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The Journey of Recovery – Why Some Heal Faster: Uncovering the Factors Behind PTSD Recovery
This article explores why recovery from PTSD looks different for each person and gently explains key factors that can influence the pace and shape of healing.
When A Voice Changes The Room: Trauma, Sound, and The Survival Skill No One Respects
Trauma survivors do not “overreact” to tone. Their nervous system was wired by experience to read micro-shifts in voice and atmosphere as early warning data, long before words catch up.
The Dance of Life
There she strolled, with a designed grace, one foot forward after the other, pushing, dispensing, oozing that life's source, that vibrant something. Something spoken, wildly, emboldened to dare...
Speak Up or Be Misunderstood: How Communication Can Break Down Trauma Barriers
When was the last time you had a conversation with a real person, other than at work? Social skills help us to connect, communicate, and build stronger relationships with people. Face-to-face...
What Is Trauma Therapy Really About?
Before becoming a trauma therapist, I thought trauma therapy was this scary process where people had to relive their trauma in order to feel better. I think the media plays a big role in this...
Finding Beauty in the Pieces: A Journey Through Healing
I’ve had the privilege of knowing Karen Carey since 2017, and over the years, it’s been incredible to watch both of us evolve and grow through our own healing journeys. Even from afar, tracking...
Ready, Not Reckless: Death Anxiety Through a Trauma Lens
A field-grounded explanation of why many trauma survivors aren’t afraid of death itself but of dying, loss of control, and lifelong exhaustion—plus practical ways to lower nervous-system load without pathologizing the “ready but not suicidal” stance.
12 Ways to Take Charge of Your Stress Levels: Easy Steps to Manage A less Stressful Life
What is stress? Stress can be defined as a state of worry or mental tension caused by a difficult situation. Stress is a natural human response that prompts us to address...
When a Single Sip Keeps You Awake
I have never been a drinker. Most people assume that means I didn’t like the taste or that I grew up in a strict household. The truth is simpler and more human. I was adopted at birth and raised...
How To Challenge Negative Thoughts: 5 Simple Ways to a more Positive Way of Thinking
Humans are busy, and our minds are constantly playing tag with knowledge and new inputs. We are bombarded with information overload every day, but sometimes we tune out the noise, and our minds...
Using God for Control (The Subtlety of Neglect)
An Ideal, God-Loving Family Trigger Warning: This post discusses religious trauma and its impact on mental health. It may be distressing for readers who have experienced harm in religious or...
Developmental Trauma – What is it? An explanation in six parts.
The Atmosphere of Developmental Trauma I froze. Even at four-years-old, I knew that danger lurked behind every corner. My home, a minefield of attack, never rested. Each day began as a slow burn,...
What is Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
“Complex PTSD comes in response to chronic traumatization over the course of months or, more often, years. This can include emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuses, domestic violence, living in a war zone, being held captive, human trafficking, and other organized rings of abuse, and more. While there are exceptional circumstances where adults develop C-PTSD, it is most often seen in those whose trauma occurred in childhood”.
