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Planes, Blocks, Moms, & Toddlers
We eventually began to talk about the end of the flight, how far we had to go before we slept, who was waiting there, and so forth. She ment
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
May 23, 20194 min read
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5 Things I Did to Not be Me
Let us look deeply inside the children in our lives. The “me” I described in the above paragraph was overlooked and lost in all my survival
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Apr 2, 20195 min read
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Wish Lists: The Importance of Asking
There are lots of us who can’t ask for what we need or want. We have stories that caused this and it affects us in relationships and other h
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 27, 20185 min read
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Helping Jeannie Release Trauma
We often stop ourselves and the children in our lives from doing everything necessary for the body to heal from trauma. We stop our tears, w
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 1, 20185 min read
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A Garden Full of Valentines
I don’t want to dwell there either, but I find the populace in general to be very much lacking in an understanding of the effects of not hav
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Feb 14, 20185 min read
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Living Life with Faulty Connections
Listen to the children. Talk to the children. Follow the clues they leave to their faulty connections. Help them be free to live the lives t
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jan 16, 20183 min read
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Our Tenacious Inner Child
Jeannie was and is tenacious, but I don’t think there is really anything inside me that is not available to every human being. We are born t
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 24, 20176 min read
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Generational Patterns and the Ice Cream Truck
My daughter and I were sitting beside the pool playing a card game. My granddaughter was swimming with a newfound friend about her age. Off
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 10, 20175 min read
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Feelings: It's Just a Wave
Then, I felt it pass over me like a wave. It felt like I was just outside the place where the waves broke and crashed onto the sand. The emo
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 2, 20175 min read
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My First Tattoo: The Pear of Kindness
I was watching a small girl at the next table when she suddenly lost it. Hysterical. Pulling at her blouse. Inconsolable. It was something a
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 2, 20174 min read
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Jeannie Learns to be Brave
From somewhere deep inside of me, I can still feel myself gather up strength in order to be brave for my father. We never talked about that
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 14, 20173 min read
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Courage Profiles: We Went to Therapy
(Courageous like a Lion! I am meeting many who have courageously gone to therapy and are now sharing their stories to help others. I will...
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 6, 20174 min read
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Rock-a-Bye Baby: What God Wants for Every Child
When I was a little girl, I had a book with Nursery Rhymes. I still have it. I kept it through all my moves. The picture I attached to this
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
May 26, 20175 min read
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Did I Damage You?
To have our children point out our inadequacies and accept it with grace is probably the hardest, bravest, and most helpful thing we could e
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
May 18, 20173 min read
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When Dads are Mothers
This is my day before Mother’s Day epiphany: My dad was my mother. I blogged earlier about the difficulty of buying cards on Mother’s...
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
May 13, 20173 min read
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Picking Roses and Cards
When I was a little girl, every Mother’s Day, my mother would go outside and pick a rose for each of us. She would choose red for me and...
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
May 3, 20175 min read
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Why April Licked Her Baby
While watching April, the giraffe, give birth this morning, I thought it was a perfect illustration of new birth and bonding. It was a...
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Apr 15, 20172 min read
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