First Steps - Life After Trauma, Part 2 of 3
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If you’re growing, what you hear from your inner listening might “feel” right and “feel” wrong at the same time.
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How to Reclaim Your Power
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Let me be clear: Moving forward after trauma is very much an impulse from within. It’s not something directed by an outsider. It’s something inside that says, “I want to move on.” It may be a gentle or quiet impulse, and it’s all YOURS. Trauma leaves us feeling like we don’t have agency. Healing, then, gives agency back to us. And when we decide it’s time to respond, we take back our power.
Read MoreAre Your Life Problems Really Trauma Symptoms?
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If you’re struggling with situations that seem to keep coming around, no matter HOW HARD YOU TRY, you might be dealing with unresolved trauma at the root.
Read MoreYou Are Not Broken
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You’re not broken. Your mental health struggles are not a problem. They’re unmet needs asking for attention.
Read MoreRelationship Hell to Relationship Health
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After accepting that I was the common denominator in my heart’s chaos, I got real about doing my inner work. I mastered the art of being single and loving it…but there’s little risk required in staying single. Vulnerability is optional, and self-regulation is a cinch when you live with yourself. It was time for me to learn how to be in a healthy relationship.
Read MoreDiscover the Courage to Change
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In short, the healing journey that takes us inward is one that can be frightening. Who among us likes to face our shadows, painful memories, and uncomfortable sensations? The willingness to build the ability to do so takes a great deal of courage.
Read MoreHow Willingness Unleashes Your Power
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Willingness allows us to tap into our inner wisdom because we’re in a receptive posture, internally speaking. And as we open to our innate knowledge, we start to align with what truly works for us. When we do that, we make progress and are willing to take the next step.
Read MoreWTF Just Happened? Help for Trauma's Aftermath
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Yoga is like having a giant tool kit for healing. Working with a private yoga teacher is like having someone help you know how, when, where, what, and why to use those tools.
Read MoreThe Great Lie: "I'm not enough" and Breaking Free
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After years of experiencing traumatic conditions inside of relationships that were supposed to be loving, many of us conclude that there’s something fundamentally wrong with us. Living with a sense of impending doom, we dare not venture into the creative space, lest we fail (once more). We dare not share who we are with others, lest they see how messed up we are. We dare not reach out, lest we experience waves of rejection and shame for simply wanting or needing something.
Read MoreWhat is C-PTSD? with 5 Suggestions for Moving Deeper into Healing
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CPTSD develops as a healthy response to unhealthy circumstances.
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