by Lucille | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog
Speaking the truth in love sometimes means saying nothing. In other words, let your actions do the talking, and learn to learn from those who acted before you. The experiences that come from making your own discovery go much further in remapping your brain and...
by Lucille | Aug 19, 2019 | Blog
Pedestals and Bluffs, Unnecessary Parenting Risks Parenting in general is a practice of humility. The family benefits most when the parent or parents remember the message does not originate with them, but emanates from an elevated source. If parents believe it is up...
by Lucille | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog
In this era of toxic stress, trauma, and over-worked threat response systems what do you imagine is most needed? Here’s my argument for resilience, and by this I don’t mean makeovers and body augmentations. No image managing here. So, what is resilience? Resilience is...
by Lucille | Jul 31, 2019 | Blog
Don’t ask what you want from life. Ask what life wants from you (Viktor Frankl). There are several areas of life that one can grow and mature, but one that is often ignored is perceptual maturation. Long before I’m aware of others, I’m aware of me. How I perceive me...
by Lucille | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog
Empowering Sexually Exploited Victims Healing From the Sex Industry: A Treatment Approach By: Brian Simmons, MA, LPC, CH When providing treatment to a victim of for-profit sexual exploitation, a mental health provider must recognize and address the need to recalibrate...
by Lucille | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog
Prostitution – Cultural Misconceptions and The Harm We Cause By: Dr. Stephanie Thurston-Simmons, LPC, LSOTP, CH I recently received a couple of emails from colleagues that bothered me down to my core. One was from a polygrapher who has polygraphed my sex...
by Lucille | Jul 12, 2018 | Blog
A letter to Dr. Gentry from Rebecca Leimkuehler, Principal of Holiday Park School For me, this is what I know. Children deserve better. They need champions that will not rest until the types of beings we are raising becomes as, if not more, important as the academic...
by Lucille | Jul 3, 2018 | Blog
A letter to Dr. Gentry from Rebecca Leimkuehler, Principal of Holiday Park School Over the last few months I have written dozens of emails to you, all stored in my drafts, concerning work. They were never sent as I am just not clear on the direction. At the end of the...
by Lucille | Jun 19, 2018 | Blog
I am deeply concerned about America, the America I grew to maturity within has changed significantly. As a people we have always been compassionate, did we make bad choices and let ego and hubris interrupt that compassion at times? Yes, we have, and afterward, there...
by Lucille | May 3, 2018 | Blog
This article was originally posted on the ICTG Blog April 28, 2018 The Resilient Church Conference Powerful Voices Crossing Boundaries : The Second Post-Conference Reflection of The Resilient Church One month ago, I wrote a blog post titled “From Mistrust to Hope”...
