by Elizabeth Akinniyi | Aug 7, 2026 | Codependency, Family Estrangement, Healing Codependency, Relationships, Self Care, Self-Acceptance
The Silence That Takes You Away From Yourself Countless African households teach their children, from a very young age, to refrain from speaking. Phrases like “Just keep quiet,” or “Don’t cause trouble” echo through our lives, passed down as wisdom from those who came...
by Angela Solic | Aug 6, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Parenting, Parenting With Trauma
The invisible wound When people think about childhood trauma, they might imagine bruises from physical abuse, scars on skin that remain red and thick, stories of children left alone to fend for themselves without food or comfort, or various forms of sexual assault....
by Alice Segell | Aug 5, 2026 | ACEs, Borderline Personality Disorder, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Family Estrangement, Going No Contact, Healthy Relationships, Isolation
I once dated a man with borderline personality disorder. At one point, he told me that it broke his heart to see what I was not, what I hadn’t become, how small my life was, how I had squandered my brains and looks. This unsolicited mourning of a fantastical me (a...
by Lynda Wisdo | Aug 4, 2026 | Hypnotherapy, Mental Health Professional, Therapy
It all started one night back in mid-July 2005 when I woke up to use the bathroom. Within minutes I began shaking so badly that I could hardly hold a glass of water. I was so terrified that I called 911. Not wanting to wake my sons, I decided not to have the...
by Fred Chong Rutherford | Aug 4, 2026 | Mental Health Awareness
Sometimes, the best that someone can do is attack someone vulnerable. Sometimes, we were the vulnerable target. Sometimes, my mom, when she felt low, went after me. It started the same way every time. She had a bad day. But I don’t mean normal disappointments. I mean...
by Rachel Grant | Aug 3, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Mental Health Professional
There’s a moment many people on a healing path quietly come to – often after years of trying, pushing, and doing all the “right” things. It’s the moment they realize:“I thought I had moved on…so why does my body still feel this way?”Why does anxiety still show...
by Wendy Hoke | Jul 31, 2026 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing
My father died on June 6, 1998. My mother died on June 8, 2025, at the age of 89, 27 years after her husband almost to the day. On the day my father passed away, my mother, Gretchen, began digging a grave. Not literally, but metaphorically. For 27 years, she tried to...
by Wendy Hoke | Jul 29, 2026 | Boundaries, Family Estrangement
Summer is coming, and the county fair will be a highlight as always. As a child, I enjoyed the Ferris wheel, the smell of kettle corn, and cinnamon buns. The Fun Zone delivered excitement with barkers calling us to games rigged just enough to keep us hooked –...
by Rachel Grant | Jul 28, 2026 | Emotional Wellness, Mental Health Professional
Anger is not proof you’re broken. Sometimes it’s your nervous system finally saying, “That wasn’t okay.” What has your anger taught you? Click Here to view video by Rachel Grant (opens in new tab) Photo Credit: Unsplash Guest Post...
by Jack Brody | Jul 28, 2026 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Men's Mental Health, Relationships, Sexual Abuse, Trauma
There’s a weird thing that happens when you’re a male survivor of childhood abuse and you grow up. You live your life without announcing what happened to you as a kid. There’s no guidebook to follow. You just sort of wake up one day as an adult who’s technically...
