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Embrace the Suck — Part II
Growing Pains I feel compelled to continue the “Embrace the Suck” saga by sharing my recent experience in my healing journey. Sometimes I find that God has an incredible sense of humor when He...
A Search for Identity After Abuse
My name is Elizabeth Woods, and I am a survivor of CSA and unspeakable trauma. I survived one of the worst childhoods you can ever imagine. My life was dark, filled with trauma and neglectful...
Reassessing Self-Sabotage
Introduction The term self-sabotage enjoys wide usage in psychological, spiritual, and self-help circles. It is often used to explain a variety of behaviors such as addiction, compulsion,...
Finding a Therapist Who Treats Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
After being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, many people seek help from an experienced therapist. But how do you find a great therapist, and what traits and training should a...
Embrace the Suck
Creating Change in Our Healing Journey Lately, I have been thinking about the healing journey and what it takes to work through our past experiences. Many of us enter this journey with the simple...
The Power of Journaling: Structured Approaches for Trauma Recovery
Introduction: I'll never forget the first time I encountered journaling. It was watching the 1980s movie Heathers where I was captivated by the lead character pouring her heart out in her diary....
Anxiety – The Other Side
High-functioning Anxiety and Why It Gets Missed So Often, Especially in the Workplace. High-functioning anxiety can be a royal pain in the posterior. You experience the usual symptoms: Excessive...
Psychotherapy
Most of us have heard of psychotherapy, with a percentage of that number being in treatment. What drives people to see a therapist? What is therapy? Why and when should you see a therapist? This...
Keys to Unlocking Your Career Potential as a Trauma Survivor
This week I spent some time doing a career audit from a trauma perspective. When I share my story of what got me started as a Trauma Recovery Career Coach, I usually start at the point where I...
Who is Protecting Our Children from Sexual Predators?
In the pretence of only wanting to protect children, fingers are being pointed at Transwomen, Drag Queens, any LGBT members, at Foreigners/ Immigrants. While fingers and anger are misdirected,...
Learn To Break the Cycle of Toxic Parenting
Toxic parenting can have a devastating impact on children’s growth and development, and it’s a cycle that can be difficult to break. Toxic parents exhibit harmful behavior towards their children,...
Living in the Present
This series of articles in July has concentrated on mindfulness and meditation and how they can enhance your life. For instance, we've learned that you can practice mindfulness anywhere at any...
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”.
