Matt’s Mumblings Blog
An Argument for Free Will
Posted on March 15, 2019
Has neurobiology and science killed free will altogether? I yell, NO! First, my concessions from wha…
What if Personal Responsibility is a Myth?
Posted on March 8, 2019
Like many of you who commented last week, I’m also not ready or willing to give up that human beings…
Do you Believe in Fate or Free Will?
Posted on March 1, 2019
Morpheus: Do you believe in fate, Neo? Neo: No. Morpheus: Why not? Neo: Because I don’t like the ide…
Fort Knox or an Elementary School
Posted on February 22, 2019
My trainings take me into more and more schools, or should I say fortresses! Due to school shootings…
Trauma-Informed Policing
Posted on February 15, 2019
Last month I conducted my first Trauma-Informed Policing training with a Police Department in the Me…
An Evolution in my Self-Care & Thinking on the Future of Trauma-Informed Care
Posted on February 7, 2019
If you’ve tuned into the Trauma-Informed Lens Podcast lately, you know that we’ve taken a deep dig i…
The Warmth of Other Suns
Posted on February 1, 2019
“History is written by the victors.” Winston Churchill Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns:…
“Maybe I was too optimistic. Maybe I expected too much.”
Posted on January 25, 2019
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day this week gave me a chance to go back to one of my favorite p…
How Does Trauma Affect Sleep and Things You Can Do to Improve Sleep?
Posted on January 18, 2019
Guest post by Sarah Cummings Following a traumatic event, people regularly come across as distant an…
What the heck was I thinking?
Posted on January 11, 2019
What the heck was I thinking? Almost as an afterthought, I decided to give up caffeine for my New Ye…
Happy 2019
Posted on January 4, 2019
What the heck are we going to say a year from now about 2019! At least for us in the U.S., 2018 felt…
Looking Back, 2018, Turn the Page
Posted on December 27, 2018
It is hard to express the humility I feel thinking back on 2018. From Honolulu to Cape Cod; from Sou…