Insights on the Journey
Trauma, Healing & Wholeness:
an anthology of women's writing
compiled and edited by Maureen Leach, OSF

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A part of the journey to inner healing involves sharing with others—not staying alone in the pain – not staying forever in the pain—learning that life is bigger than what we have suffered. Knowing, naming, and feeling the pain are often important steps along the way. Some of the authors in this anthology use poetry some use prose. Some will share their personal story, and others will add perspective from their walk with people who were healing from the inside out. One may tell of a dramatic one time experience of healing, while others may tell of a long slow process.

Each tells a unique story:

    The Journey to Healing — Maureen Leach, OSF
    Then I Met Winter — Polly A. Fowler
    Hurting and Healing — Catherine Na
    Re-membering and Telling — Martha K. Grant
    Pain, Truth, Release — Tina Karagulian
    Lessons from the Ancestors — Tina Karagulian
    Healing Connections: Gate A4 — Naomi Shihab Nye
    Trauma Work and Inner Healing — Pat R. Farrell, OSF
    Post Traumatic Stress and Inner Healing — Brenda
    Healing from Domestic Violence — Patricia Castillo
    Grief Work and Inner Healing — Liz Cummins, OSF
    Healing From the Inside Out — Catherine Cuasay
    The Healing Power of Music — Dana Clark
    Healing Earth – Healing Ourselves — Michelle Balek, OSF
    Spirituality and Inner Healing — Glee Miller
    Awakening Towards Inner Reliance & Bliss — Narjis Pierre
    Peace is Life — Nancy Meyerhofer, OSF
    Walking with Others on the Path to Healing – Margie Hosch, OSF
    Art — Nancy Olinger
    Words of Wisdom from a Spiritual Amma — Jean Springer

    About the author: Maureen Leach, a Dubuque Franciscan Sister, is on the core team of the peaceCENTER. She serves as a Spanish/English Interpreter for the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word and is a Licensed Massage Therapist.

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