Stephen Covey, in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, uses the following analogy: “Suppose you wanted to arrive at a specific location in central…
The movie, Good Time, follows a chaotic duo of brothers as they become involved with the law. The story raises the question of whether the…
In Colourblind (2013), singer-songwriter Natalie Wilson traces the subtle ache of trauma not through scream or breakdown, but through quiet dissociation. The song unfolds like…
Maia Mayor, an established member of Get Lit, a non-profit created to increase literacy and promote the power of spoken word poetry, is a fantastic…
Abuse and harm are not unique to a particular society or culture—it is witnessed in many areas around the globe. The Youtube channel, “ito can’t…
Image from Rape of Prosepina The Rape of Proserpina, crafted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, an Italian artist in the early 1600s, tells the tale of…
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) features poems in its subway cars for an initiative decorating people’s commutes with pieces of poetry, “Poems in Passage.” A…
Aftersun is a 2022 film directed by Charlotte Wells. Starring Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio, the film has been praised for its realistic, heartbreaking portrayal…
At times, we might doubt our worthiness of love, which can cause us to withdraw from those who genuinely care. The song “Angels Like You”…
In Woman in the Lap of Death (1920/1921), Käthe Kollwitz gives form to a truth many trauma survivors know too well: when life shatters, even…
