by Elizabeth Woods | Sep 22, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
This post is darker than my normal posts, but I feel it’s time to address it. Fear. How are you doing today? I mean, really. Are you having a good day, or a not-so-great day? I’m deliberately not saying the word “bad.” Bad is a word that is used way too often and...
by Roseanne Reilly | Sep 16, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD and PTSD, Dysregulation, Guest Contributor, Yoga
The Weight of Tension: bare with, this is quiet an extensive blog written to answer a couple of questions by some of my readers I have also added a video link to help you get a feel for this Nervous System Informed Approach to healing. Before You Begin: As you read...
by Cyndi Bennett | Sep 15, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
As trauma survivors, many of us have become experts at pushing through discomfort at work. We’ve learned to override our body’s signals, power through overwhelming situations, and keep going no matter what. While this ability to persevere has helped us survive, it can...
by Heather Jurvelin | Sep 11, 2025 | ACEs, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Guest Contributor
When I started therapy with the dozenth therapist of my life, my world was on fire. The flames of chaos once again swallowed my life. I attended the first few sessions of therapy, desperate to put out the firestorm before it consumed me. Fortunately, my therapist is...
by Rachel Grant | Sep 10, 2025 | Anxiety, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Post-divorce back in 2006, starting over felt like stepping into a storm without an umbrella. Life had taken an unexpected turn, and I was scared – terrified, really – that I wouldn’t be able to support myself. Living on my own again was harder than I...
by Elizabeth Woods | Sep 9, 2025 | Boundaries, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
We’ve all done it, saying yes when we don’t want to. So, why do we do it to ourselves? Why don’t we just say what we feel? The truth isn’t as cut and dry as you would think. Excuses — right? That is what you’d say. I get that. My own excuses have excuses as to why I...
