@marycoughlinrn.bsky.social
Trauma-informed truth-teller. Nurse, educator, advocate. Weaving care, culture & civic healing. We are not separate threads. We are the weaving.
GDP can grow while people struggle.
That’s not confusion.
That’s disaggregation.
Lived experience is data—and ignoring it erodes trust.
🧵 New post: When “Growth” Doesn’t Feel Like Growth
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#CaringIsEssential #BUFFERFramework #TraumaInformed
That’s not confusion.
That’s disaggregation.
Lived experience is data—and ignoring it erodes trust.
🧵 New post: When “Growth” Doesn’t Feel Like Growth
caringessentials.net/post/when-gr...
#CaringIsEssential #BUFFERFramework #TraumaInformed
When the Economy Grows but People Struggle: A Trauma-Informed View
GDP may be rising, but many households are struggling. A trauma-informed look at economic growth, inequality, and why lived experience matters.
caringessentials.net
December 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
GDP can grow while people struggle.
That’s not confusion.
That’s disaggregation.
Lived experience is data—and ignoring it erodes trust.
🧵 New post: When “Growth” Doesn’t Feel Like Growth
caringessentials.net/post/when-gr...
#CaringIsEssential #BUFFERFramework #TraumaInformed
That’s not confusion.
That’s disaggregation.
Lived experience is data—and ignoring it erodes trust.
🧵 New post: When “Growth” Doesn’t Feel Like Growth
caringessentials.net/post/when-gr...
#CaringIsEssential #BUFFERFramework #TraumaInformed
A 60 Minutes segment on CECOT—reportedly cleared and ready to air—was pulled at the last minute. What you see here is the story that didn’t make it to broadcast.
Bearing witness is not partisan. It’s human.
Watch. Reflect. Decide for yourself.
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Bearing witness is not partisan. It’s human.
Watch. Reflect. Decide for yourself.
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A 60 Minutes segment on CECOT—reportedly cleared and ready to air—was pulled at the last minute. What you see here is the story that didn’t make it to broadcast.
Bearing witness is not partisan. It’s human.
Watch. Reflect. Decide for yourself.
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
Bearing witness is not partisan. It’s human.
Watch. Reflect. Decide for yourself.
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
NICU parents:
We’re collecting parent perspectives on using a parent’s own milk—rather than cow-milk products—to create a fortifier for babies needing specialized care.
🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/parents-pe...
We’re collecting parent perspectives on using a parent’s own milk—rather than cow-milk products—to create a fortifier for babies needing specialized care.
🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/parents-pe...
December 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
NICU parents:
We’re collecting parent perspectives on using a parent’s own milk—rather than cow-milk products—to create a fortifier for babies needing specialized care.
🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/parents-pe...
We’re collecting parent perspectives on using a parent’s own milk—rather than cow-milk products—to create a fortifier for babies needing specialized care.
🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/parents-pe...
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Save the date, our first webinar of 2026 has officially been scheduled! This event is free and open to all, join our membership to register: stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Save the date, our first webinar of 2026 has officially been scheduled! This event is free and open to all, join our membership to register: stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
New: Full Moon Parables
Stories about lineage, emotional inheritance, and the quiet rooms we learn to live in.
Parable One — The House of Quiet Rooms.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/marycoug...
#FullMoonParables #TraumaInformedCare #GenerationalHealing #CaringIsEssential
Stories about lineage, emotional inheritance, and the quiet rooms we learn to live in.
Parable One — The House of Quiet Rooms.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/marycoug...
#FullMoonParables #TraumaInformedCare #GenerationalHealing #CaringIsEssential
Full Moon Parables - Parable 1: THE HOUSE OF QUIET ROOMS
Stories at the Heart of Trauma-Informed Care
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December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New: Full Moon Parables
Stories about lineage, emotional inheritance, and the quiet rooms we learn to live in.
Parable One — The House of Quiet Rooms.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/marycoug...
#FullMoonParables #TraumaInformedCare #GenerationalHealing #CaringIsEssential
Stories about lineage, emotional inheritance, and the quiet rooms we learn to live in.
Parable One — The House of Quiet Rooms.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/marycoug...
#FullMoonParables #TraumaInformedCare #GenerationalHealing #CaringIsEssential
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention. 19thnews.org/2025/12/post... via @19thnews.org
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention. 19thnews.org/2025/12/post... via @19thnews.org
I hope you will join me!
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SIT IN for Democracy, Stand Up for Healthcare · Freedom Over Fascism
We will be hosting a peaceful sit in protest outside of the JFK Presidential Library on the anniversary of his death, November 22nd, in opposition to his nephew RFK Jr.’s actions as Secretary of Healt...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I hope you will join me!
