When We Know Better, We Must Do Better: From the NICU to the Nation

When We Know Better, We Must Do Better: From the NICU to the Nation

When We Know Better, We Must Do Better: From the NICU to the NationMary Coughlin
Published on: 13/06/2025

This gut-punching post explores how our silence—whether at the NICU bedside or in the face of democratic collapse—can become complicity, and why collective dissociation is a trauma response we must now disrupt with courage, connection, and care.

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When Peace Becomes Betrayal: A Trauma-Informed Reflection on the U.S. Plan for Ukraine

When Peace Becomes Betrayal: A Trauma-Informed Reflection on the U.S. Plan for Ukraine

When Peace Becomes Betrayal: A Trauma-Informed Reflection on the U.S. Plan for UkraineMary Coughlin
Published on: 24/04/2025

A trauma-informed reflection on the U.S. plan for Ukraine, the cost of coercive peace, and why true justice demands global moral clarity and action.

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Is This the End of the America We Once Knew?

Is This the End of the America We Once Knew?

Is This the End of the America We Once Knew?Mary Coughlin
Published on: 16/04/2025

Is this the end of the America we once knew—or the beginning of something new? This powerful reflection explores grief, hope, and the possibility of reimagining democracy in the face of political and moral unraveling. A call to the heartbroken and the hopeful to rise, resist, and reweave.

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When Fear is the Gatekeeper: A Trauma-Informed Reflection on Borders, Devices, and Dignity

When Fear is the Gatekeeper: A Trauma-Informed Reflection on Borders, Devices, and Dignity

When Fear is the Gatekeeper: A Trauma-Informed Reflection on Borders, Devices, and DignityMary Coughlin
Published on: 30/03/2025

A powerful trauma-informed reflection on digital privacy, surveillance, and the erosion of human dignity at international borders. Mary Coughlin explores how fear undermines connection—and why true safety must be rooted in humanity, not control.

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