by Elizabeth Woods | Jul 28, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Mindfulness
What is Mindfulness, and why should I care? Mindfulness is a way to focus on your inner and outer self. To become aware of yourself in the moment by accepting your feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. It’s a way to slow down and exist in the moment and to pay...
by Elizabeth Woods | May 28, 2025 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Hey, how are you feeling today? Have you taken some time for yourself today? If you are a survivor of trauma and abuse, the answer is probably not. As survivors, the last person we think about is ourselves because we have spent years being suppressed into believing...
by Elizabeth Woods | Apr 8, 2025 | ACEs, Anxiety, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Communication: 1: A process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior. Exchange of information. 2: Information communicated, information transmitted or conveyed. A verbal or written message. Source:...
by Elizabeth Woods | Feb 27, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor
***TRIGGER WARNING: The following post discusses sensitive issues including child abuse.*** Family is defined as “the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children” in the Merriam Webster online dictionary....
by Elizabeth Woods | Feb 3, 2025 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mindfulness, Self-Acceptance
My name is Lizzy, and I am a survivor of child abuse and trauma. It’s been several decades since I escaped my childhood and started again but the past is still living inside me and if you are a survivor like me, you will understand what this feels like....
