by Cyndi Bennett | Feb 8, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Workplace Trauma
Featured Image from Amer Mughawish on Unsplash Creating a sense of belonging among employees is a top priority for every successful company. Top companies invest millions of dollars in repairing a broken onboarding process because they realize the importance of...
by Ramon Diaz | Feb 3, 2023 | Brain Chemistry, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Health Professional
The Impact Unresolved trauma can impact people’s lives in many ways. It creates challenges for people in how they engage with the world. People often feel trapped because the fear of experiencing a trauma-related trigger can leave them frozen with fear. People can...
by Beth Alford | Feb 2, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Guest Contributor, Religion and Trauma
Religion is largely recognized as being beneficial to the lives of humans. It can help us make sense of the world by answering the big questions of life. Religion can also bring comfort, healing, and a sense of safety from a traumatic world. So what happens when...
by Milena "Mila" Stankovic | Feb 1, 2023 | Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Recovery
There are life lessons our parents teach us, life lessons we learn on our own, and also life lessons that only our best friends can teach us. Best friends are essential for anyone’s life. You understand relationships are when you’ll be able to truly count on a few...
by Elizabeth Woods | Feb 1, 2023 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Guest Contributor, Sexual Abuse
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This article specifically discusses childhood sexual trauma. Survivors of childhood abuse and trauma are often conflicted about family life. It is after all difficult to understand what a real family is like if you have never experienced it from...
by LeeAnn Werner | Jan 31, 2023 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Advocacy
I recently watched “George & Tammy” on SHOWTIME®, (incredibly well done!). It made my heart ache to watch it. The pain of two people struggling through addiction with seemingly no understanding of how to make it stop. George and Tammy were wed in 1969 which...
