Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her)

I help people with ancestor trauma process the unfinished business in their nervous systems. Writer, editor, & historian of 18th-c libertine art.

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

Processing #intergenerationaltrauma involves feeling into the unfinished business in your ancestors' nervous systems. #EMDR @TheUnfinishedB

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

Very useful, quick exercise one can do to explore the risks and benefits of an impending action:

[Sarah Larsen @fearless_rising]

Tim Ferriss' Fear-Setting Exercise:

Conquer your fears by knowing them.

• Define your fears for clarity
• Brainstorm prevention
• Plan for damage repair
• List the benefits of taking action
• Consider the costs of inaction

Watch Tim explain it in detail:

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

"Taken together, the report notes, the lawsuits’ outcomes fundamentally refute the narrative that the protests were violent and underscore how it was the police response to them that broke laws and violated rights."

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

$150m paid in police misconduct claims shows violent response to 2020 protests, experts say https://t.co/77xsFTHZqk

[Guardian Science @guardianscience]

Microplastics found in every human testicle in study https://t.co/VURXr6KbHa

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

"On a global level, we need to shift towards plastic products that are either biodegradable – ie break down naturally – or structurally easier to chemically recycle; and consumers and businesses need to be incentivised to embrace them." https://t.co/gMyPBbNARy

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

Feeling the hand of this piece reaching out to me (and loving the spatial experience):
https://t.co/XILowsTHHo

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

A Mourner's Thesaurus:
https://t.co/BRqlDeVZfe

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

Excited to share my micro, Der Sachsenspiegel, that just came out in 100-Word Story:
https://t.co/KOp8AoIpKu
@100word_story
content notice: mention of legal practices around reporting rape

[Undark Magazine @undarkmag]

Sounds that are lower pitched are less studied than other types. Some say it’s a health hazard. Others have doubts. Read more from journalist @_LourdesMedrano.

▶️:https://t.co/mhKLGXCrzh
https://t.co/mhKLGXCrzh

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

This captured me, "Auspicium" by Diana Dima. How delicious to enter a world where birds live inside our bodies. "One day, she told me, our birds will burst out and carry us away, and nobody knows where." ❤️@dimafic @thedeadlands
https://t.co/EV1PiIIm7R

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

Luscious, moving. Excited for this documentary on #anselmkiefer ANSELM: https://t.co/UIdLMK017N

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

France makes abortion a constitutional right in historic Versailles vote https://t.co/yIzsbDW4AA

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

For parents and providers: check out this free Family Support webinar series, Fridays 10-12 EST. These sessions offer learning opportunities on specialized topics for parents of young children and for providers who serve them. https://t.co/LyIwu7MKHV #trust4kids

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

Reminding myself. You got this. Do it.
"I was five years old when the teacher yelled at me: ‘Get your head in the water … NOW!’" https://t.co/Egp7T0ZJaA

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

What a gem, this micro, by Jenevieve Ting.
On relationships, on mothers, on being, being there, and becoming:
我的大宝贝 https://t.co/3UeYCVs8DG via @TheOffingMag @tingrolls

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

"...Salmon can return to their original home and there die as if a circle has been drawn closed. But your goldfish cannot go back anywhere because it lives in a square fish tank inside a studio apartment."- @GJMartini
Mmmmmm, luscious flash
@havehadhavehad https://t.co/LUu33LZtNY

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

"The girl lived alone in the house, though that is not exactly the truth, since she was not alive."
Love this Pushcart nomination "The Doll House" by Nathan Alling Long in Flash Flood Journal:
https://t.co/VbXZKwkOr1
#flashfiction

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

@dolanmorgan @theoffingmag My pleasure!

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

Loved this: "At the sound of the tone, record the message that you want to hear, speak the words you wish someone would say to you..." - @dolanmorgan
One Eight Hundred https://t.co/p8i5KjUnIG via @TheOffingMag

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

"Studies show that infants, just a day old, already know their mothers based on the rhythm of her heartbeat, her voice, her scent. The newborn can easily identify her own mother from a lineup of women...There is no greater trauma to mother or infant than severing that bond."

[Debonaire @MsDebonaire99]

https://t.co/9JZAYsTmCW

Thankful to @The_Rumpus for publishing my piece.

[Danielle Lenhard, Ph.D., LICSW (she/her) @DanielleLenhard]

"Time, I learn, will haunt us both, our bodies running parallel like the big hand and little hand of a clock."

Gorgeous piece.

[HAD @havehadhavehad]

"My father is a five-year-old child... He is beaten by his father for saying the Pledge of Allegiance with his first-grade class. He is beaten by his teacher for not saying the Pledge of Allegiance with his first-grade class."

Wow, Savannah DiGregorio!!

https://t.co/kM7WVla25P