LPC on Instagram: "New Te Pãti Mãori MP Oriini Kaipara has entered Parliament with a promise to continue the fight to protect te reo Mãori and Te Tiriti. Her maiden speech riled the Speaker, Gerry Brownlee, who suspended the House as haka and waiata continued following her maiden speech. He was also unhappy with how long the speech went on for. It is rare for the House to be suspended, but Brownlee did so after saying he did not think there was going to be haka as well as waiata tautoko to follo

LPC on Instagram: "From 1993 This video shows the iconic Thanksgiving play scene from Addams Family Values (1993), where Wednesday Addams steps onto the stage with quiet confidence and completely transforms the performance. What begins as a cheerful, overly sanitized school play about the first Thanksgiving quickly turns into a powerful, rebellious moment. Instead of reciting the scripted, sugar-coated lines about harmony between settlers and Native Americans, Wednesday delivers a striking and h

Leidy Quispe, LPC | Trauma & EMDR Therapist on Instagram: "We need to stop pretending that “it wasn’t that bad.” Childhood trauma doesn’t just stay in your memories. It changes your brain. Even the “small things” . the angry parent, the emotional distance, the addiction at home . teach your nervous system to live in survival mode. If this feels close to home, nothing is wrong with you. Something happened to you. And it can be healed. ✨ Follow @LeidyTherapy for trauma informed explanations that a