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4 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self About Trauma Recovery
This article was originally published on The Mighty. Photos of Heidi and her friend Rachel from over the years, used with permission. Way back in the olden days of the early 2000s, I sat a friend...
How To Reduce the Damage of Parental Alienation
To help your child(ren), you must heal yourself first.
Gift Giving Gone Wrong: Narcissists and Gift Giving
"...stop giving the gift of yourself to people who only know how to hurt you."
Trauma and Trauma Goals
The word trauma has become a buzzword in today’s culture, with many choosing to use it to describe everything from a mildly bad experience with a possible significant other to a hung nail. Trauma...
TAR Tale: How Molly Challenged Parental Alienation
Authenticity, vulnerability, honesty can protect a bond between a child and a parent. Love and humility can combat Parental Alientation. This is Mollys tale, it could be yours too.
A Recipe For Realignment
'A Recipe for Realignment' offers a general road map to address the importance of checking out from the routines, habits and structures in our lives that keep us trapped in old patterns and ways of being in order to reset and realign our lives to our new chosen paths.
How to Cultivate A Better Holiday
I watched as the old mule made one last pass across the field below my Grandmother’s house. Damp earth turned beneath the plow and I knew buried treasure would soon be exposed. My brother...
The Difference Between PTSD and C-PTSD (and Why It Matters)
This article was originally published on The Mighty. I was sitting on the couch of the therapist I saw over 10 years ago. She had her Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) in her lap, and with...
Fresh Year, Fresh Starts?
This blog originally appeared: at https://powerfullypowerless.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/fresh-year-fresh-starts/ This is a concept on everyone’s mind at certain times of the year. During the...
Did Therapy Make Things Worse? And Other Questions People Ask About Mental Health
Since beginning intensive treatment for trauma, lots of questions have popped up. Curiosity is natural. Here’s what people want to know.
A Survival Against All Odds
My name is Elizabeth and I am a survivor of sexual childhood abuse and unspeakable trauma. Before I tell you my story, I want you to know that no matter how bad your life is, there is always...
Coping with Emotional Overwhelm During the Holiday Season
The holiday season is a stressful time of year. People rush about trying to make the perfect Christmas for themselves and their loved ones when there is no such thing. The result is that folks...
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”.
