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Childhood Disrupted

Join in conversations inspired by Donna Jackson Nakazawa's book, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal. We'll chat about the latest research on how ACEs can affect our health, happiness, and relationships; vent a little; and brainstorm our best ideas for resiliency and healing.

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What other ACE surveys have additional questions?  We know of seven.

We’ll start to populate the new Resource Center next month. One of the sections lists ACE surveys that have additional questions. The CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study revealed that ACEs contribute to most of our major chronic health, mental health, economic health and social health issues. It measured five types of abuse and neglect: physical, verbal and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect. And five types of family dysfunction: a family member with mental...

A Memoir for ACE Sufferers, Educators, Healers

I was elated to hear about Donna's Childhood Disrupted last summer, since I had been writing a memoir on healing from loss and unexplained illness (MCS) via the mind-body connection and working with the inner child. I was really sick with the chronic symptoms of nausea, lightheaded-ness, and brainfog. I had a young child and a part-time job I barely held on. I found integrative medicine, which helped me cope, but even that wasn't enough. One day after a holistic method...

My place in ACEs?

Hello My name is Janie Lancaster and I live in Riverside County. I am trying to find my place in the ACEs community. I am a survivor or cumulative childhood traumas who has spent twelve years doing research on Complex Post Traumatic Stress. On the...

Buying friendship

This week I was painfully reminded that I try to maintain my friendships through favors and gift giving. Let me set the stage for you. When I was young, I lived in a very rural area. I went to school in a community (technically a village) of less than...

Basic goodness

Hello all!   I would really like to see this community develop in something lively and dynamic, where we can have great conversations. Hearing about other people's healing journeys would be very helpful. There are times when I feel stuck, mired...

Dear Donna, I am reading Childhood Disrupted now, and I want to thank you for the way you have presented the ACEs material. The stories are so powerful , and although I know a great deal about ACEs, as I read the book I keep learning more. Your book...
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