Category: Current Affairs
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The Many Faces of Survivor Guilt
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Waylon Jennings and I shared the same haunting guilty thought for many years. Here are some of the various ways #survivor guilt shows itself – not just after tragedies but in the daily lives of some families.
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When Children Are Exploited By Our Government
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Forced separation from parents is only part of the story. What about the thousands of unaccounted for children? Will they be reunited? Or will unethical people attempt to make money from exploitation and human trafficking, including adoption, of these infants and children? And now lots of reports of sexual abuse of children.#FamiliesBelongTogether #Immigration
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Haunted By a Panicky Phone Call From a Peoples Temple Member
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“Help me, please help me.” A panicky payphone call from a Peoples Temple member begging for help. She was on her way to Jonestown in Guyana. I’ve been haunted by her voice and her words ever since.
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Needing to Feel Safe Amid Hate-filled/Fear-driven/Revenge-generated Horrors
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Hate-filled/Fear-driven/Revenge-generated – one horror followed by another. Fear takes over and it’s difficult to feel safe and secure.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Senator John McCain
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In this time of political disrespect, incivility, insults, taunting and shaming, it was refreshing to see a consistent model of integrity and decency – Senator John McCain – and it offered a sense of security.
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When a Parent Goes Missing – Bouncing From Security to Despair – Even Exploitation
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Forced separation from parents is only part of the story. What about the thousands of unaccounted for children? Will they be reunited with their parents? Or will unethical people attempt to make money from exploitation and human trafficking, including adoption, of these infants and children? #FamiliesBelongTogether #Immigration
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Young Prince Harry and Me – 12 years old and losing our mothers in a crash
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Since the day Princess Diana was killed in a car crash I’ve felt a kindred-spirited-ness with Prince Harry. I, too, was 12 years old when my mother was killed decades earlier in a plane crash. And like Prince Harry, I wasn’t able to talk about it for many years.
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The Art of Dealing Out Distractions, Deflections, Evasions, Blaming and Shaming
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Trying to understand the flurry of Distraction and Blaming? Look to childhood roles in the family – especially the Distracter and Blamer.