by Susan Morris | Nov 29, 2022 | Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing, Codependency, Domestic Violence, Emotional Wellness, Feeling Good Enough, Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Healing Self-Shame, Hope, Recovery, Self Care, Self-Acceptance
The aftermath of an abusive relationship can be a challenging time. You may feel like you’re not good enough, that you deserve the abuse, or that you’ll never be able to find someone else. It’s important to remember that none of these things are...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Sep 29, 2022 | ACEs, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, COVID-19, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, LGBTQ, Recovery, Self-Acceptance
It is clear for all to see: more needs to be done to support children and teenagers, here in the UK. At the time when young people need support, acceptance, compassion and love the most, they are, unfortunately, pressured to be and do better. Those who are used and...
by Rebekah Brown | Sep 28, 2022 | Anger, Anxiety, Boundaries, Brain Chemistry, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Recovery, Self Care, Trauma
What is The Dread? The Dread. That sounds rather odd doesn’t it? It makes dread personal. Like a living thing that comes in and out of my life as it pleases. Well, that’s exactly what it feels like. In author, Stephanie Foo’s excellent book about recovery from...
by Tracy Guy | Sep 22, 2022 | Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Family Estrangement, Grief, OCD, Parental Alienation, Post Traumatic Growth, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Self-Acceptance, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Silent Bystander Parents, Symptoms of CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed, Trauma-Informed Tuesday Newsletter, Treatment, Treatment for CPTSD, What is CPTSD
What is Betrayal Trauma? How do you begin to heal when you discover that your partner has been unfaithful? How do you learn to trust again when a family member has betrayed you? How do you move forward when your boss abused their position of power and sexually...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Jul 15, 2022 | CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Recovery, Trauma-Informed
Recovery groups, as well as any religious and spiritual groups, like to overuse the words “Victim” and “Survivor” and, it seems, that victims are childish, negative, and difficult adults and, survivors, are heroes, positive and inspirational....
by Sylvie Rouhani | Jul 1, 2022 | ACEs, Guest Contributor, Hope, Recovery, Spirituality, Trauma-Informed
Impostor Syndrome occurs for all sorts of reasons and it pushes us to become extremely hard on ourselves. It also robs us of seeing ourselves: as human beings doing their best, just as they are. Thankfully, self-compassion can help us address the painful feeling of...
