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The Trauma May have Started at Childhood, But it Doesn’t End There
Almost a year ago, I was invited to guest write in this forum, after releasing my book. For almost a year I have had this page bookmarked. I've seen it every day, but the intense fear of...
Preventing Relapse After Trauma
The most challenging part of recovery for many is learning to cope with life again. Trauma comes in many shapes and sizes. A break-up, the loss of a job, or even a fight with a friend can all...
The Vital Importance of Peer Support Specialists
In the last twenty or so years, a new profession has taken root, one that can ease some of the tremendous workloads of mental health professionals. I'm talking about peer support specialists and...
How to Set Healthy Boundaries in Relationships After Trauma
How are you coping with so much time at home? Whether you call it lockdown, sheltering in place, or quarantine, just about everyone’s work-life balance has been disrupted. We need to nurture...
Building Better Memories
If you are a survivor of trauma, you have a ton of terrible memories of what happened to you. These memories are haunting apparitions that have controlled how you handle your life. Currently,...
Adoption, Disconnection, Reasoning & CPTSD
In today's times, it's easy to see that society has lost its way, so what do we have to do to find our way, not back, but to rise to the occasion and nurture a better future for all? Ironically...
A Pathway to Peace
‘Peace is the highest happiness" (Tibetan Monk) Peace to me far outweighs striving for happiness or love or anything else. When I drop into the peacefulness that is both within me and around me,...
Nervous System Awareness and Reactivity
Without the ability to self-regulate. Can there really be growth?All experiences are stored in the body and no one can escape their nervous system. Our autonomic nervous system learns from...
Best Christmas Movie
You’ve seen it most likely. A meme makes the rounds every year, starting about now-ish. That question floats around the internet about the movie that most represents your family Christmas. People...
The Choice of Gratitude
The current series, because it is November, has focused on gratitude. We have explored together topics such as toxic positivity and its effect on survivors of complex trauma. We have discovered...
10 Ways to Handle Trauma Triggers During the Holiday Season
If you've lived through a traumatic childhood or domestic violence situation, you may not know what it feels like to feel jolly. Some of us feel a sense of dread the closer it gets to the...
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”.
