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Posted: June 10, 2019
I like this quote because it highlights how so often it is others’ perceptions, opinions, and actions that lead trans and non-binary folx dysphoria and struggles with mental health. Not every trans or non-binary person experiences a disconnect from their body, but almost all will…
Posted: June 10, 2019
Love is another complicated issue when there is a history of attachment trauma – when one has grown up in a house that is chaotic, neglectful or abusive. In that type of environment there can be a lack of love and nurturing, which leaves a…
Posted: June 9, 2019
Trust is a major issue whenever there has been trauma, and especially if you have grown up in a home that was neglectful, abusive or invalidating. Trusting yourself can be hard for a number of reasons. First of all, in these types of families there…
Posted: June 5, 2019
Pierre Janet was a French psychologist and a pioneer in his work on trauma and dissociation. This is such a succinct explanation of trauma and the way it tends to intrude on present day life when it has not been fully integrated, or digested, by…
Posted: May 24, 2019
Second chances are so important. So, few of us get it right the first time around. Each tomorrow offers us the opportunity to try it differently, to learn, to grow, to be better and do better. Sometimes it is life that is offering us a…
Posted: May 22, 2019
Recovery and healing can often feel like walking uphill both ways. The things you have been through that have brought you to this point were often difficult and an uphill battle to get through. Now in order to get to feeling better and to healing…