Have you noticed when someone asks what your goals are, you might answer with ideas of traveling, finishing college, having a career, family, etc.? For those healing from trauma, I hear goals of wanting peace and joy again. For one’s mind to be quiet and...
Childhood trauma is what you will hear therapists call Developmental Trauma or Early Trauma. It’s the experiencing of trauma while a child is also in the process of brain and physical development. Our brain, our cells, our nervous system. And therefore, needs to be approached...
A traumatic experience is overwhelming and devastating. Such a sudden, unexpected, or repeated event leaves you confused, dazed, and in a state of uncertainty. Your world has changed and you’re not sure how to find your way back. But there is a way back from...
You’re working with your therapist or reading a self-help book and it clicks. You come to the “aha” moment and realize, “Wait, this person hurt me. He (or she) really hurt me! It’s not my fault. I do have a right to be angry.” And...