You are going to love this wonderful TED Talk I discovered when I clicked on a blogger who had “liked” my last post. I found an article about Aimee Mullins who was born without fibular bones in her legs. She has inspired many and I love the way she redefines the term “disability” in her [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Wonderful TED Talk
Posted in disability, emotional health, healing, stress, trauma, tagged Aimee Mullins, differently abled, early trauma, pediatric trauma, recovery from injury on January 28, 2012 | 6 Comments »
PTS Parenting
Posted in adult PTSD, child PTSD, emotional health, infant PTSD, infant trauma, neurobiology, parenting, PTSD, stress, tagged early trauma, self-esteem on January 20, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Here is a photo of me and my mom, December 1956. I am four and she is forty-four. Notice where my right arm is. My hand rests on my mother’s back. Had I felt the need to reach out to her? Maybe the picture taker prompted me. I know my mother didn’t. She is unto [...]
Do the Numbers
Posted in anesthesia, child development, emotional health, healing, infant anesthesia, infant surgery, infant trauma, psychological therapy, tagged pediatric psychological trauma, psychological therapy on January 13, 2012 | 14 Comments »
In my meditation this morning, I heard these words: 26 years old. 26 is a number I associate with my infant surgery for pyloric stenosis. I was operated on when I was 26 days old and at age 26, I had a major breakthrough about my operation. 8 (2 + 6) was my favorite number [...]
Bell Pepper with Scar
Posted in art therapy, Drawings & Images, healing, infant surgery, infant trauma, tagged art, art therapy, body image, drawing, healing images, scar, scars on January 5, 2012 | 18 Comments »
I am not sure why I want to share my pastel “Bell Pepper with Scar” on my first post of 2012. I wanted something visual for sure as I have not posted an image for months. But it also has to do with the oddness of the picture–a scar on a bell pepper! A strange [...]