When humans experience childhood trauma whether physical, sexual, spiritual or emotional neglect we learn that one, our bodies, our personhood is not our own and two, that we have no concept of boundaries, because we are that to have boundaries is selfish and that boundaries to no matter-- for those who are in authority of our bodies will take what they want, when they want and we have no power. We do know that deep, cavernous ache for love and as we develop into adulthood we

All across the globe millions of LGBTQ people have coming out on their minds. Either they have come out; are preparing to come out; have decided it not safe to come out; or are vacillating some place on the spectrum of coming out. A few years ago I did a study in Turkey with men who were making decisions about coming out. Our study had three cultural cohorts. These were men from Brazil, Turkey and Chicago. This is what we learned from them: 1) There is a costs-benefits a

Worldwide 1 in 3 individuals struggle with their mental health, which presents as trauma, depression and/or anxiety. On this World Mental Health Day we want to promote gentleness and tenderness in mental health. Healing is a process. When our mental health is compromised our internal voice can be critical, judgmental and unkind, which exacerbates feelings of isolation and depression. Gentleness and kindness with mental health is the equivalent to how we take care of our b