When Silence Hurts: Turning Abandonment into Agency

Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D.

Published on: 12/11/2025

When silence from my family felt like abandonment, I realized I was asking them to meet needs that only I could fill. This is how I learned to give myself the validation, compassion, and peace I’d been waiting for someone else to offer.

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The Day My Faith and Patriotism Fell Out of Sync

Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D.

Published on: 05/11/2025

When the ideals that once defined me collided—faith, service, compassion, and duty—I felt the ground disappear. This is the story of how naming my grief became the first breath of peace and the beginning of coming home to myself.

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