Tag: trauma response
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Better Questions: “How Can I Share My Calm In Their Storm?”

How often have we uttered the most useless question: “would you please calm down?” Has anyone in the history of the world ever actually calmed down when asked to calm down?
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Better Questions: “Why Would This Make Sense?”

If we would care well for people (particularly kids) with trauma in their stories, we have to learn to ask this crucial question—why would the response or reaction we are witnessing make sense? It might be the beginning of helping them to a better, less fearful life by opening the door for our compassionate, gracious…
