Trauma Recovery Coach, Speaker, Consultant & Author
Today I honor the service of every military member lost in wars. I honor my grandfather, who lived through WWI but was wounded in France. I honor my father, who served in the Pacific in WWII, and returned with undiagnosed … Read more…
Our 23-year-old granddaughter, Nicole Diane Coleman, was found murdered on December 31, 2018. Several people have asked me for a copy of the words I spoke at her memorial service on January 12th. Here is what I said: We were … Read more…
One of the coping mechanisms I’ve used during my life is to try to squeeze out of every experience, however good or bad I may judge it to be, the lessons I can use to move forward. As I wrote … Read more…
It’s been a while since I have posted, so I wanted to provide an update to all my readers and the wonderful people who have supported us these last two years. When last I wrote, we’d moved out of our … Read more…
This is the day we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, the man who died leading a movement to achieve equality for black Americans. It is trite but true to say we are all the descendants of immigrants. Some of my … Read more…
For all of you who’ve followed our journey through 2017, I wanted to provide an update and let you know what’s happening now in our lives. We’ve felt so incredibly supported and uplifted by so many people, and in return … Read more…
After the towers fell, there was a moment. After we watched in horror the impact of the planes, And bodies, like tiny dots on our television screens, plunged a thousand feet to the ground. As one after another, the buildings … Read more…