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...
by Xavier Nuez | Jun 10, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing
How I accidentally built a healing practice without knowing what I was healing from In 1987, I walked into a job interview in Montreal and couldn’t say my own name. I was twenty-two. Two days earlier, I’d been at a party with friends, cracking jokes,...
by Angela Solic | Jun 4, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, Healing Self-Shame, Post Traumatic Growth
Trigger Warning: This post contains references to traumatic childhood experiences, including recalled memories of abuse and descriptions of the author’s trauma responses. Please take care while reading. I’m surprised I wasn’t born wearing a tiny pair of...
