Anger: Is It the Poison Slowly Killing You, or the Antidote That Can Save You?
Tobie’s Story Tobie sat in their car, knuckles white against the steering wheel, jaw clenched so tight their teeth might crack. They had just left yet another family gathering where their boundaries were trampled, their feelings dismissed, and their experiences...
Letter of Encouragement
Dear One, You’ve walked through storms that tested every part of you, and you stood back up, with courage in your heart. PTSD may have shaped part of your story, but it does not define who you are. You are still whole, still capable, and your light and strength...
Not Driving Home for Holidays
Christmas, or other types of family reunions, can be tricky in the best of families. For survivors of childhood abuse, trekking home for the holidays is nothing short of a draining and re-traumatising return to the scene of the crime. It’s an exercise in appeasement...
Not Another Year of Pushing
As we step into a new year, I’ve been reflecting a lot on what it truly means to heal–not just from trauma, but from the related patterns of pushing, proving, and overriding ourselves in the name of productivity, success, or even “purpose.”Recently, I...



