Recently, I read on a website called shepherdingwords that people are using social media to bear false witness and/or spread baseless...

I am watching a documentary about Jehovah's Witnesses , and I am so sad and even shocked how many parallels there are between that group...

As I was driving home to Los Angeles from Omaha in December of 2022, I received threats that if I come home, my husband would file a...

The Cruelty of Silence Originally posted July, 2021 Imagine talking "with" a loved one, and they say nothing back. For days. You text...

Originally posted in July, 2021; updated on August 12, 2024 "We're only as sick as our secrets."   When I heard this statement at an...

Originally posted in August 2021; updated a bit in August 2024   So my blog may seem to be shifting among a couple of themes.   A friend...

Abuse that isolates a church member Updated: Aug 13, 2021   Until I needed support the most, I believed that I had a dependable,...

Narcissistic Family Traits These are notes from a helpful youtube video (link is below); these points resonate with me, and I am sorry if...

Wolves in sheep's clothing When I read this analogy in the past, I pictured an Aesop's fable drawing of a wolf that is obviously a wolf,...

The following blogs were posted in October 2021, then deleted due to heightened threatening and abuse. They are being posted from more...

This weekend I reached out to a dear friend who has experienced much of what I write about in these postings, in the context of the same...

[Topics: Serve & Return; Who Is My Neighbor?] Serve & Return - for ALL ages Updated: Oct 31, 2021 Healthy relationships are marked by...

[Topics: Open letter to my father-in-law; Dysfunctional world maps] Why do I have the name "Wise"???? Updated: Dec 4, 2021 An open letter...

[Topics: Moral Injury and Systemic Abuse] Moral Injury Originally posted Dec 28, 2021 Violence and suicide are more frequently due to...

[Topics: Toxic positivity and Lessons Learned in 2021] I will be re-posting my former blogs, possibly 2 at a time, over the next days....

Someone reached out today and asked if he could buy a book which I wrote a few years ago and then removed from Amazon because I was...

In early 2020, I went to see a psychiatrist within my UCLA medical network. I was having symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic… all...

I was recommended a specific episode of a podcast (https://julieroys.com/podcast/), and am very thankful to have found it. I'll be...

Last night I attended a gathering of tens of thousands of believers at the Angels Stadium. All I can say is it was so glorious and...

Tonight I am grieving, intensely, unutterably, as I have grieved for several years now. As a middle school teacher, I am currently...