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Therapy Vacation: Please Don’t Go!
Today, I know how to replace the arsenal of unhealthy crutches that once helped me blot out feelings Last spring, I was surprised by how gut-punched I felt, having decided to take an 18-day...
When Trauma Trolls: The Psychology of Digital Harassment No One Wants to Admit
Online harassment is often unprocessed grief and threat biology masquerading as malice. This trauma-informed analysis explains the patterns and the fixes that actually protect people.
With Patience and Perseverance: Renewing My Faith On My Terms
Writer’s Note: This article discusses topics related to spiritual abuse. My purpose in sharing my story is not to single out any specific faith. While my negative experiences occurred within...
Expanding Your Comfort Zone Without Overwhelming Your System: Small Steps for Career Growth
A trauma-informed approach to sustainable professional development For trauma survivors navigating career development, the phrase “step outside your comfort zone” can feel overwhelming or even...
How Dreams Can Help You Figure Out Your Life
Do You Pay Attention to Your Unconscious Mind? Did you know that your nighttime dreams can give you clues about your life? Do you ever wake up and think about what your dreams might mean?...
Digital Media and Sexting Leads to Psychological Death
Digital devices have evolved throughout the years, mainly in their function. The way children and adults engage with digital devices is interesting in the 21st century. Today, digital devices are...
Why Clinical Consultation Is Essential for Every Therapist-And Every Client
Therapists hold space for profound pain, trauma, and transformation. Each day, clinicians sit with stories of loss, resilience, and survival. This work is both meaningful and demanding, and it...
From Freeze to Flow: Strategies for Recognizing and Managing Career-Related Shutdown Responses
A Trauma-Informed Guide to Overcoming Workplace Freeze Responses Many of us who have experienced trauma find ourselves struggling with shutdown responses at work, often without realizing what’s...
When Trauma Looks Like Love: Breaking the Cycle and the Bond
Unresolved trauma reshapes how we love, argue, and attach. Here’s the plain-spoken neuroscience behind relationship breakdown and trauma bonds—and what it takes to reset the nervous system without shame.
Big Feelings? How Kids (and Adults) Can Learn to Handle Them
Do you ever notice that big feelings - like frustration, anxiety, or sadness - can feel overwhelming, confusing, or even unmanageable? This month, I want to share a wonderful resource that helps...
Too Self-Aware for My Own Good
The Narrator in Your Own Meltdown Do you ever catch yourself mid-meltdown, calmly narrating your own emotional chaos like a nature documentary? “Here we observe the adult survivor in his natural...
The Past Isn’t Over Until It’s Honest: Why Survivors Stay Stuck And How Peace Actually Forms (MK)
People don’t stay stuck because they’re weak. They stay stuck because the body, the story, and the conscience were never brought into agreement. This is a field guide to finishing what trauma started without rewriting history or betraying yourself.
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”.
