What happens in the early years of our lives can have a
profound impact on how we are as adults.
On October 22, the Jana Marie Foundation’s Mokita Dialogues will look at “Trauma and Trust: How Our Early Years Resonate Through Our Lifetime.”
Amy Wallwork, a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience treating families, couples, and individuals in diverse care settings, leads the discussion. The talk begins at 11 a.m., and to join in the conversation via Zoom, go to tinyurl.com/MokitaDialogues.
“By our first year of life, we build a working model of relationships that helps or hinders our sense of connectedness with others into adulthood,” Wallwork says. “Connectedness — its quality, consistency, or absence impacts our health, well-being, and success accordingly.”
Wallwork specializes in helping parents, teachers, and health and social service workers recognize trauma’s impacts on child attachment, development, and sensory processing, and learn how to promote growth and healing through their caregiving relationships. Some of the questions she’ll be discussing include What is necessary to build a healthy “working model” of relationship from the start? Why do some people seem to avoid connection, while others constantly seek it? Can trauma’s negative impacts be healed?
The next Mokita Dialogues will be November 19, and the discussion will center on “Gun Sense and Safety.”
For more information about Mokita Dialogues and the Jana Marie Foundation, visit janamariefoundation.org and follow the Jana Marie Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn and subscribe to the Jana Marie Foundation’s YouTube channel. Also, listen and subscribe to Elephants Heard, the new podcast from the Jana Marie Foundation.
For more information about Mokita Dialogues and the Jana Marie Foundation, visit janamariefoundation.org and follow the Jana Marie Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn and subscribe to the Jana Marie Foundation’s YouTube channel.
Contact us: 814.954.5920 info@janamariefoundation.org
