Johanna O'Flaherty, Laurie R. Becker

Broschiertes Buch

Flight with Weighted Wings

Beschreibung

History is taught through stories; the young gather at the knees of their elders, and listen. The elders may not only be gathered to speak, to inform, but may also be gathered to heal themselves. I am a person who often doesn't know how I feel or what I need until I write it or somehow articulate it out loud. The telling of my story is not only for your eyes; it is also for my own understanding. After a recent talk I gave on the correlation of multi-generational trauma and addiction, several attendees approached and began to share aspects of their personal stories. We were united, connected at a deep, communal level in understanding the pain of traumatic childhood experiences that haunt, and hinder, many of us to this day. We share our personal stories of trauma to help disempower the traumatic event. Traumatic experiences leave us feeling exposed and vulnerable, stripped by circumstances beyond our personal control. Many of us suffer in silence. We are too ashamed to share our traumatic experience with anyone, afraid others will judge us, or use it against us somehow. Many of us don't have the words to describe what has happened to us; others of us have pushed the memories so far underground that words alone can't excavate.

Autor

Dr. Johanna O'Flaherty >Dr. O'Flaherty developed and implemented Crisis Response Programs for Pan American World Airlines, TWA Airlines, and has facilitated the training of Crisis Response Teams for several other airlines as well. In her role as Corporate Manager of Pan American Airways' Management of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP's), she was responsible for the oversight of bio-psycho-social-spiritual aspects of the 1988 Lockerbie disaster. In 1988, she also founded an educational program for chemically dependent women in Calcutta, India through Catholic Charities. In 1996, she provided counseling services to the family members of 230 individuals who perished in New York on TWA Flight 800, the third-deadliest aviation accident in US history. In 2000, she received the FBI's "Exceptional Service in the Public Interest" award. In 2001, Dr. O'Flaherty was called to New York to assist with counseling airline employees and facilitating the Crisis Response training for the New York City Transit Authority after the terrorist attacks of September 11th. She has conducted critical incident response training for the FBI and first responders. Dr. O'Flaherty continues to provide counseling to the first and last responders of the October 1, 2017 massacre at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, at which 58 people were killed and another 546 injured. The incident is the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in the US, and has reignited the debate over gun laws. She is the author of two previous books: "The Correlation Between Trauma and Addiction" (2014) and "Daddy Goes to Meetings" (2015). She maintains a consulting practice and an active schedule as a keynote speaker in crisis management and addiction. Dr. O'Flaherty has been featured on CBS, ABC, NBC, and CNN as well as several podcasts as an expert in her field. Dr. O'Flaherty lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Laurie R. Becker has a BA in English Literature with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington. She had more than a three-decade business career in Seattle, where she raised her two daughters. She now lives in Tucson and is a freelance writer and content editor of a published book, several scripts and online content. She can be contacted at [e-mail] Judy Collins Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and social activist New York, October 8, 2020

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781667854281
• ISBN-10: 1667854283
• Artikelnr.: 66962055