Trauma hurts. It ripples through lives creating a tidal wave of health problems well documented in the “ACE” studies. Horrendous things happening to little ones interferes with normal brain and personality development UNLESS there is someone the child trusts to be a safe haven during...

Years ago in another life I was working as a police officer assigned to criminal investigations.  During my tour of duty, I was involved in investigating a Capital Murder case which would carry the death penalty as the punishment.  In the course of the investigation, I reported to the...

Everyone asks me, “Where do I start?” My heart says one thing, knowing exactly what the most powerful thing is but my brain says to give them something they CAN do that will help! I am always so torn inside when I answer.

Why Don’t I Tell Parents to Do It First?

Even...

Let’s play the “What If” game for a second.

• What if… there was an underlying biology problem in your child that is making your job as an awesome parent harder?
• What if…there were easy tests you could order to specifically identify what biological problem there was...

Our children often do things that we don’t understand! Parents often ask them “why” they did it. The reply is not helpful and usually causes more frustration or confusion for exhausted parents.

 When we ask an emotionally disturbed child why they did something, it...