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Sharing – Here’s why you should make a habit of having more fun
ByMikeM February 9, 2023February 8, 2026 Reading Time: 3 minutes

In Louisiana, we are headed into the heart of Mardi Gras season. This is the time to do things just for fun. It might be tradition or about being connected to your krewe, but it’s mostly about fun. Life is too short not to make some time for having fun. With all the negative things out there, it might be imperative that we find that time in our current world. Without it, we are all fairly miserable. We can take a break from “all of this” and have fun. It’s what makes putting up with the rest of it worthwhile.

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Sharing – What Is Secondary Trauma?
ByMikeM February 8, 2023February 7, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

When I started on this, I didn’t realize I’d be doing these sessions in the wake of layoffs and the middle of a bunch of other changes impacting these folks. Suddenly the conversation about their career goals has turned into a conversation about the trauma of going through a layoff.

As I mentioned to someone recently, this was more emotional labor than I had anticipated.

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Sharing – The Way We Show Up
ByMikeM February 3, 2023January 26, 2026 Reading Time: 1 minute

How we show up for other people matters. We can provide that place of safety in which they can heal and flourish. Too often, we don’t, though. We don’t know what to do, so we don’t show up. We don’t understand the importance of showing up, even if it’s not perfect, just to let people know that they are not alone in difficult situations. Everything is harder when you go through it alone, so show up for your people.

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Two Part Series on Healing the Shame of Child Sexual Abuse
ByMikeM January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

You have to see what happened for what it is. That includes seeing that it was a decision made by someone else and not something you deserved or attracted to yourself in any way. You were a child. Your abuser made a decision to abuse you sexually. That’s the truth of it.

That is the start of healing.

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Sharing – ‘My Husband Was Hospitalized, I Didn’t Tell People Why’
ByMikeM January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Imagine your spouse going into a hospital for surgery or an injury and having no help navigating that, and also trying to take care of a 12-year-old daughter without anyone else there to take care of a meal or two or transport your kid to school and other events. That’s the reality Amy, and many other families, find themselves in because we still live in a world where we aren’t supposed to admit to having mental health issues and where those are the kinds of secrets you keep within the immediate family only.

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Sharing – What It’s Really Like To Be A Male Victim Of Rape
ByMikeM January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Men need to hear these stories too. We need to know that various issues stem from being sexually violated that are similar to non-male victims and yet not the same.

Most of all, we need to understand how common male rape is and that we are not alone in being victims.

That message gets lost in all of the messages about how we are supposed to be strong and not be victims far too often, even if it is the truth.

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