Finding harmony at home For parents finding themselves at home with adult children, the road can be bumpy, loud, emotional, and frustrating – especially if we unwittingly fall into old patterns of parent and child. Deliberately defining new relationships together can lead to new and exciting places, like adult relationships with our adult children. So ….  Read More

Mental Illness is not a ‘casserole disease’, but it should be. In 2016, Mary Annette Pember, published a paper in Indian Country Today called “Intergenerational Trauma: Understanding Natives’ Inherited Pain”.  I read this paper with clear understanding: of course trauma is passed down through the generations. It makes perfect sense. Our parents pain shapes our ….  Read More