by Elizabeth Woods | Mar 23, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Healthy Relationships, Relationships
Say “I do…” Three little letters, two little words. It’s the simplest part of the day. But there’s nothing simple about the things that will remain unsaid. I do means I do know I could be hurt. But I’m ready to be healed with you. It means I do want to try. Even...
by Jeanne Jess | Mar 19, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories
Like many of you, dear readers, I have had certain experiences that led to CPTSD. At one point in my life, my CPTSD had become so overwhelming that I struggled to speak and eat normally, and there were times when I would stutter as a result. Before I got the right...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Mar 18, 2026 | CPTSD, Mental Health Professional
Most people are taught to listen to words. Survivors listen to physics. They hear pitch, pace, volume, breath, the weight of a step in the hallway, the way a door closes, the length of a pause after their name. Those details are dismissed as “too sensitive” by people...
by Jesse Donahue | Mar 17, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Healing Self-Shame, Self-Acceptance
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 tell, to call out the imperative want and hunger that is human...
by Elizabeth Woods | Mar 16, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Core Beliefs, CPTSD
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 communication without smartphones happens less often than it should, as...
by Megan Samuels | Mar 12, 2026 | CPTSD, Mental Health Professional, Therapy
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 belief. Many of my clients share similar fears when I ask what they expect...
by Rachel Grant | Mar 11, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD
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 her path has been inspiring – seeing someone take the broken pieces...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Mar 10, 2026 | Anxiety, CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed
Most people aren’t afraid of death. They’re afraid of dying—pain, loss of control, humiliation, and the slow stripping away of what makes them recognizable to themselves. Death is the black box. Dying is paperwork, machines, schedules, and other people’s permission....
by Elizabeth Woods | Mar 9, 2026 | CPTSD
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 challenges and threats in our lives....
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Mar 5, 2026 | Addiction, Body Chemistry, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Self Regulation
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 as an only child by two functioning alcoholics. Nothing about that...
