by Elizabeth Woods | Feb 4, 2026 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Life Management Skills, Mindfulness, Self Regulation
How are you doing? How is life treating you at the moment? Life doesn’t need to crash completely for you to feel “down on your luck.” A failed promotion, a work project that didn’t go as planned, or a missed opportunity can set you back months. Maybe the boss is...
by Danica Alison | Jun 30, 2025 | Attachment Trauma, Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Emotional Wellness, Family Estrangement, Grief, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Hope, Life Management Skills, Post Traumatic Growth, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Silent Bystander Parents
There comes a point on the healing journey when the question doesn’t whisper. It roars. Do I tell my parents?Do they deserve to know what happened to me?Would they believe me?Would they hold it with care, or would it break me all over again? If you’re here, standing...
by Chanel Adams | Apr 14, 2025 | Borderline Personality Disorder, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Dysregulation, Guest Contributor, Life Management Skills
My Struggle with Disconnection In October 2023, I was diagnosed with severe borderline personality disorder (BPD), which can be linked to complex trauma (CPTSD). For most people, getting diagnosed with a mental health disorder can be scary. But it offered me a moment...
by Robyn Brickel | Mar 18, 2025 | Cognitive Behavior Therapy, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Life Management Skills, Mental Health Professional
People tend to reach out for therapy when they are struggling – often after feeling like they have exhausted all other resources to feel better. The coping mechanisms that once ‘worked’ to manage life and make them feel better, or even just feel less bad, have stopped...
by Susan Tait | Sep 9, 2024 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Life Management Skills, Yoga
If “the moving finger writes, and having written, moves on,” as poet Omar Khayyam wrote, then I wonder if the moving body also writes in its own way. I think it must, for I see that trauma-informed yoga does exactly this. When we are not curious about the sensations...
by Erena DiGonis | May 28, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Life Management Skills, Mindfulness
Introduction Trauma can cast a long shadow on our lives, affecting our emotional well-being and overall health. While it’s important to seek professional help for trauma recovery, there are also practical tools you can incorporate into your daily routine to...
