The Storm Before The Calm

by Valerie Gillies

The body-unconscious is where life bubbles up in us.  It is how we know that we are alive, alive to the depths of our souls and in touch somewhere with the vivid reaches of the cosmos. – D. H. Lawrence

I work with kids who have attachment and trauma issues.  Big ones.  And until a few weeks ago, I honestly didn’t know what they were feeling.  Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, I have experienced more of an understanding.  In my case, I call it menopausal anger disorder. (Maybe they will put that in the new DSMV to go along with shyness and some other ridiculous new psych diagnoses.) […]