by Elizabeth Woods | Oct 5, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Self Care, Self Regulation
Our world is fractured and suffering. The environment is crumbling as global warming does its best to destroy the planet. There is trauma and fear everywhere. Fear breathes unrest and chaos into our world. The news channels are bursting with horrific events of death...
by Ellen Tift | Sep 24, 2026 | Anxiety, Complex PTSD Healing, Dysregulation, Hypervigilance, Life Management Skills, Self Care, Self Regulation
Are you ever in a public place, trying to hide your internal melt-down? Lock yourself in a bathroom stall and try these proven methods to regulate your panicked nervous system. When Your Nervous System Needs a Moment Bellamy wiped down another table, trying to ignore...
by Heather Jurvelin | Jun 24, 2026 | CPTSD Poetry, Emotional Wellness, Mindfulness, Self Regulation
Just when I thought I couldn’t feel any worse, my mom’s accusatory words cut into my soul like shrapnel. Her words embedded themselves in my heart and mind: “You don’t know how to be happy.” Sometimes she delivered the extended version, her lip curled in...
by Ruthann Alexander | Jun 3, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Life Management Skills, Self Regulation
It’s a gloomy winter evening, my seasonal depression is at its worst, and I’ve just finished a difficult day at work. What’s keeping me together? Ripping, cutting, arranging, and gluing pieces of textured paper down on a page in my art journal. My mind goes from...
by Natalie Rose | May 11, 2026 | CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Self Care, Self Regulation
This past week in therapy was really tough. I took a break over the holidays to let my body rest, but I knew that as soon as 2026 came, it was back to the grind. I had gotten through two appointments each day with my therapists, who are helping me work through my...
by Elizabeth Woods | Apr 20, 2026 | CPTSD, Self Care, Self Regulation
We’re all busy and juggle work with our personal lives. Some manage this better than others and float through the every day. Other people don’t have it all figured out 24/7. Everyone has bad days. When our lives get busy, we need a reboot. “Well, I don’t have time for...
