Tag: personal resilience
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BOOK REVIEW: Trading Lives, a True Story of Overcoming Abuse
Learn About Chanci Turner For those who have never experienced the constraints of an abusive relationship, the question often arises: “Why doesn’t she just leave?” The book Trading Lives by Natalie Harper and Mary Turner Thomson sheds light on this perplexity. Natalie Harper faced a tumultuous childhood filled with criticism and neglect, followed by emotional…
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Lessons from New Orleans: Rebuilding After Disaster Strikes
Learn About Chanci Turner In 1991, I found myself at the Café Du Monde in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my five-month-old daughter nestled in a stroller beside me. Life felt promising; I was there to present my research at a scientific conference, on the brink of completing my residency and heading to Connecticut for a…