by erictknight | May 10, 2016 | autobiography, education, family, gratitude, personal growth, public schools, writing
By 2005 I’d had enough. My custom electronics business, while very successful, was destroying me. I was stressed all the time, I lost weight, I couldn’t sleep, I drank too much. Worst of all was what it was doing to my family. I was fighting with my wife...
by erictknight | May 2, 2015 | childhood trauma, depression, fear of rejection, healing, personal growth, PTSD, trauma
I want to talk about childhood trauma and its long-term effects on people. The ideas that follow are not my own, though I may be putting them together a bit differently than others are. What I have to say here is a result of personal experience, research, one-on-one...
by erictknight | Mar 16, 2015 | autobiography, personal growth
I used to believe that hurts just go away. I used to believe that if I push them down, put a smile on my face and just move on, that they just kind of dissolve. I’d feel better eventually. Everything would be fine. I know now that’s not true. Old hurts don’t “just go...
