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Kidneys vs. Brains

–by Laura Dennis Author’s note: I was working on an entirely brand-new post for this week, but life happened. I present instead an edited version of a a post I wrote for my own blog, Les Pensées du chat noir, in honor of National Attachment and Trauma Awareness Day, 2015. You can learn more at the NATA

Posted by Christa Nelson | Posted in Attachment, Parenting Traumatized Children, Therapeutic Parenting, Trauma |

What NATA DAY is Not!

By: D Craig Peterson NATA Day is coming June 19th. Let me tell you what it’s not. It’s “not a” day to be alone. All families need support. Wear a blue ribbon and tell others what it means. It’s “not a” day to be angry. Sure, go ahead and vent if you need the emotional

Posted by D. Craig Peterson | Posted in Advocacy, Events, Our Voices |

Once Upon a Mountain

By: Julie Beem Once Upon a Mountain is a great title for this documentary, which is so full of the ethereal beauty of Jasper Mountain. Heck, the children even get to live in a castle. The dormitory building was designed to look like a castle, at the children’s request. And as Jasper Mountain’s director, Dr.

Posted by Christa Nelson | Posted in Uncategorized |

The Dark Matter of Love

By: Julie Beem Just like an integral ballroom dance, the dance of attachment between a parent and their newly adopted child is both difficult to do and so beautiful to watch. In this film we get the rare opportunity to meet a family prior to their adoption, as they prepare to bring home three children

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My Name is Faith

By: Julie Beem Brave is the only way to describe this film. My first brush with this bravery was in New Orleans over two years ago, where I met Tif Junker, Faith’s mom and attended a film festival where My Name is Faith was one of the featured contestants. Although the audience was small in

Posted by Christa Nelson | Posted in Uncategorized |

THE BOARDER: BRINGING TRAUMA TO LIFE

By: D Craig Peterson A film can be powerful – especially in giving victims a voice. Think Precious or Schindler’s List. But could a 100-minute dramatization show the challenges of parenting severely unattached children? The answer is yes. In 2012, Jane Ryan – a long-time parent of children from hard places and a clinician –