by Milena Koljensic | Jun 21, 2023 | Dr. Jamie Huyman, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional, TAR Tales, Trauma-Informed
Dr. Jamie, a trauma-certified therapist and our advisor wholeheartedly believes that caregiving has been too reliant on co-dependency as a core issue of compassion fatigue. Many of us care for our dependents: adults, seniors, and children because of genuine love....
by Sheri Heller | Jun 21, 2023 | ACEs, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Recovery, Trauma-Informed
God asks no person whether he or she will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how ~ Henry Ward Beecher Trauma is a penetrating wound and injury, which threatens one’s life and arrests the course of normal development by its...
by Robyn Brickel | Jun 13, 2023 | Guest Contributor, Trauma, Trauma-Informed
Do you judge yourself? Do you judge others? Do you find yourself critically responding (out loud, or in your mind) with demeaning or derogatory statements when you have a thought or notice a feeling? Or when you see someone taking an action or having a dialogue with...
by Shirley Davis | May 29, 2023 | CPTSD, Rejection, Trauma-Informed
It hurts to be rejected. Whether it is a friend, a coworker, or someone you just met, we hate to be rejected. When the people rejecting us are one or both parents, we, as humans, react badly, forming mental health issues within our undeveloped brains. Rejection in...
by Sylvie Rouhani | May 26, 2023 | Attachment Trauma, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and Parenting, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Advocacy, Trauma-Informed
The impact of the environment a person grew up in and the environment they are living in now, as adults, is often discarded. The environment has a major impact on how a child’s brain will develop and on the behaviour they will display as grown-ups. This omission...
by Belinda Pyle | May 16, 2023 | Anxiety, Attachment Trauma, Building Resilience in Healing, Combat Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Depression, Feeling Good Enough, Generational Trauma, Hope, Mental Health Advocacy, Pain, Post Traumatic Growth, PTSD, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Self-Acceptance, Symptoms of CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed, Triggers
Ever have something happen to you and suddenly, you’re part of THAT club: every person you meet has experienced the same. Get pregnant, everyone is pregnant. Get divorced, everyone is getting divorced. Get CPTSD, everyone has CPTSD. The pregnancy club membership was...
