Laura B. StearnsNov 16, 202110 min readSetting the StandardsThank you to MN Playlist for publishing the following article on its website 11/16/21. To see the original posting click here. Local...
Laura B. StearnsMar 8, 20214 min readA Pandemic of HarmI was honored with the request to submit a letter to the Public Safety Committee of the Minnesota State Legislature last week, as they...
Laura B. StearnsDec 30, 202012 min readDANCING ON LANDMINESDANCING ON LANDMINES: The Continuing Saga of CTC I saw a photograph the other day that sent me directly to the core of my trauma. An old...
Laura B. StearnsFeb 23, 20209 min readTHE WORST KEPT SECRETThere are a few books I can’t bring myself to read. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is one of them. There is nothing in me that...
Laura B. StearnsJan 29, 20204 min readTHE NATURE OF TRIGGERS:THE NATURE OF TRIGGERS: Triggered adjective 1. (of a mechanism) activated by a trigger. "a triggered alarm" 2. (of a response) caused by...
Laura B. StearnsDec 28, 20196 min readThe Downgrading of TraumaTHE DOWNGRADING OF TRAUMA Last week I watched my friend as she listened to the MPR story about the abuse she suffered as a child at the...