by Roseanne Reilly | Dec 26, 2023 | Betrayal, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
True story… I was living in a different country, and had one friend, and no family around me when I fully accepted that my marriage had gone past the point of rescue. I was deeply entrenched in the most vulnerable position I had ever been in my life, with the added...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Dec 22, 2023 | ACEs, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
An article caught my eye, the other week, from The German Press Agency (GPA),” one of the world’s leading independent news agencies.” The headline reads: “Bury bad thoughts to boost mental health, Cambridge team suggests” Experts in...
by Cyndi Bennett | Dec 21, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
This one phrase is enough to strike fear and paralysis into the heart of any trauma survivor. It comes up often in interviews and initiating connections with people. Why is this so difficult, and what can we do about it? Why is it so difficult to tell people about...
by Jennifer Kindera | Dec 15, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Holiday Stress, Holidays, Surviving the Holidays
’Tis the time of year for crackling fires, amazing smells coming out of the kitchen, laughter, and family togetherness. Well, at least, that’s what the made-for-TV movies want us to think. For a lot of us, though, who come from families that were dysfunctional and...
by Cyndi Bennett | Dec 14, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Life Management Skills, Mindfulness, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Post Traumatic Growth, PTSD, Workplace Trauma
During our lifetime, we experience many new beginnings. New beginnings can feel awkward and unsettling, whether it is a new school, job, program, team, or membership program. For the trauma survivor, however, new beginnings can trigger old messages of not being good...
by Cyndi Bennett | Dec 7, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
Recently, I participated in a talent planning exercise with my Executive and peers at work, which turned out to be trauma-informed. I have never participated in or even read about trauma-informed talent planning before, but it was such an amazing experience that I...
