by Heather Jurvelin | Sep 11, 2025 | ACEs, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Guest Contributor
When I started therapy with the dozenth therapist of my life, my world was on fire. The flames of chaos once again swallowed my life. I attended the first few sessions of therapy, desperate to put out the firestorm before it consumed me. Fortunately, my therapist is...
by Heather Jurvelin | Sep 3, 2025 | ACEs, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Healing is a little like coming off a diet that you didn’t want to be on in the first place. Suddenly, all the things you craved (along with some things you didn’t even know you wanted) lay before you like a feast. You find yourself at life’s table, ravenous and ready...
by Heather Jurvelin | Aug 18, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
How many times have you dismissed your past experiences because “others had it worse” or “it wasn’t really that bad?” Too many to count? Yeah, me too. Welcome to the club we somehow became a part of without ever signing on the dotted line. We didn’t agree to...
by Heather Jurvelin | Jul 16, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Living with CPTSD is a trip…and not the “ooh yay, this is fun” kind of trip. In my opinion, one of the most ominous and annoying things about CPTSD is the constant struggle to stay rooted in the present. It took me decades of living in purgatory between then and now...
by Heather Jurvelin | Jun 10, 2025 | Cognitive Behavior Therapy, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Vulnerability and Trust Can Be the Hardest Work We’ll Ever Do My therapist recently had the audacity to applaud my progress, reminding me that I’m “the one doing all the work.” A part of me internally screamed about how much I hated it when she said that. For the...
