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It’s Cold Out There..

Well, we’re now in mid-February a time of year that can be cold, gray, and dirty with slushy snow. And the winter this year has been wild--who ever thought they’d see ice hockey on the streets of New ... ...more

Resilience

February 19, 2025•1 min read

How to Become Trauma-Informed in a Meaningful Way?

This is the last of my blogs about those F-tags, F-656, -699, -726 and -742. They are pretty good drivers of change. Behind that, we hope, is the driver of genuine goodwill towards the people served a... ...more

Trauma

February 12, 2025•2 min read

They called her “the Alzheimer’s in 422”

I heard this story on NPR a long time ago, and it has haunted me ever since. I’m sure I’ve changed a few points, and I hope I've preserved the poignancy. ...more

Trauma

February 06, 2025•3 min read

Let’s talk Triggers (and F-699 Citations)

This is the third in a series of several blogs about places where people live and receive some level of services, specifically, Assisted Living Facilities, Long Term Care Facilities, and Skilled Nursi... ...more

Trauma

January 29, 2025•1 min read

Assessing for trauma in care facilities? You need to assess for that?

This is the second in a series of several blogs about places where people live and receive some level of services, specifically, Assisted Living Facilities, Long Term Care Facilities, Skilled Nursing ... ...more

Trauma

January 22, 2025•3 min read

F-699 Do what? Tags, Trauma Informed Care, and HealthCare Facilities

This is the first in a series of several blogs about places where people receive some level of services, specifically, Assisted Living Facilities, Long Term Care Facilities, and Skilled Nursing Facili... ...more

Trauma

January 15, 2025•2 min read

Plop Plop Fizz Fizz? Slop Slop Whizz Whizz?

Oh, what a relief it is (with apologies to Alka Seltzer). Or not. One big holiday in the US (last week) down. Who knows how many are left to go for everyone who may celebrate others along the way. ...more

Trauma

December 04, 2024•1 min read

How’s Your Practice for Turkey Talk?

Tomorrow is your big day. I’m only hoping you’ve been practicing. I sure have! I used to avoid holidays because as much dysfunction as I’d been exposed to growing up, I didn’t need to see anyone else’... ...more

Trauma

November 27, 2024•1 min read

It’s still about… the Turkeys

Look, you know as well as I do that some of the turkeys don’t have feathers (though at least one of these has a pretty good wattle). How are you going to manage the high risk of exposure to those tur... ...more

Trauma

November 20, 2024•2 min read

Turkey Time is Coming!

Whether you are vegan, vegetarian or any other “-arian,” the holidays are on us. Did you know that Wikipedia lists over 20 between November 1 and December 31? ...more

Trauma

November 14, 2024•1 min read

An airplane story about fear…

You board an airplane. It’s something you’ve done every week for a long time. This time it’s different. A “nervous nellie” is seated next to you. As the doors close, and you’re both buckled in, your r... ...more

Trauma

November 06, 2024•2 min read

All Hallows Eve: My friend Richard

He was my best friend-brother in Nashville, a constant in my life when it was filled with challenges, travel, and disruption galore. We could always talk about gardening or what was going on in the 'h... ...more

Trauma

October 30, 2024•1 min read

Meaning-Making: The Key

If meaning-making is the most powerful tool we can develop and use in the face of loss, how do we “do” it? ...more

Trauma

October 23, 2024•1 min read

Fall--and the necessity of loss

Every fall, we see the leaves… fall. Plants stop producing and die. We begin to add more clothes as the weather becomes cooler. We lose access to the baking summer sun. Loss is a universal experience,... ...more

Trauma

October 16, 2024•2 min read

Opening Arms to Light

She could be anybody--oh, that we all had such strong experiences of daybreaking in our lives! I was just talking to a colleague of mine who asked me what my “aha” moment about healing was, my “daybre... ...more

Trauma

October 09, 2024•2 min read