by Angela Solic | Aug 13, 2026 | Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, Healing from Toxic Shame
Loving an emotionally healthy partner Here is Part 1 of this series. If the adult child finds an emotionally healthy partner, they might feel uncomfortable because this person can challenge everything they learned about love. For the adult child, love was historically...
by Ellen Tift | Aug 11, 2026 | Anxiety, Attachment Trauma, Betrayal, Building Resilience in Healing, Emotional Flashbacks, Emotional Wellness, Family Estrangement, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Isolation, Narcissistic Abuse
Have you ever found yourself suddenly humiliated, yet forced to pretend otherwise in front of people? How covert narcissists intentionally do this to their targets while appearing perfectly innocent. I’m Embarrassed That I Exist Carter’s Story Carter had been...
by Ellen Tift | Jul 27, 2026 | Attachment Trauma, Emotional Flashbacks, Healing from Toxic Shame, Mental Health Professional, Self-Acceptance, Shame, Suicide Prevention
Do you flinch at the slightest critique? Do you obsess over small mistakes? How a core belief that you are unacceptable as a human being can blow up your life. And what to do about it. When the System Signals Danger Althea sat at her desk, staring at the email from...
by Wendy Hoke | Jul 15, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Healing from Toxic Shame, Mental Health Advocacy
Frequently, a sexual abuse victim comes forward after many years of silence–sometimes much later in life. Doing so means facing skepticism. Why did you wait? How can you be credible now? Aren’t those false memories? That victim frequently faces dismissal...
by Ellen Tift | Jun 2, 2026 | ACEs, Anger, Anxiety, Attachment Trauma, Betrayal, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Flashbacks, Grief, Healing from Toxic Shame, Self-Acceptance
Your day’s going fine until BAM! You crumble in shame over a dumb thing you said when you were 15. Let’s talk about “shame flashbacks”, how they haunt complex trauma survivors, and how to break free. The Aftershocks of Childhood Shame: A Guide...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jun 1, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, CPTSD, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Hope
It’s official, my MFA is in the bag. I did it! I have achieved a Master’s degree in Writing. It’s a dream come true for me. Something I could only dream about over the years. My dream started when I was about four or five years old. I was living a nightmare childhood....
