A little story about an evening that changed me as a mother in no small way. Sam was little – four. He was having his very first sleepover with his best friend Molly – it was such a milestone that Molly’s mom had made them matching pajamas. Paul and I had...

IPNB in Action: Rupture & Repair

IPNB: Rupture & Repair SALLY MASLANSKY MAY 03, 2026 IPNB in Action Rupture and Repair Some time ago I was talking to a group about rupture and repair between a parent and child, and a man in his seventies was in the audience. His forty-something son was also in...

IPNB in Action – The Window of Tolerance

In my last blog, I wrote about Making Sense – the IPNB process of linking past, present, and potential future into a coherent narrative. I wrote about standing in front of the house where I was born, in Washington, D.C., where I had lived from birth to age...

Free, Not Brave

MAKING SENSE WITH SALLY MASLANSKY Free, Not Brave SALLY MASLANSKY MAR 12, 2026   Since the publication of my memoir, A Brilliant Adaptation: How Dissociative Identity Disorder & the Power of the Therapeutic Bond Saved Me, many people have warmly and kindly...