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“I told my wife our son was leaking for no reason. She corrected me – he was crying.” For Alex (name changed for anonymity) his…
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Hamilton-based artist and producer Blackwinterwells explores the vulnerability and fear of opening up in Thread, released as the third track off of the Sulfur EP…
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“Hoax” is the final track on Taylor Swift’s grammy award winning 2020 album “Folklore”. In this song, Taylor describes what turned out to be a…
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The web has changed our lives rapidly over the past 30 years, for better or worse. With it have come changes in parenting, which have…
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You may know someone with any or all of the following behaviours: someone who meticulously organizes things in their environment, repeatedly checks to see if…
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Affective touch is a particular type of gentle caress that is crucial for social bonding and the forming of early attachments, activated by the nervous…
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Click here to view our podcast channel! In this episode, Trauma Report writer Fatmah Jahim speaks with Dr. Pat Ogden, a pioneer in Somatic Psychology…
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As someone who has supported children who have mental illnesses, I have always been an advocate for their health and safety. Recently, through speaking with…
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“Kubo and the Two Strings” is a major motion picture created by the American stop motion animation studio Laika. Although at first glance it appears…
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Matt McMullen started his company from his garage in 1997, making movable-display mannequins. While selling them to retail and other companies, he began receiving emails…