Trauma does not have to occur by abuse alone...

A child's attachment process begins within the first year of life...

There is no debating that the effects of trauma experienced in childhood may have grave consequences.

Attachments that are not fostered may lend to the child's inability to properly attach or have no attachment at all.

Perception is a vice with which each person is capable of perceiving his or her reality.

Children who are resilient often have an appearance of a Teflon coating: nothing seems to faze these children.

Secure attachment has been linked to a child's ability to successfully recover and prove resilient in the presence of a traumatic event.

Resiliency is the essence of a global positive framework...

Abuse may consist of physical maltreatment or language that is belittling, discriminatory...

Trauma may be endured through a physiological or psychological threat to life or overall wellbeing.

My traumatic experience was life changing

...you can use words if you wish, but I'm warning you - I've learned how to read your heart ...

It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.

I am a visible person. I'm visible and I'm controversial. I don't mind if you crave the limelight - but make it work for you!

I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.

Nothing is wonderful except in the abnormal, and nothing is abnormal until we have grasped the norm.

Painting and drawing has been here for 35,000 years.

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

The fuzzy boundary lines between different readership ages have always puzzled me, so these days I just write what comes, and assume I can fix the mess later with an editor's help.

The mind can also be an erogenous zone.

The Fed is the greatest hedge fund in history.