by Elizabeth Woods | Jul 21, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Post Traumatic Growth
Did you know that your breath is the fastest way to calm down when you are feeling dysregulated? Nobody is immune from stress, regardless of age and we all have one thing in common — we react. How we react to stress is different for everyone, but there is a...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jul 16, 2026 | Boundaries
I was helping one of my friends move house recently. We’ve been friends since college, and she asked me to help her box some of her old stuff for the movers. Her teenage girls were packing up their clothes, and I couldn’t help hearing some of their conversation. They...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jul 6, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Emotional Wellness
You Can’t Run Away From Your Own Head Human beings are like an iceberg. We go through life sharing only the pieces of ourselves that we want people to see. But there’s so much more going on inside. Isaac Newton’s third law states that: “for every action (force)...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jun 29, 2026 | Highly Sensitive, Post Traumatic Growth
My name’s Lizzy, and I’m a trauma survivor. I write to spread awareness of what it feels like to live after traumatic events and abuse. I know because I’m living this life. A life after enduring more than a human being should be able to survive. The five F’s of Trauma...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jun 26, 2026 | Feeling Good Enough, Holiday Stress, Holidays
This post looks back at the recent US Holiday, “Mothers Day”, and the challenges it creates for survivors of trauma with a mother wound. How are you feeling today? Do you have a complex relationship with today being Mother’s Day? I know I do, and I thought...
