Zero ACEs: The Value of Extended Family
To write this second Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) blog, I reviewed the first blog and realized it was my typical technical approach to problem sol...
Tag: Aspirations
Journey Home
Victim… Hostage… There’s harm. Suffering. A lessening or deficit. Grief, a grievance. Duration and latency. Maybe a victim outlook, or mentality, or...
Passionate About ACEs — Adverse Childhood Experiences
I first heard about ACEs while listening to a noon hour MPR radio program. Happened to be doing dishes, and the program caught my attention, a welcome div...
Urban – Rural Divide(d)
For two hundred years the impact of the Industrial Revolution has taken its toll on our rural communities. As the agricultural industry has automated, few...
Bridging the Partisan Divide
What is the benefit of name calling and insulting those who disagree with you? None, you say? Than why do we do it? In one voice our political leaders say, “I r...
Partisan Divide Overview
We learn about division in elementary school. Mathematical division is harmless and often useful to make sense out of nonsense. And what about division am...
Opening the Door to Challenging Discussions
It can happen in families. And it does. It can happen in clubs, and it does. It can happen in churches, and it does. It can happen in go...