article. Read Part 1 first ) I was soul-sick. No doubt about it. When I should have been bonding with my mother as an infant, she was nurturing her career and I was left with a babysitter & bottle. When I could have turned to her for...
by Laurie | Jun 8, 2018 | Blog, Child's Experiences, Healing, Sexual Abuse, Trauma Recovery
What is soul sickness? Let’s start by defining soul-health and work backwards. According to soul-guru — and Oprah’s good friend — Gary Zukov, the soul is a nurturer, soother, and provider of life energy. And when one connects...
by Laurie | May 21, 2018 | Blog, Child's Experiences, Healing, Trauma Recovery
I’m part of a spiritual program that’s helps me abstain from destructive substances because “There Be Dragons” waiting off the edge of that map, and that dragon already ate my entire family, so I’m pretty sure he’s licking his chops...
by Laurie | Oct 20, 2017 | Abused Children, Blog, Child's Experiences, Education, Trauma Recovery
If you’re a woman you’ve probably had your Harvey Weinstein moment, and you probably didn’t report your abuser. I get it. After my attempt to garner help from a perp-supporting yard teacher failed miserably, I gave up believing by seven years old,...
by Laurie | Oct 2, 2017 | Abused Children, Blog, Child's Experiences, Education, Public School, Trauma Recovery
(In my second blog I told the true story about a gang of boys dragging me to the “pussy-bushes” in 3rd grade) Then came 5th grade when a lone troubled boy stalked me in the hallways at recess, using the packed passageways as cover as he repeatedly...
by Laurie | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog, Child's Experiences, Trauma Recovery
(Link to Ken Burns Documentary on Vietnam) Periodically my brother sent photos home to assure my mother that he was alive, and his selection of photos reveals a lot. This picture of him with prostitutes is the most normal thing he could come up with during his second...