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The Neurology of Mindfulness and Meditation
Practicing mindfulness and meditation is indeed healthy for our minds, but how? What part does the brain have to do with mindfulness and meditation? In this piece, we shall discover together the...
Strange Meats of Trauma
After my mother died, there it would be in my lunch box: Wonder bread enveloping two slices of flabby, sodium-laden meat. Second, only to the chemicals, the processed-beyond-belief combination of...
Is it Okay to be Toxic Positive in Serious Illness Support?
We live in a world that values positivity and optimism. While these qualities can be beneficial, toxic positivity can have negative consequences — especially for those dealing with serious...
CPTSD in the Workplace: Self-Awareness
One of the major components of career development is self-awareness. Self-awareness is “conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives, and desires.” It is also a conscious...
Trapped by the Fantasy of Could Have/Should Have?
I'm not going to waste any time in this month's post - let's get right to the heart of the matter. “How easily a life can become a litany of guilt and regret, a song that keeps echoing with the...
Signs You Have a Toxic Sibling(s) (And how to deal with them)
Ah siblings. As kids, maybe you shared toys, built elaborate pillow-and-blanket forts in the living room, and banded together against your parents’ “tyrannical” rule. With age, you became...
Personal Stealth Technology
You might think that the ultimate profession for someone with CPTSD was writing. You get to hide facelessly behind a keyboard and play with words. Sounds like a sweet gig. However, there is an...
Discovering Glimmers
Introduction As a complex trauma therapist and advocate, I dedicate time to researching and seeking innovative ideas and tools to enhance healing for my clients. I know that many well-meaning...
Mindfulness vs. Meditation
It is common these days to hear or read something about mindfulness and meditation. However, few people recognize these exercises for what they are and have no clue what the difference is between...
The Unforced Error in Therapy: When Both Client and Therapist Lose the Match
In playing tennis, an important axiom I've learned is that more points are lost than won. More points result from one player making an error rather than hitting a winning shot. Most of these...
Processing Guilt
***TRIGGER WARNING: This blog discusses sexual abuse*** My name is Elizabeth and I am a survivor of sexual abuse and horrific trauma. My book: The Sex-Offender's Daughter tells my story and is...
The Body Keeps the Score – Looking into the Brain
In a little over a week, I and the (mental) health director of the Jeffry Stijn Foundation for Mental Health and Patient Advocacy, will be attending the 34th Annual Boston International Trauma...
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”.
