Is There a Little Bit of “The Danish Girl” in All of Us? by @lauriehollmanph
Guest post from Laurie Hollman, PhD The Movie: The Danish Girl The Danish Girl is a remarkably stunning movie about the inner struggle and transformation of a transgender person. It speaks at once to...
View ArticleHow To Turn Your Rules for Failure Into Success
I write a lot on my BadRedhead Media blog about taking responsibility for ourselves, whether that’s as writers, in book marketing, or heck, in life in general. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse...
View ArticleA View of the Film CAROL: The Specter of Maternal Self-Doubt
Please welcome back Laurie Hollman, Ph.D to my blog today! Beautifully choreographed, “Carol” tells the story of a stunning, married woman with a four-year-old daughter. She befriends and then...
View ArticleWhat if There’s No Forever, Only Tonight? by guest @LorenKleinman
Please welcome my guest, esteemed poet and novelist Loren Kleinman back to the blog. “The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are...
View ArticleThis is the Reason Connection and Interaction are Different
I’ve noticed a disconcerting pattern on social media these past six months: people expecting interaction and feeling entitled to reciprocation. Total strangers shaming others into liking and sharing...
View ArticleWhen You Get More Than You Can Handle by guest @1JULIEANDERSON
God won’t give you more than you can handle by Julie Anderson God won’t give you more than you can handle. Who said that? “Ok,” I tell myself just when I am about to snap like a dried up twig. “I can...
View ArticleThis is Why “Boundaries” is My 2020 Power Word
Every year I pick a power word as a way to guide my goals and progress each year, and this year my word is boundaries. Not a fan of resolutions, I find having one word gives me the laser focus I need...
View ArticleWhat Is Social Proof and Does It Matter, Really?
What is social proof? It’s a marketing concept that we are all inadvertently, unknowingly contributing to every time we click on, retweet, like, reply or comment, and share any kind of social media,...
View ArticleMasculinity Isn’t Machismo: Why Macho Needs To Cry by Guest @JHermanKleiger,...
Toxic Masculinity In Action I loved my father. A World War II survivor of horrifying combat, my dad embodied all that was traditionally masculine in the 1960s. He was tough and strong. However, in...
View ArticleHow Is Anger Helpful? Here are 5 Powerful Benefits
As trauma survivors, feeling or expressing anger over what we experienced, even decades earlier, is a completely normal emotional reaction to a drastic, abnormal situation. We are often taught,...
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