by Elizabeth Woods | Oct 1, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
Hey, how are you doing today? Are you having a good day, or a not-so-good day? Have you stopped to take a break and take care of yourself? We live in a fast-paced world, where results appear more important than the people working on achieving them. The internet is...
by Elizabeth Woods | Sep 22, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
This post is darker than my normal posts, but I feel it’s time to address it. Fear. How are you doing today? I mean, really. Are you having a good day, or a not-so-great day? I’m deliberately not saying the word “bad.” Bad is a word that is used way too often and...
by Elizabeth Woods | Sep 9, 2025 | Boundaries, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
We’ve all done it, saying yes when we don’t want to. So, why do we do it to ourselves? Why don’t we just say what we feel? The truth isn’t as cut and dry as you would think. Excuses — right? That is what you’d say. I get that. My own excuses have excuses as to why I...
by Elizabeth Woods | Sep 2, 2025 | CPTSD and PTSD, Flashbacks, Guest Contributor
Living with Trauma is not easy. It can include a daily rollercoaster of emotions, most of which are unwelcome. It feels like being inside a constant washer spin cycle of hurling emotions, as we plunge in and out of trauma memories. Some days, the nightmares keep us...
by Elizabeth Woods | Aug 19, 2025 | CPTSD, Depression, Guest Contributor, Nature, Self Care, Trauma
Are you having a bad day, or week? Maybe the whole month hasn’t gone as well as you were expecting it to? Consider the fireflies shining into the darkness in the picture above. Let their lights shine the way throughout this reading. In today’s post, I’m going to...
