By Michael Pereira — 2020
Resmaa Menakem spoke to Good Day LA's Michaela Pereira to discuss racialized trauma on Dec. 11.
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CLEAR ALL
Along with distorting our fundamental view about the world, and the emergence of traumatic symptoms, unresolved trauma limits our capacity to be fully present; our potential and capacity for real love and intimacy are blocked, as is the ability to feel the intrinsic aliveness, vibrancy, and joy of...
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A far-ranging examination of how the effects of addiction and trauma in the family can reverberate for generations. Trauma and addictive disorders are often a result of psychological injuries experienced as a child.
Your inner child is the part of you that was formed by the experiences you had as a child which has a powerful influence on how you show up in the world as an adult. That’s why it’s important to make peace with your inner child and overcome the blocks that have been holding you back.
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From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues—a powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement—now in paperback, timed to its theatrical opening in New York. “A triumph of artistry and empathy.” —Naomi Klein “A crucial step forward . . .
Trauma counselor Kelly McDaniel has seen these traits over and over in clients who feel trapped in cycles of harmful behaviors—and are unable to stop. Many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits simply because we don’t see a better way.
Most discussions of PTSD focus on veterans to the extent that many people who suffer from PTSD are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially among our children.
In direct opposition to the Freudian drive theory, the author of the best-selling The Drama Of The Gifted Child believes that children, at birth, are inherently good. And she traces all forms of criminal deeds to past mistreatments.
For Your Own Good, the contemporary classic exploring the serious if not gravely dangerous consequences parental cruelty can bring to bear on children everywhere, is one of the central works by Alice Miller, the celebrated Swiss psychoanalyst.
In this powerful book, John Bradshaw shows how we can learn to nurture that inner child, in essence offering ourselves the good parenting we needed and longed for.
“All those years you tried your best to break me, and I’m still here. One day you’ll see, I’m going to make something of myself.” These words were Dave Pelzer’s declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance.