by Natalie Rose | Nov 12, 2025 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Post Traumatic Growth, Recovery, Religion and Trauma, Spirituality
Writer’s Note: This article discusses topics related to spiritual abuse. My purpose in sharing my story is not to single out any specific faith. While my negative experiences occurred within Christianity, it is important to recognize that religious abuse can happen in...
by Cyndi Bennett | Nov 11, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
A trauma-informed approach to sustainable professional development For trauma survivors navigating career development, the phrase “step outside your comfort zone” can feel overwhelming or even threatening. While growth requires stretching beyond familiar boundaries,...
by Elizabeth Woods | Nov 10, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Dreams, Guest Contributor
Do You Pay Attention to Your Unconscious Mind? Did you know that your nighttime dreams can give you clues about your life? Do you ever wake up and think about what your dreams might mean? Sometimes it’s not what you think. Sometimes your mind is trying to get your...
by Ramon Diaz | Nov 6, 2025 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
Digital devices have evolved throughout the years, mainly in their function. The way children and adults engage with digital devices is interesting in the 21st century. Today, digital devices are referred to as “smartphones.” How are digital devices “smart” today? Can...
by Robyn Brickel | Nov 5, 2025 | CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Health Professional, Therapy
Therapists hold space for profound pain, trauma, and transformation. Each day, clinicians sit with stories of loss, resilience, and survival. This work is both meaningful and demanding, and it requires us, as therapists, to cultivate support, reflection, and...
by Cyndi Bennett | Nov 4, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
A Trauma-Informed Guide to Overcoming Workplace Freeze Responses Many of us who have experienced trauma find ourselves struggling with shutdown responses at work, often without realizing what’s happening. These moments of freeze aren’t character flaws or professional...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Nov 3, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Trauma rarely announces itself It slips in through watchful eyes, a flinch when voices rise, and the quiet choke of not feeling safe in ordinary love. What starts as a survival tactic hardens into a filter, tinting every argument, text message, and missed call. The...
by Rachel Grant | Oct 30, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Do you ever notice that big feelings – like frustration, anxiety, or sadness – can feel overwhelming, confusing, or even unmanageable? This month, I want to share a wonderful resource that helps kids (and anyone young at heart) learn how to notice, name,...
by Jack Brody | Oct 29, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
The Narrator in Your Own Meltdown Do you ever catch yourself mid-meltdown, calmly narrating your own emotional chaos like a nature documentary? “Here we observe the adult survivor in his natural habitat, spiraling over the way a text message is worded…” That’s the...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Oct 28, 2025 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
Most survivors try to move on. They change cities, jobs, partners, and routines. Some try forgiveness as a shortcut. Some turn to hard work, religion, or numbness. But when the past still interrupts them, it is not due to a character flaw. It is unfinished work in...
