trauma

No return to normal

By Ken / April 26, 2021 /

As I sat down to get my first vaccination, gut-churning guitar chords and Ozzy Osbourne’s nasal rant blasted a crowded former showroom floor. Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” Classic. Spine-crushing. And somehow so apropos. “Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?” Gone are the days when we don’t see each other’s…

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Shrinking in an expanding world

By Ken / January 13, 2016 / Comments Off on Shrinking in an expanding world

Maybe gun control proponents should try harder to understand those fears, and where they come from. Following a life-altering event, many of us are faced with two starkly different choices. We can contract and withdraw into ourselves. Or we can gradually expand, grappling with both the acute pain and a new reality that’s dawning. We…

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What is resilience made of?

By Ken / April 16, 2014 /

Across the home of the Bean, if not much of the country, the Boston Marathon bombings’ anniversary sparked much reflection on the responses of many people. Yes, a showing of the “strong” among bystanders and many first responders — and something else, perhaps a little less visible than those repeated images, but no less real.…

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