by Cyndi Bennett | Jun 30, 2023 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, PTSD, Trauma
Trauma is a word or a concept that does not resonate with everyone. This is especially true for those of the older generation. Many in the older generations, like my mother’s age (70’s and above), say things like, “That was just life…it was what it was,” and that is...
by Cyndi Bennett | May 18, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Post Traumatic Growth, Trauma, Workplace Trauma
It’s like God is saying…not yet. I have been working on a different blog for half a week, and it will not let me write it. Have you ever experienced that? What is a writer to do when that happens? Well, for me, it is time to speak from the heart. I got my...
by Cyndi Bennett | May 11, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Trauma, Workplace Trauma
How to overcome your fear of being seen to advance your career The desire to grow and advance our careers is something most of us experience at some point in our lives. We would love to make more money, get more respect, and become leaders in our field, but to...
by Cyndi Bennett | May 4, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, PTSD, Sexual Abuse, Trauma
Today, I am writing from the messy middle. You know the place. It is when you are in the middle of working through something difficult, and you are still trying to figure it out. That is where I am today. My relationship with my body is complicated I’ve started...
by Cyndi Bennett | Apr 27, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Pyschotherapy, Recovery, Trauma, Treatment, Treatment for CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
My therapist and I recently ventured into the therapy modality called brainspotting. We have been using EMDR with some success to help me process the trauma from my childhood. As we began to work on the trauma-related dissociation I was experiencing, my therapist...
