Thoughts on healing, hope, and finding your way back to yourself — from my journey to yours.
Healing
**Content Warning** This post discusses detailed experiences of childhood physical and sexual abuse, including descriptions of body memories that may surface during trauma therapy. Please take…
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Growth
I can’t believe we’re already well into September! The kids have settled back into the rhythm of school and activities, and I’m doing my best to…
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Resilience
Have you ever planned to be really productive only to get completely knocked off track? That was me in July. 😬 I was heading to Tampa…
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Grief
After my Father’s Day blog, I received an email that really made me stop and think: “I wish I was ‘no-contact’ like you. It would be…
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Healing
Father’s Day is tomorrow. And with it, a shadow looms. For some, Father’s Day is a time to celebrate – and if this is you &ndash…
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Personal
I’m writing this to you in silence – literally.🤐 It’s been almost 8 weeks since I lost my voice back in April – when what started…
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Anxiety
Have you ever noticed how Sundays carry a certain weight? Whether it’s first thing in the morning and the realization that your weekend is half-over kicks…
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Healing
Another Mother’s Day is upon us, and as I’ve grown in my own healing and reflected on this holiday over the years, I’ve come to appreciate…
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Body & Trauma
Have you ever noticed how often your body physically expresses what your mind and heart are still struggling to process? The last couple of weeks were…
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EFT Tapping
With stock markets fluctuating wildly, years of inflation driving up food prices, and economic uncertainty dominating the headlines, it’s no wonder that financial stress and anxiety…
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Growth
As a kid, I had my routine all figured out. I’d walk home from school, let myself in, then immediately scan the house for potential dangers…
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Resilience
(Plus 5 Simple Steps to Help Trauma Survivors Begin to Reclaim Their Voice and Their Freedom) For a long time I thought I was free. But…
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Healing
(How developmental trauma and attachment wounding shapes us and how we can begin to trust again…) Trust is the foundation of every relationship. But what happens…
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EFT Tapping
One of the biggest challenges faced by survivors of abuse and sexual trauma is processing feelings of shame about what happened to us. So often we…
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Anxiety
Does the thought of packing for a trip fill you with anxiety? Do you put it off until the last possible second only to beat yourself…
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Healing
Today – Mother’s Day here in the US – is an important day and an incredibly important topic – especially for those of us who’ve experienced…
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Growth
I have to be honest – these past few weeks have been a struggle. A little while ago, I stopped working with clients one-on-one to create…
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Body & Trauma
We hear a lot about mindful-breathing practices in Trauma Healing. Perhaps you’re a seasoned Yogi or someone who meditates daily and you find focusing on your…
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Healing
I don’t know about you, but when I first learned Tapping, I could barely bring myself to say, let alone believe the reminder phrase: “I deeply…
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Resilience
Here Are 3 Steps to Help You Overcome Futility, Release Perfectionism and Get Back on Track Safely After a Setback… I’ve got to be honest, this…
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Anxiety
As a survivor of sexual abuse and trauma, I understand how unsafe it can feel to relax… Much of the abuse I experienced happened at night…
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Healing
If you struggle in your healing journey because you constantly feel re-traumatized when you address your past traumas, here’s how you can make big progress while…
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Anxiety
Some people view the early days of the New Year as an exciting, blank canvas, exploding with possibilities… They create vision boards, brainstorm and set goals…
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Anxiety
“You Get Right Up My Nose…” One evening when I was 4, I interrupted my dad’s newspaper reading. In his irritation he said: “You get right…
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Body & Trauma
I was at a Somatic Experiencing (SE) training course recently. I like to go to these to keep my skills up to date, but what happened…
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Healing
When people seek me out as a Trauma Coach, it’s often after going through years of traditional, talk-based therapy, when they are at the end of…
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Body & Trauma
Today was hard. I had to take my middle son, Lucas for a chest X-ray and as it turns out, the persistent cough that keeps making…
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EFT Tapping
Thanksgiving looks a lot different this year and I don’t know about you but I’ve been feeling a lot of dread and anxiety about a COVID-marinaded…
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EFT Tapping
There’s so much stress and anxiety surrounding the election this year. No matter whether you’re here in the US or elsewhere in the world, the outcome…
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Healing
We’ve all seen and heard the recommendations flooding the media about how to take care of our physical health during this challenging time… But what about…
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Growth
Have you ever set goals for yourself and had every intention of making them happen, only to find yourself getting completely knocked off track by something…
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Healing
No matter what type of trauma you’ve experienced, whether physical, verbal, emotional or sexual, and no matter what symptoms you’re still dealing with today, if you’re…
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Personal
For those of us with a trauma background, our gratitude on Thanksgiving must be tempered with a very real acknowledgement of our trauma and our pain…
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Healing
I had so many exciting plans for this week. Plans to reach some new fitness goals. Plans to be super productive with my work. Plans to…
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Healing
When I was 7, I went to a disco-themed birthday party. The birthday girl was my then best-friend, Helen. The mid-summer party was held in the…
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Personal
This week has been a bit of a rough one. On Saturday it was my husband’s birthday. On Monday it was my dad’s. This week it’s…
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Healing
It started out pretty much like every Tuesday. Running around trying to get the kids dressed, fed and out the door on time. My husband Alex…
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Body & Trauma
I had made the appointment three months earlier. Secretly I was grateful for the long waiting list. Slowly but surely though, as much as I tried…
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