by Roseanne Reilly | Dec 7, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Holiday Stress, Mindfulness, Self Care
‘Peace is the highest happiness” (Tibetan Monk) Peace to me far outweighs striving for happiness or love or anything else. When I drop into the peacefulness that is both within me and around me, i’m naturally happy and feel content. It took, almost losing...
by Roseanne Reilly | Dec 1, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Mindfulness, Polyvagal Theory and CPTSD, Post Traumatic Growth, Self Care
Without the ability to self-regulate. Can there really be growth?All experiences are stored in the body and no one can escape their nervous system. Our autonomic nervous system learns from experiences for better or for worse. Kathy Kain writes about this in her book...
by Roseanne Reilly | Nov 17, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Anxiety, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing
Nervousness is normal when we have to face new and challenging situations, experiences, tests, interviews, presentations, or awkward family events.However, if you find that you are beginning to overly avoid situations (people, places, feelings) you could be left to...
by Roseanne Reilly | May 19, 2021 | CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Emotional Wellness, Feeling Good Enough
My term ‘Soulful Empathy’ arises from ‘feeling and listening at a soul level’ It is like one traumatized nervous system, soma (body) starts speaking to another and you feel seen and heard and safe in a sincere and soulful way, without words. One soma resonates...
by Roseanne Reilly | Apr 2, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Emotional Wellness, Post Traumatic Growth
Become a Student of Healing and Build Reliable Resources to Navigate life with Trauma In case you missed Part I of this II-part series, click here. Over time you developed survival resources to help you cope and protect yourself when you were over-exposed to trauma...
