A Reason to Love Your Anxiety
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...
How Child Abuse and Neglect Obstructs the Pursuit of Intimacy
There’s no doubt that the quest for love is universal. The giving and receiving of love are as fundamental to our well-being as the air we breathe. In fact, according to the maternal deprivation hypothesis infants regardless of whether they are puppies, monkeys or...
Complex Trauma, False Gratitude, and Letting Go
In the first article of this series, we focused on toxic positivity and gratitude shaming. We spoke about how while gratitude is an important part of our life; it is unnecessary to be grateful for the harmful things that have happened to us such as childhood trauma....