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Reverend Cheryl Rieder writes about trauma, recovery, faith, and the complex experience of living inside a body that has been through something significant.
After her brain hemorrhage, Cheryl experienced what she calls “brief dementia,” including...
The expectation that recovery moves forward steadily is one of the cruelest myths about trauma. Cheryl...
Arachnoiditis does not show up on your face or in the way you walk through a room. Chronic pain and sensory...
Surviving a near-death experience does not automatically feel like a gift. Cheryl writes honestly about...
Pastors are expected to hold space for the grief and crisis of others. What happens when the pastor is...
In medicine, the difference between survival and catastrophe can come down to a single moment of attention....