by Grace Mattoli | Jan 19, 2026 | ACEs, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, CPTSD and PTSD, EMDR, Emotional Wellness
My Story in Brief A Dragonfly Mosaic: My Journey from Fear to Love is the working title of the memoir I’m currently writing. It chronicles a lifetime shaped by complex trauma and my ongoing path toward healing. The sudden death of my mother when I was fifteen was the...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Jan 15, 2026 | CPTSD, Estrangement, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
The recent Oprah clip ricocheting across X demonstrates something most people prefer to pretend doesn’t exist. A woman sits across from Oprah and says she hasn’t spoken to her entire family for a year and a half. No calls. No texts. Nothing. Oprah repeats it back to...
by Wendy Hoke | Jan 14, 2026 | Boundaries, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Each year during the Thanksgiving season, I open my storage unit to retrieve my Christmas ornaments. Next to the boxes sits an antique grandfather wall clock that once belonged to my former mother-in-law’s family. It still chimes on the hour, but it no longer keeps...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jan 13, 2026 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Do you believe that we are put on this earth for a reason? You don’t have to be “spiritual” to believe. I believed in something more when I was growing up. It was my way of surviving my childhood as a sex offender’s daughter. I realized my dream and broke...
by Rachel Grant | Jan 12, 2026 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Give yourself the pleasure of a functional life filled with people who believe you, who trust you, love you, and who accept the beauty and the wonder that is your strength. I recently connected with Alle C. Hall, a sought-after author, speaker, writing instructor, and...
by Jesse Donahue | Jan 7, 2026 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
WHAT IS THE POINT?By Jesse Donahue © 2023 Love, the theme of many songs and found in the words of poets, theologians, and philosophers alike, is too often hidden from man by his experienced and internalized traumas Consciousness is the ‘point’ of the Universe. Without...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jan 6, 2026 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Domestic Violence, Guest Contributor
It was late, and my kids had gone to bed a few hours before. I was tired and getting ready to call it a night. A sudden knock on the door made me look up from my keyboard. It was a gentle knock, almost as if it had not even happened. “Did you hear a knock?” I asked my...
by Sophia Rehmus | Jan 5, 2026 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Gaslighting
Cassandra, the Prophetess of Troy, whose name in Greek means “she who entangles men,” rejected the sexual advances of the god Apollo in his temple. As punishment, Apollo invalidated Cassandra’s gift of prophecy: henceforth, no one would believe her, even when her...
by Wendy Hoke | Jan 1, 2026 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
I am a mountain climber at heart, and I live in California, home to the Sierra Nevadas. I’ve spent much of my life moving through the backcountry with a pack on my shoulders. Over time, I learned to bring only what truly matters for survival. The lack of comforts...
by Natalie Rose | Dec 31, 2025 | Building Resilience in Healing, CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Expressive Writing, Feeling Good Enough, Guest Contributor, Post Traumatic Growth, Recovery, Self Care
One sweltering July when I was fifteen, I was camped out on a shaded picnic bench at nerd camp. While furiously pushing the buttons on my calculator and drilling exercises for my upcoming exam, I heard rustling in the grass ahead of me. When I looked up, I saw a small...
