Oxytocin – Tribal Minded

I. The Shepherd and WiFi – A meditation on Psalm 23

May 19, 2019 by Dr. Hannah Thuku Kolehmainen

It’s 4 a.m. and I’m wide awake. I take several very deep breathes to relax my body and mind, hoping to drift back to sweet slumber. But I can tell I won’t soon be falling asleep. I’m learning to tune in to when He wants a hang out with me. I open the eyes of …

Meant to Belong to a Herd

October 20, 2017 by Dr. Hannah Thuku Kolehmainen

Part I: OXYTOCIN I took a magnificent Dementia class by fellow occupational therapist Teepa Snow. She taught a contact technique to use on people with dementia. She elaborated that it led to the release of Oxytocin, a hormone produced in mammalian brains. I call it our herd hormone. I later learned it controls social recognition …

Dr. Hannah Thuku Kolehmainen

International Speaker, Educator & Author

Dr. Hannah Thuku Kolehmainen is an international speaker and educator, best-selling author, as well as an addiction & trauma therapist.

I am social introvert; a heart-firm, footloose Jesus-girl who enjoys family and friends, laughing, writing, painting, calligraphy, studying and teaching, reading, cooking, health & wellness, gardening…

I hold a doctorate in Christian Counselling and a Master's degree in occupational therapy. I've recently retired from running an adult foster and hospice home to pursue full-time teaching and promoting my newly released book Napping in Delilah's Lap – The Pandemic of Pornography in the Pew & the Pulpit.

Please contact me for speaking engagements for Christian women's retreats, classroom, and community forums.