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Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches. action.momsrising.org/sign/fund-sn...
Tell Congress: Act Quickly to Keep SNAP Funded in November!
Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches. action.momsrising.org/sign/fund-sn...
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They filmed the raid.
They called it “enforcement.”
I call it trauma.
The cruelty isn’t accidental — it’s the point.
Here’s my trauma-informed reflection on the Chicago raid and what it means for our democracy.
caringessentials.net/post/when-cr...
#TraumaInformedJustice #CaringIsEssential
They called it “enforcement.”
I call it trauma.
The cruelty isn’t accidental — it’s the point.
Here’s my trauma-informed reflection on the Chicago raid and what it means for our democracy.
caringessentials.net/post/when-cr...
#TraumaInformedJustice #CaringIsEssential
When Cruelty Becomes the Point
A trauma-informed response to the Chicago ICE raid — where cruelty isn’t a failure of policy, but its purpose. Care must be our counterpoint.
caringessentials.net
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
They filmed the raid.
They called it “enforcement.”
I call it trauma.
The cruelty isn’t accidental — it’s the point.
Here’s my trauma-informed reflection on the Chicago raid and what it means for our democracy.
caringessentials.net/post/when-cr...
#TraumaInformedJustice #CaringIsEssential
They called it “enforcement.”
I call it trauma.
The cruelty isn’t accidental — it’s the point.
Here’s my trauma-informed reflection on the Chicago raid and what it means for our democracy.
caringessentials.net/post/when-cr...
#TraumaInformedJustice #CaringIsEssential
Tell Congress to pass The People’s Response Act! QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/2025PRA/ @momsrising.org #youthandfamiliyjustice #PRA #policebrutality
SIGN NOW: Tell Congress to Pass the People's Response Act!
Our approach to public safety is not working for children, for families, and particularly for Black and brown communities that have been devastated by mental health and substance use health crises, an...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Tell Congress to pass The People’s Response Act! QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/2025PRA/ @momsrising.org #youthandfamiliyjustice #PRA #policebrutality
Lies are never just words. They are wounds.
Vietnam taught us that.
We must choose truth, compassion, & love,
not only for our nation, but for the future of humanity.
Read more: caringessentials.net/post/the-gre...
#TruthMatters #CaringIsEssential #WeTheFuture
Vietnam taught us that.
We must choose truth, compassion, & love,
not only for our nation, but for the future of humanity.
Read more: caringessentials.net/post/the-gre...
#TruthMatters #CaringIsEssential #WeTheFuture
September 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Lies are never just words. They are wounds.
Vietnam taught us that.
We must choose truth, compassion, & love,
not only for our nation, but for the future of humanity.
Read more: caringessentials.net/post/the-gre...
#TruthMatters #CaringIsEssential #WeTheFuture
Vietnam taught us that.
We must choose truth, compassion, & love,
not only for our nation, but for the future of humanity.
Read more: caringessentials.net/post/the-gre...
#TruthMatters #CaringIsEssential #WeTheFuture
Selective outrage is how the system protects itself.
We rallied for Kimmel, but where is that same energy for the 300,000+ Black women pushed out of the workforce, for erased journalists, for silenced voices?
Real solidarity means fighting just as hard for ALL!
@abiadamson.bsky.social
We rallied for Kimmel, but where is that same energy for the 300,000+ Black women pushed out of the workforce, for erased journalists, for silenced voices?
Real solidarity means fighting just as hard for ALL!
@abiadamson.bsky.social
Disney's $4 Billion Double Standard
Four hundred celebrities for Kimmel. Zero for systematically erased voices. Where's that energy for everyone else being silenced?
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September 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Selective outrage is how the system protects itself.
We rallied for Kimmel, but where is that same energy for the 300,000+ Black women pushed out of the workforce, for erased journalists, for silenced voices?
Real solidarity means fighting just as hard for ALL!
@abiadamson.bsky.social
We rallied for Kimmel, but where is that same energy for the 300,000+ Black women pushed out of the workforce, for erased journalists, for silenced voices?
Real solidarity means fighting just as hard for ALL!
@abiadamson.bsky.social
“I left with a renewed sense of purpose.”
I got to co-host an FCC Taskforce webinar with @jessibarnes.bsky.social that sparked healing, reflection, and culture-shifting conversations.
Read the review at the QR code
Partner with us: caringessentials.net/contact
#TraumaInformedCare #HealingTogether
I got to co-host an FCC Taskforce webinar with @jessibarnes.bsky.social that sparked healing, reflection, and culture-shifting conversations.
