Spotlight on Tony, P.J., Paula S, Patricia, Jody, Ellen, Steff, Maria, Rhiannon, Catherine, Lisa — and me — Buried inside every precious and perilous breath of love is the seed of grief. I’ve collected a few stories from the Authentic Eclectic (and a couple from outside the publication) which I hope will help us all to remember we are not alone. There are as many ways to grieve…

ACE Scores, Trauma, PTSD and Rehabilitation — Revised and updated from original article: There’s something few people know, a fact so simple and life-altering that we should be shouting it from the rooftops. Abuse in childhood materially changes your brain. Actual damage is done to the structure of the brain of a child who is chronically maltreated. …

ACE Scores, Mental Illness and Childhood Abuse — Important Disclaimer: I’m not your therapist, health care practitioner or mum. I am offering this information based on my own experiences. Please do not make life altering decisions based on an article on Medium. Please conduct due diligence and do your own research. Don’t tell us to just get over…

waiting for the cracked vase to refill — catch rain in your hands or happiness in a cracked psyche in the underneath, things stir a disturbance of echoes we’ll wait it out together frost rimed and silent hand in hand travelling into the bleak Copyright Alison Tennent 2020, all rights reserved. Scottish by birth, upbringing and bloodline, Australian…