Trauma
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Unseen Talent: How Our Environments Prevent Us From Shining
“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people…
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The Ethics of Violence: Why Trauma Doesn’t Excuse Brutality
In the context of a dialgoue between Baldwin and Lorde, this article explores the ethics of violence, asking, does trauma…
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Becoming Our True Selves: My Review of The Hate U Give
This article is a psycholoigcal and sociological analysis of The Hate U Give, a story of tragedy, trauma, hope, and…
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Defined by Resilience: Why Perseverance Matters More Than Success
Defined by Resilience: Why Perseverance Matters More Than Success
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Trauma Recovery: Overcoming Your Past
This article explores how, despite the sorrow it brings, trauma engenders a rebirth, in which the victim becomes greater than…
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Cinderella Man – A Poem about Love’s Substitution with Glory
This is a poem about a boy used the pain of a bereft childhood to fuel his hunger for success,…
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Searching for Love in the Shadowlands
Are love and pain inseparable? I look to the great C.S. Legislation for answers as I examine this question in…
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