Read the review at the QR code
Partner with us: caringessentials.net/contact
#TraumaInformedCare #HealingTogether
September 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“I left with a renewed sense of purpose.”
I got to co-host an FCC Taskforce webinar with @jessibarnes.bsky.social that sparked healing, reflection, and culture-shifting conversations.
Read the review at the QR code
Partner with us: caringessentials.net/contact
#TraumaInformedCare #HealingTogether
I got to co-host an FCC Taskforce webinar with @jessibarnes.bsky.social that sparked healing, reflection, and culture-shifting conversations.
Read the review at the QR code
Partner with us: caringessentials.net/contact
#TraumaInformedCare #HealingTogether
Everything is Political.
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Everything is Political.
When privilege demands silence, speaking truth becomes revolutionary. But revolution was never supposed to be comfortable.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Everything is Political.
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A News Item And A Silly Cartoon
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A News Item And A Silly Cartoon
Apparently, new information into the investigation of the Kirk murder last week has just emerged, according to the NY Times. Govenor Spencer Cox of Utah reported that the suspect had been “radicalized...
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September 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A News Item And A Silly Cartoon
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Watched an old favorite. Saw patriarchy dressed as romance.
Felt my heart break.
Patriarchy is not a relic of the past—it is trauma we risk repeating unless we choose a different story.
READ: caringessentials.net/post/waking-...
#TraumaInformed #CaringIsEssential #ResistPatriarchy
Felt my heart break.
Patriarchy is not a relic of the past—it is trauma we risk repeating unless we choose a different story.
READ: caringessentials.net/post/waking-...
#TraumaInformed #CaringIsEssential #ResistPatriarchy
Waking Up With American Dreamer: Patriarchy, Trauma, and Choosing a Different Story
Revisiting the 1980s film American Dreamer reveals how misogyny and patriarchy were normalized as entertainment—and how today’s politics threaten to pull us back into that story. A bold reflection on ...
caringessentials.net
September 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Watched an old favorite. Saw patriarchy dressed as romance.
Felt my heart break.
Patriarchy is not a relic of the past—it is trauma we risk repeating unless we choose a different story.
READ: caringessentials.net/post/waking-...
#TraumaInformed #CaringIsEssential #ResistPatriarchy
Felt my heart break.
Patriarchy is not a relic of the past—it is trauma we risk repeating unless we choose a different story.
READ: caringessentials.net/post/waking-...
#TraumaInformed #CaringIsEssential #ResistPatriarchy
The link between language and gunshots
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The link between language and gunshots
The Column: 06.15.25
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June 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The link between language and gunshots
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See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org?utm_source=s...
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
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May 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org?utm_source=s...
April 29, 2025 - Two Days to May Day
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April 29, 2025 - Two Days to May Day
Checking Trump's power, fundraising for abortion funds in Alabama, signing a general strike card, and more!
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April 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
April 29, 2025 - Two Days to May Day
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Healing and justice are not separate.
I didn’t plan to step into this fight —
But I refuse to stay silent while dignity, truth, and constitutional values are betrayed.
Here's why I’m choosing Ethical Courage — and how you can too:
👉 marycoughlin.substack.com/p/when-ethic...
#CaringIsEssential
I didn’t plan to step into this fight —
But I refuse to stay silent while dignity, truth, and constitutional values are betrayed.
Here's why I’m choosing Ethical Courage — and how you can too:
👉 marycoughlin.substack.com/p/when-ethic...
#CaringIsEssential
When Ethical Silence Becomes Betrayal: A Call for Collective Courage
Naming the harm. Defending the Constitution. Healing democracy through principled, trauma-informed action.
marycoughlin.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Healing and justice are not separate.
I didn’t plan to step into this fight —
But I refuse to stay silent while dignity, truth, and constitutional values are betrayed.
Here's why I’m choosing Ethical Courage — and how you can too:
👉 marycoughlin.substack.com/p/when-ethic...
#CaringIsEssential
I didn’t plan to step into this fight —
But I refuse to stay silent while dignity, truth, and constitutional values are betrayed.
Here's why I’m choosing Ethical Courage — and how you can too:
👉 marycoughlin.substack.com/p/when-ethic...
#CaringIsEssential
April 28, 2025 - Three Days to May Day
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April 28, 2025 - Three Days to May Day
Courage in the face of mass deportation horrors, blue state resistance, Congress is back, and more
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April 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
April 28, 2025 - Three Days to May Day
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