“Righteousness exalts a nation”. We complain about the causes, we gripe about the scope of the problem. We must build and develop a platform on which to stand and grow and develop programming that empowers, equips, and teaches men to be the head of their homes, respect women, be heroes to their children, and be pillars in the community. Let’s develop programming that empowers young girls to respect themselves and focus on healing from the hurtful, abusive things that were don

Baseline behavior (Normal behavior) is considered Pre-Crisis. Pre-Crisis is normal behavior that is under control. A person/client is triggered by an event, such as being told no, redirection, preferred activity to non-preferred activity, transitions, etc. Now, triggers can be good or bad. In this model, we can assume triggers are bad. Triggers are where the escalation begins. Think of an escalator going up. We don’t have to get on it to go upstairs, but we choose to. The mai

I want to share something with you about trauma. Trauma in the inner cities of our nation has become a “stratospheric epidemic.” for our female populations, this is paramount. Many are so angry. We wonder why…could trauma be the culprit? We see the videos on social media glorifying fights, disrespect, and other issues. Synonyms of Stratospheric: Dizzying, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, high*, immoderate, inordinate, overpriced, sky-high, stiff, towering, uncall

Kubler-Ross (1969) Identified Five Stages of Grief: First is denial, which their emotions are suppressed, refusal to cry, or pretend the event didn’t exist or happen. The second stage is anger, which comprises of the individual lashing out, or being verbally or physically aggressive toward others. The next step is bargaining, which in this case the person forever wonders if their family member will ever show back up in their life. They ask questions such as “I wish my family