by Lisa Taylor | Mar 5, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Depression, Emotional Flashbacks, Grief, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame, Mindfulness
It has taken me 43 years to be able to have the strength to write the words I did get out below, it ends abruptly because I could not go any further at that moment, however, I like each of you, am still healing from trauma. I will continue to dig deep and work on a...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 30, 2020 | Mindfulness
In January, we have focused on how mindfulness, prayer, and meditation can help complex trauma survivors climb from the pit of despair into the sunshine of healing. In this last piece, we shall examine the neuroscience behind mindfulness, prayer, and meditation plus...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 27, 2020 | Mindfulness
When one thinks of meditation some will think of someone sitting cross-legged on the floor, with fingers in a funny position, repeating a simple word or sound such as “ooommm”. However, meditation is much deeper and richer a practice than just the one practice...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 20, 2020 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Mindfulness
When the word prayer comes to mind one might conjure images of organized religious services. However, prayer is a much richer and more meaningful experience than only that experienced through contact with a church, synagogue, r mosque, or other places of worship....
by Shirley Davis | Jan 13, 2020 | CPTSD Research, Mindfulness, Treatment for CPTSD
All human beings have a tendency to relive trauma even decades after it has ended. Those living with the effects of complex post-traumatic stress disorder tend to ruminate and live their lives in a morass of flashbacks and pain. Mindfulness is an ability that is vital...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 6, 2020 | Mindfulness
Those of our readers who live with the effects of complex post-traumatic stress disorder understand better than most how chaotic the mind can become. The hustle of the world, coupled with the healing process, can overburden, and bring down survivors into the abyss of...
