Love as a Systemic Force: Healing Society Through the NICU #8
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 15/12/2025As the year closes, this reflection explores how love, belonging, and trauma-informed developmental care shape the future we are healing toward—one relationship, one system at a time.
When Hunger Becomes Policy: The Economics of Cruelty
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 26/10/2025When government uses hunger as leverage, it’s not politics — it’s cruelty. A trauma-informed call for justice & accountability.
When the Protector Becomes the Perpetrator: $230 Million and the Price of Power
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 23/10/2025A trauma-informed reflection on the president’s $230 million claim against the U.S. Department of Justice. The principles of Trauma-Informed Developmental Care (TIDC), Caring Science, and the B.U.F.F.E.R.™ framework expose how systems fail when power replaces accountability. This is a call to collective action and civic care.
No Kings: Defending the People’s House
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 23/10/2025This fiery reflection draws on Trauma-Informed Developmental Care (TIDC), Caring Science, and the B.U.F.F.E.R.™ framework to respond to the White House East Wing demolition.
