JoAnn Elizabeth Stevelos

When Your Job Is Looking Away Who Protects the Child When the Job Comes First

Not an argument about individual morality, but about the systems that make silence rationa.

Flying Things–A Review of a Concert, an Album and a Song (& a movie & a playwright) Because I can never do just one thing.

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Flying Things–A Review of a Concert, an Album and a Song (& a movie & a playwright) Because I can never do just one thing.

Flying Things–A Review of a Concert, an Album and a Song (& a movie & a playwright). --My first time writing a music review--challenging and fun! open.substack.com/pub/joanneli...

The Epstein Files and the Second Silence We Can Do Hard Things. Institutions Rarely Do.

The Epstein Files and the Second Silence

I’ve been listening to Amanda Doyle’s Epstein series on We Can Do Hard Things.

Releasing files is not justice.
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Exposure Without Repair for Epstein's Victims The second silence, masked men, and the harm that follows truth

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Teri Leigh 💜 (@terileigh) I’m writing this from Minnesota. These are just a few things that may not be making the national or international news. a beloved local donut shop Glam Doll Donuts across the street from where A...

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JoAnn Elizabeth Stevelos (@dreamalibis) “My family’s first language was silence.” — Junot Díaz I have come to understand that there are two silences. The first is the silence that allows harm to continue. The second comes after disclosur...

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Hope is something you have to practice. Read how.

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Probably Fine On the moment an adult’s attention settles on a child and no one interrupts

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Probably Fine On the moment an adult’s attention settles on a child and no one interrupts

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The Hope Model, Parts IV & V: Mastery and Spirituality How the final two strands of the Hope Model help us move from survival toward meaning.

This is the final chapter of my five-part Hope Series. It’s about mastery, spirituality, and how we keep moving when life feels impossible. If you’ve felt flattened by the world today, I hope this gives you a small place to rest.
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Part III — Attachment: Repairing the First Wound In the Hope Model, attachment is the first repair. Patricia, Kathleen, and Shirley showed me how it begins.

Why the people who show up later can change everything.
If you grew up learning to depend on no one, it can take years to understand that attachment isn’t a threat — it’s a form of repair.

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Part III — Attachment: Repairing the First Wound In the Hope Model, attachment is the first repair. Patricia, Kathleen, and Shirley showed me how it begins.

Part III — Attachment: Repairing the First Wound
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The Secret Architecture of Hope From The Second Silence — essays on the architecture of hope. First in a five-part series on how to understand hope, and how to practice it.

The Secret Architecture of Hope
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Survival: The First Dimension of Hope From The Second Silence — essays on the architecture of hope Part II — Survival: Reframing shame as evidence of endurance, not failure.

Survival: The First Dimension of Hope
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The Secret Architecture of Hope From The Second Silence — essays on the architecture of hope. First in a five-part series on how to understand hope, and how to practice it.

If you’ve ever wondered how to hold onto hope—or how to rebuild it for yourself or someone you love—I’d love for you to follow along.

#hope
#hopelessness

JoAnn Elizabeth Stevelos (@dreamalibis) “Grief is not a task to finish, but a landscape to tend.” —Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow. Peter died around 3AM on November 2, 2017. Each year, this hour feels both far and near. I write th...

“Grief is not a task to finish, but a landscape to tend.” — Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow

Peter died around 3 a.m. on November 2. Each year, this hour feels both far and near. I write these words in his honor—for the ordinary beauty he left behind, and the field we keep clearing still.

The Psychology of "No" in Vaccine Hesitancy Tired of vaccine misinformation? Here's a calm, practical guide to protect kids—what to ask your clinician, how to weigh the risks, and why public health works.

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The Psychology of "No" in Vaccine Hesitancy Tired of vaccine misinformation? Here's a calm, practical guide to protect kids—what to ask your clinician, how to weigh the risks, and why public health works.

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JoAnn Elizabeth Stevelos (@dreamalibis) 100 heroes! Speaking out for the over 1,000 girls now women who deserve justice.

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We The People Act Now (@wethepeopleactnow) ICEBLOCK app and how to rehearse if confronted by thugs. Please keep sharing for everyone. Anyone can be in this situation.

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This Is Not a Hoax. It’s America’s Shame. Survivors know: silence isn’t neutrality. It’s complicity.

This Is Not a Hoax. It’s America’s Shame.
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We Found Them by the Diaper Brand When justice starts with a diaper brand and a crib rail, we’ve already failed the children.

We Found Them by the Diaper Brand
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What Happens When a 10-Year-Old Dies by Suicide? A 10-year-old’s suicide is not just a tragedy—it’s a call to change how we teach, care for, and protect our children. Let’s refuse to look away.

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My experience editing my favorite essay in a long time A master lesson in trauma writing

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My experience editing my favorite essay in a long time A master lesson in trauma writing

My experience editing my favorite essay in a long time
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What Happens When a 10-Year-Old Dies by Suicide? A 10-year-old’s suicide is not just a tragedy—it’s a call to change how we teach, care for, and protect our children. Let’s refuse to look away.

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What Happens When a 10-Year-Old Dies by Suicide? A 10-year-old’s suicide is not just a tragedy—it’s a call to change how we teach, care for, and protect our children. Let’s refuse to look away.

What Happens When a 10-Year-Old Dies by Suicide? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/chil...

What Happens When a 10-Year-Old Dies by Suicide? A 10-year-old’s suicide is not just a tragedy—it’s a call to change how we teach, care for, and protect our children. Let’s refuse to look away.

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What If Prevention Meant Stopping the Abuser? What child sexual abuse survivors know that public health doesn’t always say aloud

We keep asking what’s wrong with the child.
We rarely ask: Who is around the child?
What if prevention meant stopping the abuser—before they act?

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