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The effect of trauma on the brain and how it affects behaviors | John Rigg | TEDxAugusta
In his work with trauma patients, Dr. Rigg has observed how the brain is constantly reacting to sensory information, generating non-thinking reacti ...
Living with Trauma Memories
Dr. Diane Langberg presents an overview of phases one and two of trauma recovery to Rwandan counselors and NGO workers
By: Dr. Diane Lang ...
Lori Anne Thompson
Lori Anne is a Survivor/Storyteller specializing in Child Abuse and Clergy Abuse. Her second stream of emergent expertise( August 21, 2020
Think Home: A Reentry Guide for Christian International Students
This popular workbook helps Christian international students think through the challenges they will face upon returning home. It includes thought-p ...
Returning Well: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Re-entry. “Re” – meaning “again.” Meaning that you’ve done this before. This is not the first time. Sure, this time will have its differences. But, ...
Re-Entry Challenges
Survey results In August 2013, I used Survey Monkey to find out more what challenges repatriates face on returning “home.” In this article I am sum ...
Leaving well when leaving well is not possible
Leaving well for expats is all well and good as long as things go well . . . and good. But sometimes they don’t. Sometimes the final weeks of ...
4 Things You Should Know About Reverse Culture Shock
You can’t prepare for the culture shock that hits you when visiting your passport country. You go, excited to reconnect with friends and supports, ...
When Re-Entry is Hard
No one can prepare you for re-entry, not even your closest friends and family who have walked alongside of you through this season. Neither can a c ...
Burn Up or Splash Down: Surviving the Culture Shock of Re-Entry
Just like a space shuttle struggles and strains to re-enter the earth's atmosphere, so those returning from living overseas can find themselves con ...
The Seven Lies of Repatriation
Ahhh “Repatriation” It’s one of those words that you don’t even look up in the dictionary until you start going through it yourself. For ...
When Transition Gets The Best of You
Ahh transition. I teach this stuff. I do seminars. I write a blog for crying out loud. So I hate it when it actually applie ...