by Ellen Tift | Jul 2, 2026 | Abandonment and CPTSD, ACEs, Anxiety, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, Depression, Grief, Grieving
What can you do when no one is giving you closure, safety, or nurturing? Here are 8 needs trauma survivors have and what you can do to meet them yourself. Becoming Your Own First Responder Quinn sat on the edge of their twin bed, staring at their phone screen through...
by Elizabeth Akinniyi | Jun 30, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, What is CPTSD
Within me, a quiet question lingered for years: Why am I feeling so broken?” I experienced periods where I lacked self-understanding of what was going on with me. I found myself puzzled by my feelings of unease when I was with certain people or in specific...
by Steve Rothwell | Jun 25, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, Post Traumatic Growth
When a person dealing with trauma says to their therapist, “I can’t talk about it,” this is not a dead end. It’s not blocking therapy. Far from it. It is the beginning of the work; it shows exactly where it needs to start. “I can’t talk about it” is not resistance. It...
by Xavier Nuez | Jun 23, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing
Why I went looking for broken places, and what they gave back For most of my twenties and thirties, I lived a contradiction I tried to hide from everyone. On the outside, I seemed to have my life together–running a photography studio, exhibiting my work, and...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jun 16, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing
“You cannot heal from trauma by understanding things intellectually.” Gabor Mate, Ennea Summit 2026. I’ve been lucky to come across a free 90-minute Webinar with Dr. Gabor Mate, and have been consuming it for the past three days. Dr. Gabor Mate has launched a...
by Mari Stewart | Jun 15, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, Developmental Trauma, Grieving, neurodivergent, Post Traumatic Growth
I only found the “language” surrounding CPTSD very late in my life. Learning the reason for my decades of dysfunction and brokenness was my fiftieth birthday present from the universe–a genuine revelation. And long overdue. Like so many people who...
