by Gemma Jones | May 11, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Emotional Wellness, Feeling Good Enough, Healing Self-Shame, Self-Acceptance
Strange is my life, when I glaze off into the distance looking at my willow trees in my childhood garden, in my mind, I know why I do it now so many years later. This wonderful brain gave me a way to see something beautiful when something fracturing was done to my...
by Rebekah Brown | May 7, 2021 | CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Guest Contributor, Healing Self-Shame, Hypervigilance, Self-Acceptance
Hypervigilance: The state of being highly alert to potential danger or threat I sat on the floor practicing my trauma techniques as I rubbed my hands across the thick bedroom carpet. Grounding myself in the present, I took a deep breath. My eyes rested on a favorite...
by Rivka Edery | Jan 5, 2021 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Healing Self-Shame, Self-Acceptance
Introduction Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, there lived a small child. As is always the case with young children, they are innocent and without any filters or defenses. This small child was as impressionable, lovable, eager for love, safety, healthy...