by Shirley Davis | Sep 12, 2022 | Emotional Wellness
People living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder are notorious for their emotional dysregulation. Emotional intelligence is critically important for controlling one’s emotions and surfing the problems one may encounter in the world. There are many...
by Penny Payton | Sep 6, 2022 | Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
As I mentioned in the previous post, I had lived over a half-century, clueless in my own understanding of how emotions worked. In fact, I was absolutely unaware that I was clueless. My life looked like the freaking American Dream. I’d had amazing experiences that...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 5, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness
For the past few years, a relatively new phrase has entered the vernacular of psychiatry, emotional intelligence. What is emotional intelligence? How can you achieve it? What are the benefits of learning to become more emotionally intelligent? How is emotional...
by Maria Anna van Driel | Sep 2, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
I want to start the second part of this trilogy by offering you a compliment and that I am convinced because you are here and reading this article because you are wanting to learn. In other words, you are the kind of person that wants to receive input in a way that...
by Penny Payton | Aug 30, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
When I first started this journey back on Easter of 2012, I had no idea where it would lead me. Somehow it seemed as if I was being led away from a life that had not been right for me and shoved onto an entirely new path. Now almost eight years later I can see why and...
by Rebekah Brown | Aug 25, 2022 | Anger, Anxiety, Boundaries, Complex PTSD Healing, Emotional Wellness, Family Estrangement, Trauma-Informed
In preparing the blog this week, I thought about the outrage survivors often feel. We are told to “move on,” “forgive,” “hurt people hurt people,” “why can’t you just get over it?” and a host of other minimizing comments. The outrage is there for a reason, and...