Dissociation – Winter Blooms

Judy Rebick, Early Childhood Trauma, and Telling Our Stories

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If you are Canadian and a Boomer, or a feminist of any nationality, you know the name Judy Rebick. She has been at the forefront of humanitarian causes since the 1970s, and her fearlessness as an advocate and activist is legendary. She championed Dr. Henry Morgentaler and Dr. Robert Scott when The Morgentaler Clinic was under assault from extremists in the Right to Life movement. She also advocated for deaf-culture individuals and agencies and for labour unions threatened by NAFTA. The author of several books, her new memoir, Heroes in My Head, is a must read for anyone concerned with early childhood trauma, it’s long-term health and relationship effects, and its profound power to unleash the protective genius of a child experiencing assault.

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Terrorism and Depression

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Since the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13, 2015, I’ve spoken with many people whose immediate reaction has been to shut down. This is understandable. Unlike the earthquake that rocked Brazil earlier this fall, an event that brought together people from all over the world to help, the terrorist attacks have had a divisive influence on people everywhere. Depression is often our first response when faced with something we feel we have no control over, and escalating terrorist attacks are at this point beyond the control of most people. Consciously or unconsciously, we are drawn to think about the human condition and what appears to be a growing impulse to war and annihilation. “Appears to be” is the key phrase. While the Paris bombings attract global attention, simultaneously, in communities everywhere, people are doing the work of weaving the world together in lovingly creative ways. Tapping, especially daily, prayerful tapping, can help us to focus on the ways we can participate in a Culture of Love that unites people in mending our social and environmental fabric and in doing so, lift the depressive energies that plague us.

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