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When “Normal” Doesn’t Fit: How to Develop Self-Love and Nurture a Soft Place To Fall
The lifelong education and homework involved in living with complex trauma, abuse, neglect, and PTSD can be overwhelming but it does not have to mean it is a brutal life sentence. It can be, with acceptance, and the desire and will to expand beyond what we were shown, told, and taught, become an honored, respected, and much-loved journey towards a dedicated practice of worthiness and deserving, that allows us to appreciate, and admire ourselves, and our one wild and precious life. It can become the beautiful, abrasive contrast that pushes us to expand past our limitations, and beyond what we thought we knew and who we thought we were. It can help us understand ourselves at the deepest levels, develop unwavering self-esteem and self-respect, and empower us to love ourselves back to life and connect back to our worthiness of being, and our shared place of oneness with all things.
Complex PTSD is Giving Me a Complex
Do you ever feel like everyone you run into has experienced trauma? This article is a light-hearted look at the process of discovery and healing from CPTSD.
CPTSD and a Lack of Self-Trust
People living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) often struggle with self-trust Do you trust yourself? Your judgment and your decisions? People living with complex post-traumatic...
The Struggle to be Seen in the Workplace
How to overcome your fear of being seen to advance your career The desire to grow and advance our careers is something most of us experience at some point in our lives. We would love to make more...
The Restoring Ability of Nature
Do you sometimes feel bone-aching exhaustion? What I am referring to is the tiredness you feel when you have depleted all mental and physical resources and your body just craves rest and...
We Need More Than #Hashtags for Change
February was a busy month, filled with hashtags: #TimeToTalk; #ItsOkNotToBeOK; #childrenmentalhealthweek, and #ItsNotOk, for Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week. These are all...
Self-Trust
Many people lack self-trust, having instead a deep-seated dislike and mistrust of themselves. Those who have experienced complex trauma especially have difficulty accepting themselves and their...
Identity After Trauma
Ultimately, it is a personal identity that takes a beating in the aftermath of trauma and where the agency, dignity, and imagination of a flourishing life are short-circuited. As survivors, we...
Busyness as a Coping Strategy
Today, I am writing from the messy middle. You know the place. It is when you are in the middle of working through something difficult, and you are still trying to figure it out. That is where I...
Why Are Dysfunctional Families So Oppressive?
Unsaid expectations, insults and impossible situations set the stage for heavy oppression
She Was My Best Friend
Once you come to your senses... Sarah and I kept in close contact after they moved, and I expected her support when I finally made the decision to leave my marriage. I was wrong. I had fallen in...
The Addiction to Soft Drinks
Did you know that soda can be addictive? Soft drinks look harmless and are drunk by millions of people worldwide. Soda has been thought of as a benign substance meant to be enjoyed and served at...
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”.
