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Memory is self-reflective and constantly evolving. The more we collectively learn about it, the less we collectively solely rely on it to make decisions (i.e., court decisions). Below are links to resources about the topic of memory and memoirs that I find helpful to reference during various moments with clients.

Memory 101

How Elizabeth Loftus Changed the Meaning of Memory The New Yorker (long-form article)
Memory and Forgetting Radiolab (podcast episode)
Are Your Memories Real? Hidden Brain (podc…

The following letter was sent to my current Congressional representatives on January 23rd, 2024. 

Letters like these are typically reviewed by Congressional staff members to gauge the opinions of a Representative's constituency and various political topics. Here's a decent overview of how that goes down, written by someone who's read all those letters. Whenever I write Congress, I ensure that the topic is applicable to whatever is on the docket in the upcoming term that requires my representati…

Signs of trauma are never far away.

For most of us, the phones sitting in our pockets represent a deep portal of doom on those particularly dark days of current events.

Rather than beat ourselves up for wasting precious time scrolling through the doom, remember that doomscrolling is our brain's way of keeping a look out for danger when we know danger is present or probable (i.e. 2020 election, school shootings, the news). For those of us who've experienced trauma, that sense of doom around the…