Are 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.
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Relationship 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 MoreIf Your Kindness Doesn’t Include Yourself, It’s Not Complete
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We all come across plenty of hurting people. Whether or not we know what they’re going through, any act of kindness creates a connection, a recognition of both our innate goodness and worth and theirs.
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.
Read MoreWhat it's like to be highly functional with unprocessed trauma
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If I could sum up the years I spent doing everything I knew to do to get better, I’d use these words: Stuck. Frustrated. Confused. Alone. Ashamed.
Read MoreYou're Not Broken
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I’ve done my best within the limits of language to describe the human experience in a way that might make sense of your inner conflict and help you start to create a little more harmony. I know from experience that by getting to know each of my parts and their unique needs and desires, I’ve gotten to know more of me. That’s allowed me to accept myself more fully and to know in my mind-body-spirit that I am not broken. And neither are you.
Read MoreWhy Striving for Stability Nearly Ruined My Life
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In striving for stability, I tamed the wild right out of myself, and with it went desire, passion, excitement, and joy. Stalking stability killed the thriving star, the alive parts of me.
Read MoreWhere Does Confidence Come From?
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You know that woman who always seems at ease? The one you’re secretly admiring and (maybe just a little bit) resenting… She communicates clearly. She sets good boundaries. She is certain of her choices. She embraces who she is and is approachable at the same time. She’s got what you see as authentic confidence. How did she get it? Did she learn it, or was she born with it?
Read MoreThe Top 3 Reasons Why You're Not Being Heard in Your Relationships...And How to Fix Them
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It’s so painful [frustrating, annoying, maddening, etc.] when your partner talks over you, rolls their eyes, leaves the room, dismisses you, or just plain shuts you out. ALL YOU WANT IS TO BE HEARD!
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