by Adina Lynn LeCompte | May 27, 2024 | Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, Core Beliefs, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Expressive Writing, Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Healthy Relationships, Life Management Skills, Nature, Pyschotherapy, Recovery, Self Care, self trust, Self-Acceptance
I have a wonderful therapist. It’s not your usual “talk therapy,” though. We do talk, and I have come to trust him implicitly. He has helped me heal from PTSD and complex relational trauma, and the transformation since I began working with him far exceeds phenomenal....
by Jesse Donahue | May 22, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Honestly, I thought that creative spark within might have abandoned me for good This hasn’t happened to me for quite some time now; inspiration is tugging at my brain, heart, and soul, prompting me to begin writing this vision I’ve been entertaining. Honestly, I...
by Natalie Rose | May 8, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Feeling Good Enough, Guest Contributor, Healing Self-Shame, Post Traumatic Growth, Self Care, Self-Acceptance
Did you know that mirrors hide our deep, dark secrets? I was driving through East Texas one sunny morning in January for my tiny home retreat. (A tiny home was my spontaneous idea to minimize distractions and focus on myself to kickstart my healing journey.) I stopped...
by Beth Alford | May 1, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Without a doubt, the most helpful thing I have learned in therapy is to pay attention – to notice what comes up in my body and emotions during the normal course of a day. The smallest shifts can be indicators that something isn’t right, symptoms of a...
by Sophie Gourdon, M.Ed, MA, CTRC, CHt | Mar 13, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, Core Beliefs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Hope, Mindfulness, Post Traumatic Growth, Recovery
Curious visitors come by the thousands to witness with their own eyes what a 5.5-ton golden miracle looks like, pondering the weight of what it means in their own lives The story of the Golden Buddha is thought to have begun around the 13th century CE, during the...
by Sophie Gourdon, M.Ed, MA, CTRC, CHt | Feb 27, 2024 | ACEs, Anxiety, Attachment Trauma, Building Resilience in Healing, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, Core Beliefs, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Parenting, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Mindfulness, Self Care, Self-Acceptance
Life is a series of dominoes—each experience triggering the next, creating a chain reaction that shapes our journey For those navigating the path of healing from complex trauma, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the weight of past experiences. But within this...