Grief That Won’t Move: Living Inside Traumatic Loss
An honest look at what traumatic grief feels like in the long middle stretch — why it doesn’t follow neat stages, how it tangles with trauma symptoms, and what genuinely helps.
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Healing in a Place You Can’t Leave: Recovery Amid Ongoing Risk
For survivors of community violence, “after” often doesn’t mean the danger has ended. Here’s what recovery looks like when the risk is ongoing, why relational safety matters more than environmental safety, and why structural change and individual healing both matter at once.
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When Violence Touches You Directly: The Incident Itself
Direct exposure to violence — an assault, a shooting witnessed up close, a loved one’s death — leaves a different imprint than chronic community stress. Here’s what actually happens in the body and brain during and after a violent incident, and why the aftermath deserves its own understanding.