Trauma dis-integrates a person – separates various parts of the brain and the rest of the body from each other, pulls us apart – and creates distance between ourselves and other people. Our healing begins when people move toward us and we don’t run away. Our healing happens when we are known – truly known – and loved.

In 2023, Surgeon Health General Dr. Vivek Murthy said that the United States had a loneliness epidemic and that, if we didn’t address it, the consequences would be dire: ”Lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.”

“People raised on love see things differently than those raised on survival.” – Joy Marino

We know that wounded people wound other people.

We also know that healthy people help others heal.

Wounding and healing both happen in relationships, and one of the most impactful relationships in a person’s life is her relationship with her primary caregiver.

NAOMI’S mission to provide a haven of support for women and children means being a safe, healing space for children, as well as single women and mothers.

Let’s look at three ways NAOMI cares for children: