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In this poem by Wendy Thompson Taiwo, the weight of generational trauma, carried for over three decades, is tangible. Wanting to shed this burden, not…
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Born in 1904, Salvador Dali is a revolutionary Spanish painter known for his distinct surrealist style. A great admirer of Freud, he was interested in…
![Song, Australian Singer, Mental Health, Introspection, Power, Empowerment, Wellbeing, Experiences, Self-determination, Reflection, Determination, Sharing.](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/06/marc-najera-Cj2d2IUEPDM-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Sending a message of self-determination and empowerment, Australian singer, and songwriter, Sia, provides a strong message about carrying on in her song “Unstoppable”. The song…
![How Are You Doing? “Terrible, Thanks For Asking."](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/10/D1424F6B-CA5B-4502-8EF6-3FC6A150A7F1-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Terrible, thanks for asking is a cross-platform podcast created by Nora Mclnerny, the host of each episode. After the sudden lost of Nora’s husband and…
![A Way To Put Our Pieces Together](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/09/C559DC70-D328-4985-9395-6E900B7D7D18-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Maria Jose Espindola, also known as itaartista, is a young Colombian visual artist based in Bogota D.C (who is also part of the artist collective…
![The Power of Now](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/07/F59A00E3-A650-4A38-84B0-D30B130577F0-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Eckhart Tolle is a German spiritual teacher and author of the US bestseller “The Power of Now”. In his book, Tolle shares his personal journey…
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Two kilometres from the Syrian border, in the acrid Jordanian desert, sits Za’atari refugee camp. When it emerged almost overnight, it quickly expanded into a…
![Mirror](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/4892984014_1d27ddc3fe_o-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Mirror’, a poem by Sylvia Plath, depicts a woman’s struggle with aging. Plath suffered from mental health problems for most of her adult life; she…