by Shirley Davis | Jan 3, 2022 | Building Resilience in Healing, Self Care
In this series, we have discussed how to make better memories to lessen the impact of those that are trauma-based and very unpleasant. The holidays are the perfect time to build new memories by beginning new traditions. This article will focus on ways you can build a...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 20, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing
In the last twenty or so years, a new profession has taken root, one that can ease some of the tremendous workloads of mental health professionals. I’m talking about peer support specialists and the wonderful work they are doing in many settings around the...
by Roseanne Reilly | Dec 7, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Holiday Stress, Mindfulness, Self Care
‘Peace is the highest happiness” (Tibetan Monk) Peace to me far outweighs striving for happiness or love or anything else. When I drop into the peacefulness that is both within me and around me, i’m naturally happy and feel content. It took, almost losing...
by Roseanne Reilly | Dec 1, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Mindfulness, Polyvagal Theory and CPTSD, Post Traumatic Growth, Self Care
Without the ability to self-regulate. Can there really be growth?All experiences are stored in the body and no one can escape their nervous system. Our autonomic nervous system learns from experiences for better or for worse. Kathy Kain writes about this in her book...
by Roseanne Reilly | Nov 17, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Anxiety, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing
Nervousness is normal when we have to face new and challenging situations, experiences, tests, interviews, presentations, or awkward family events.However, if you find that you are beginning to overly avoid situations (people, places, feelings) you could be left to...
by Susan Morris | Nov 3, 2021 | ACEs, Building Resilience in Healing
If We Can Face Our Traumas: We Lessen the Risk for Mental Health Issues, Chronic Illness, and More We all enter the world a blank slate, free of thoughts and ideas. Who we eventually become is determined by the upbringing and experiences that fill that slate. We don’t...
