CREATING SOCIAL CHANGE ONE CONNECTION AT A TIME
SPEAKER | TRAINER | AUTHOR
Who is Lisa Cherry
Working with vulnerable children, whether in an educational setting or through fostering and adoption, you know what a struggle life can be for them. Those that suffer through Adverse Childhood Experiences, research has proven time and time again, face greater challenges in life because of things that happened to them beyond their control.
My mission is to provide accessible, scientifically grounded knowledge and information to all those working with and around trauma, resilience and recovery. Continue reading.
Nazareth House; Mother and Baby Units in the 1960’s and 1970’s
This is a piece of writing completed in 2013 that explores the journey undertaken in attempting to find out about and make sense of, the beginning of my life. My writing has improved since then! My need to reference everything is now a given. But I didn't want to...
Trauma Informed Practices 2021. Where next?
Alongside many colleagues, I have been at the heart of what continues to be an integration into all sectors, a level of understanding about the impact of trauma and what we can do about it. I have been doing this particular piece of work using this particular language...
Highlights of 2020
I awoke on Boxing Day and it hit me; this time of year, usually signifying endings and beginnings was in fact very much a 'middle.' Loss washed over me, drowning my soul in profound sentences that were shaped by the emotions of shame, isolation (shame's best friend)...