Seeing with the Heart: Why “Colorblindness” Isn’t Healing
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 06/10/2025A trauma-informed, Caring Science reflection on why “colorblindness” erases identity—and how real healing begins when we choose to truly see one another.
Gestation Beyond the Womb: Nurturing the World That Is Becoming
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 29/09/2025This reflection explores how pregnancy offers a powerful metaphor for our collective becoming: a nation gestating society, society gestating culture, and the international community gestating the future of the world. Drawing from Trauma-Informed Developmental Care, it highlights how inequities act as toxins in our collective womb while care, justice, and belonging create conditions for resilience and flourishing.
Remembering Berlin, Facing America: Lessons from WWII for Today’s Democracy
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 21/09/2025At the National WWII Museum, the Road to Berlin exhibit offers a chilling reminder: fascism doesn’t emerge overnight. As intolerance and censorship rise in the U.S., history challenges us to act with courage and solidarity before it’s too late.
Facing the Roots: Reflections on Violence, Accountability, and Our Shared Responsibility
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 14/09/2025The taking of a human life is always tragic. A trauma-informed reflection on America’s legacy of violence, our complicity, and the responsibility of accountability in healing.
