resilience Archives - David B. Bohl

Developing Your Own Narrative Promotes Lifelong Healing

I am often asked about the title of my memoir, Parallel Universes, and how I came up with it. There are many different reasons it

July 14, 2023

Feed the Expansion, Not the Pain

Sometimes I imagine past trauma as one of those Choose-Your-Own Adventure situations, where turning to page XYZ essentially puts me back in a sad loop

June 30, 2023

Families Like Mine: Wisconsin Relative Caregivers for Children Conference Presentation on Complexities of Addiction

I had the honor of presenting The Complexities of Addiction: Implications for Foster, Relative, and Adoptive Families at the Families Like Mine conference, a statewide

June 5, 2023

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: FAMILY OF ORIGIN SEPARATION TRAUMA AND ADDICTION – CARE PLANNING AND RECOVERY MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

I was honored to speak to the clinicians at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation today, especially as a graduate of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate

April 19, 2023

Haymarket Center Spring Workshop: Family of Origin Separation Trauma and Addiction – Care Planning and Recovery Management Implications

I was honored to have kicked off the 2023 Haymarket Center Spring Workshops with the presentation: Family of Origin Separation Trauma and Addiction – Care

March 27, 2023

Confirmation Bias and What Trust Has to do With It

One of the most challenging aspects of growing up with developmental trauma is having to unlearn certain beliefs—beliefs that might’ve served us at one point,

February 28, 2023

On Grieving Many Times, and Many Times Over

My beautiful, sweet mother died last week at the age of 90 years old. She passed while I was on a plane on my way

January 30, 2023

The Antidote to Shame

I was relinquished at birth, then adopted into a new family at the age of one-week old. I entered this world without the safety net

January 16, 2023

It’s All Material – Why Telling Stories Matters

I’ve had a lot of breakthroughs in my life, but it wasn’t until I started to share my story that I understood that my experiences

November 6, 2022

Did You Know There Are Two Celebrated Authors from East Troy, WI?

It’s hard to not make it sound as if it’s not my ego that needs stroking, but when I think about my work as an

September 15, 2022

Happy New Season!

For many of us the real new year starts in September. This is the time when kids and young adults go back to school, when

September 8, 2022

Grieving Loss and The Endowment of Pain

Recently, I experienced a profound personal loss. The details are not important as they are private, but this was the loss of the greatest caliber

August 10, 2022

The Butterfly Effect: Truth and Transparency in (my) Adoption

“The butterfly effect is the idea that small, seemingly trivial events may ultimately result in something with much larger consequences – in other words, they

August 5, 2022

The Harm of Positivity

Have you too been feeling this “sweet” pressure to feel good, the way I have lately? I’m talking about the pressure to triumph over negativity

June 30, 2022

A Love Hangover is Better than Any Other Hangover

“I’ve got the sweetest hangover/ I don’t wanna get over” ~ Diana Ross Recently, I was a part of a beautiful event that made

June 15, 2022

Brace Ourselves

There’s no doubt that we’re going to be here for a little longer—here meaning the unstable and unpredictable world we find ourselves in. Nothing seems

May 14, 2022

HIGH-VALUE-ADDED ADDICTION CONSULTING
Case Study: Jason

In the following series I will talk about composite case studies based on clients who came to my practice looking for help with their emotional-

April 4, 2022

HIGH-VALUE-ADDED ADDICTION CONSULTING
Case Study: Catherine