Tag: trauma

Breaking Cycles

The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar My rating: 5 of 5 stars Heart breaking, infuriating, beautiful, tragic.Empowering. When I started writing this review it was a mess of my trying to establish what this book was about. I counted, when it dawned on me… Continue Reading “Breaking Cycles”

Everyday Experience, Everyday Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk My rating: 4 of 5 stars It took me a while to get all the way through this one and, for all that, I feel… Continue Reading “Everyday Experience, Everyday Trauma”