by Morrene Hauser | Oct 31, 2024 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Family Disease, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame
The first time I remember feeling shame was on my fifth birthday. MyMom’s boyfriend had just given me a present, and before I opened it, Imade some flippant comment in an effort to be funny. Although time haserased the words that came from my mouth that day, my...
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 Celeste Mendelsohn | Dec 20, 2023 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
I was in a meeting the other day, trying to de-stress and find resources for a background level of anxiety, and the topic was judgment. It got me thinking, as much of the sharing was about judging others. Judgment isn’t good or bad; we’re designed to make choices What...
by Robyn Brickel | Oct 26, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
Are your healthcare providers communicating? Do your doctors talk to each other? Are they collaborating with your therapist? Your dietician? If not, it’s time they do! Here’s why… We are all interconnected beings! Parts of us do not exist outside of our whole being. ...
by Elizabeth Woods | Oct 24, 2023 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Feelings – Feelings are subjective experiences that can be positive or negative, and can be influenced by sensations, thoughts, images, or situations. Feelings can also involve emotional or moral sensitivity. — Merriam-Webster Dictionary Everyone has...
