Healing or Hiding: Recovered, Numb, or Disconnected?
So, you don’t flinch anymore. The song that used to destroy you? Doesn’t even register now.You can talk about what happened—maybe even crack a joke. No lump in your throat. No tears. No panic. But here’s the thing: that doesn’t automatically mean you’re healed. It...
Are You Having A Bad Day? Glimmers of Hope in the Darkness
Are you having a bad day, or week? Maybe the whole month hasn’t gone as well as you were expecting it to? Consider the fireflies shining into the darkness in the picture above. Let their lights shine the way throughout this reading. In today’s post, I’m going to...
The Club We Never Asked to Join
How many times have you dismissed your past experiences because “others had it worse” or “it wasn’t really that bad?” Too many to count? Yeah, me too. Welcome to the club we somehow became a part of without ever signing on the dotted line. We didn’t agree to...
5 Signs You’re Outside Your Window of Tolerance at Work (And What to Do About It)
For trauma survivors in the workplace, moments of overwhelming stress can suddenly render even routine tasks daunting. These instances often indicate that we’ve exceeded our emotional capacity — what experts call our “window of tolerance.” Recognizing the early...
What If They Could Have Felt It? A Trauma-Informed Path to Stopping Cruelty at Its Root
For many living with PTSD or complex PTSD, there are two leading yet quiet and relentless questions: What if they had truly felt what I felt? Would they still have done it? It isn’t about revenge. It’s about justice that prevents, not justice that destroys. It’s about...
How Journaling Helped Me Heal: It Can Help You Too
We live in a world that is always on the go — 24/7. The media is broadcasting around the clock, and with the internet, there is always someone awake. It feels like nobody takes the time to sleep and shut down anymore. It’s like we live in perpetual daytime. When you...
Treating CPTSD-Related Decline of Self-Esteem among Autistic People
It may be very difficult for autistic adults to secure and maintain employment Autism is viewed as a risk factor for complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). Throughout life, autistic people may experience discrimination and marginalization. Many autistic...
Raw Healing
In the middle of what I would describe as emotional carnage A lot of the support we seek for anxiety, whether it be a podcast, a blog, or a book, often comes from an educational/informative standpoint. This is very useful when we want to develop a better understanding...