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To the Churches Whose Missionaries Have Come “Home”
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

It was 2001. My family had arrived in Kazakhstan in 1996, the first American family in our town, and been joined by other Americans and Aussies over the next several years. It was a fairly isolated...

Teaching Students with Reactive Attachment Disorders with Nicola Marshall
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

What do you do when your students don’t trust you? For children who have experienced abuse and neglect, forming trusting attachments to adults and peers can be a challenge. In an effort to not be a...

Burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder: Dr. Geri Puleo at TEDxSetonHillUniversity
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Dr. Geri Puleo, SPHR, is the President/CEO of Change Management Solutions, Inc., a boutique B2B consulting firm helping clients who are planning, implementing, or struggling with change. The creato...

Breaking the Silence about Childhood Trauma | Dani Bostick | TEDxGreenville
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Most discussions of PTSD focus on veterans to the extent that many people who suffer from PTSD are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially among our children. Since PTSD can masquerade as ADH...

The effect of trauma on the brain and how it affects behaviors | John Rigg | TEDxAugusta
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

In his work with trauma patients, Dr. Rigg has observed how the brain is constantly reacting to sensory information, generating non-thinking reactions before our intelligent individual human brains...

Living with Trauma Memories
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Dr. Diane Langberg presents an overview of phases one and two of trauma recovery to Rwandan counselors and NGO workers

By: Dr. Diane Langberg    Length 49:13

Lori Anne Thompson
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Lori Anne is a Survivor/Storyteller specializing in Child Abuse and Clergy Abuse. Her second stream of emergent expertise( Registered Kinesiologist

4 Things You Should Know About Reverse Culture Shock
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

You can’t prepare for the culture shock that hits you when visiting your passport country. You go, excited to reconnect with friends and supports, but something feels off. Things …

By: Na...

Repatriating Normally: 10 Things That Make Coming Home Feel Weird
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

You’re going back to normal. Your normal. Normal normal. And there it is.  The reason that repatriating is weird.  Because it was supposed to be normal.  Turns out . . . it’s not.

When Re-Entry is Hard
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

No one can prepare you for re-entry, not even your closest friends and family who have walked alongside of you through this season. Neither can a countless number of books and podcas…

Returning Well: Looking Back, Moving Forward
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Re-entry. “Re” – meaning “again.” Meaning that you’ve done this before. This is not the first time. Sure, this time will have its differences. But, He has given you the courage to step out and the ...

Re-Entry Challenges
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Survey results In August 2013, I used Survey Monkey to find out more what challenges repatriates face on returning “home.” In this article I am summarising my findings, so if you’d like more inform...