Trauma and loss are inseparable. Every experience of trauma carries with it a profound sense of loss. Loss occurs when a significant change alters our circumstances, relationships, or ideas about life ...

Those who struggle to feel joy, peace and love during worship may not realize how unresolved, lingering residue of past ...

“I now very much notice body language,” said Karen Bartlett, a spiritual director with a trauma-informed approach ... ceremonies of healing, really, ceremonies of community.” ...

While listening and talking are important ways to support loss, exploring deeper emotional, physical, and psycho-spiritual ... experience healing, we must learn to gently tend to trauma symptoms ...