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A Simple Way to Build Healthy Connection with Your Kids

Connection is key for building healthy relationships for all of us but is especially critical for helping our trauma-impacted children heal. Research has shown that what has been broken in a relationship can be healed through healthy relationships, and this requires a deep connection. However, sometimes it is just plain hard to connect with children who have strong emotions and big behaviors.  It is not… Read More »A Simple Way to Build Healthy Connection with Your Kids

7 R’s to Remember for Raising Children Impacted by Trauma

This post was originally featured on Loving the Wounded Child The “R’s” of Trauma Parenting   1. Realistic Expectations Having realistic expectations in raising children impacted by trauma is a good place to start. When a child’s brain has been rewired because of trauma, there are certain things that are just going to be harder for them. If we expect too much, we’ll set both… Read More »7 R’s to Remember for Raising Children Impacted by Trauma

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7 Powerful P’s for Trauma Parenting

  7 Powerful Practices to Remember in Parenting a Child Impacted by Trauma (This post contains affiliate links read the full disclosure here) Parenting children impacted by trauma usually requires methods that aren’t traditional, and not all of them will come naturally to most of us. These “P’s” are also important for typical parenting but are even more crucial in trauma parenting:     1. Promises… Read More »7 Powerful P’s for Trauma Parenting

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Trauma Parenting: Where to Start When You’re Overwhelmed

Are you new to Trauma Parenting and feeling a little lost? Like all adoptive (and foster) parents, you’ve spent countless hours preparing to bring a child/children into your home. You’ve finally completed the time–consuming process of the application paperwork, the home study, creating disaster plans, attending training classes, more paperwork, and the placement process… Now the whirlwind is over, your child is finally home, and you’re… Read More »Trauma Parenting: Where to Start When You’re Overwhelmed

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Brain Food: Using Nutrition to Support Brain Healing

Brain Food: A foundation for healing trauma. Not only do chronic stress, anxiety, fear, and trauma have a negative impact on mental health, they can also have a major effect on physical health. When experienced chronically, stress depletes the body of Vitamin C and causes inflammation throughout the body, including in the brain and digestive tract. (To learn how inflammation negatively affects brain health, readThe… Read More »Brain Food: Using Nutrition to Support Brain Healing