Seeing with the Heart: Why “Colorblindness” Isn’t Healing

Seeing with the Heart: Why “Colorblindness” Isn’t HealingBy: Mary Coughlin Published on: 06/10/2025

A trauma-informed, Caring Science reflection on why “colorblindness” erases identity—and how real healing begins when we choose to truly see one another.

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Seeing with the Heart: Why “Colorblindness” Isn’t Healing

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: Shadows, Lies, and the Human Future

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: Shadows, Lies, and the Human FutureBy: Mary Coughlin Published on: 24/09/2025

Reflecting on The Greatest Beer Run Ever and the legacy of Vietnam, Mary Coughlin explores the lasting wounds of lies and disinformation—and calls us to reimagine our future as a species grounded in truth, compassion, and love.

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever: Shadows, Lies, and the Human Future

The Last Frontier Is Us: Reimagining Humanity Beyond Expansion

The Last Frontier Is Us: Reimagining Humanity Beyond ExpansionBy: Mary Coughlin Published on: 05/09/2025

What if the next great frontier isn’t technology or land, but humanity itself? Explore how belonging, healing, and care mark the true frontier of our time.

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The Last Frontier Is Us: Reimagining Humanity Beyond Expansion

Troubling Care, Reimagining Care: Lessons from the NICU

Troubling Care, Reimagining Care: Lessons from the NICUBy: Mary Coughlin Published on: 31/08/2025

Explore how care in the NICU is multiple, co-produced, and shaped by power. Drawing on research and Trauma-Informed Developmental Care, Mary E. Coughlin reflects on reimagining the NICU as a true community of care.

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Troubling Care, Reimagining Care: Lessons from the NICU

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