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Living with C-PTSD: Navigating a World That Misunderstands Trauma
I often find myself caught between two feelings. The first is the instinct to correct and clarify when someone misuses a term associated with my experience. The second is the desire to be...
Going No Contact and the Wisdom of Goldilocks
There is growth, expansion, and evolution that happens when "going no contact" and facing the next steps of rebuilding a life for yourself that is grounded in healing, self-loving actions, and an empowered HeartSpace that grows as we grow. It is an ongoing garden that needs tending, nourishing, harvesting, and a lot of love, compassion, understanding, forgiveness, and gratitude.
Silent Depression
Most of us have heard of depression and its implications for those who live with it, but have you ever heard the term “silent” or “hidden” depression? This article will explore hidden depression...
CPTSD in the Workplace: Anticipatory Anxiety
How to overcome the “What ifs” I have been talking a lot about managing our triggers in the workplace because it is a big struggle for most trauma survivors. Hypervigilance and anxiety can be...
The Game Afoot: Repatterning Old Patterns
There will still be times when you falter, fall back into old patterns, and play out others’ games - using yourself as the scapegoat or whipping post. But this will become your reminder of what no longer serves you, and you can step back into your practice, and your game of loving yourself unconditionally as the way of relearning your way back home to your deserving, worthy and loving heart.
Have You Ever Felt Like You Were a Mistake?
In a meditation about regret I did recently, I was asked to allow a moment to arise in which I felt regret - to not direct it but just be open to what needed to show itself. My thoughts traveled...
Looking for Validation? Try Psychotherapy
Everybody needs validation. We all need someone else to recognize and accept our internal experiences as valid, no matter how different they are. This happens when the other person you speak with...
What Does a Resilient Career Look Like?
The term resiliency is a buzzword in the business world today. Companies want their businesses, applications, and workforce to be resilient, but what does it mean, and why is it essential for...
Healing Childhood Trauma Part 2
Childhood trauma is isolating—bending us in permanently damaged ways
Sports and Hazing: Athletes’ Lives are Ruined Daily
Recently, a sporting scandal broke out at a prestigious university in the US, Northwestern University. To this point, more stories are coming out to the public that suggests the scandal is bigger...
Overcoming Rejection: How Psychotherapy Can Help You
Everyone has experienced rejection either in their public or private lives. Perhaps your best friend wants some alone time when you want them to go out. You feel put off and rejected. However,...
Therapists: Downplaying Trauma Perception Can Be Harmful
***TRIGGER WARNING: The following post discusses sensitive topics, including sexual trauma.*** Downplaying CPTSD It’s not a comfortable feeling knowing that as clinicians we get things...
What is Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
“Complex PTSD comes in response to chronic traumatization over the course of months or, more often, years. This can include emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuses, domestic violence, living in a war zone, being held captive, human trafficking, and other organized rings of abuse, and more. While there are exceptional circumstances where adults develop C-PTSD, it is most often seen in those whose trauma occurred in childhood”.
