Reflections on trauma, healing, culture, and connection from Dr. Elinah Russell.
Suicidal pain is often a crisis of connection — the feeling of not belonging, of being a burden. Ubuntu answers both, and shows us how communities can hold one another through the darkest moments.
Read More →Western mental health often frames healing as an individual project. Ubuntu — and neuroscience — tell a richer story: our nervous systems heal in connection.
Read More →EMDR is one of the most researched trauma treatments available — and one of the most misunderstood. Here’s how it works, and what a course of treatment looks like.
Read More →Stress lives in the body, not just the mind. Learn why you can’t think your way to calm — and simple, body-based practices that actually help.
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