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The Weight of Unhealed Trauma changing behaviors courage growing forward healing hearing triggers survivor trauma Sep 10, 2024

"Trauma comes back as a Reaction not a memory"

Bessel van der Kolk

 

A childhood filled with never knowing when the temperature was going to turn to rage - 200 blocks
Raised in a home lacking...

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Dancing With the One that Brought You changing behaviors courage growing forward healing hearing triggers trauma Sep 10, 2024

"Stay with me,

Let's just breathe

Practiced on my sins, never gonna let you win, uh-huh

Under everything, just another human being, uh-huh

I don't want to hurt

There's so much in this world to make...

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Phoenix Rising: Moving from Victim Mindset to Survivor Mindset in Trauma Healing changing behaviors courage healing hearing triggers limiting beliefs survivor trauma Sep 10, 2024

I am fresh off of the snowshoes this morning. It is a warm day in March here on the lake and the entire hamlet is prepping for the annual ice fishing derby. Soon the ice will begin to melt away and...

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The Limit Does Not Exist! changing behaviors courage hearing triggers limiting beliefs resilience trauma Sep 10, 2024

"Mother, teacher, writer, betrayer, jokester, bitch, genuine, loudmouth, boat rocker, lover, analyst, bean counter, victim, bully, daughter, niece, grand daughter, friend, enemy, confidant,...

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Stealth Mode Activated courage healing hearing triggers reconciliation resilience stealth mode trauma Sep 10, 2024

"The greatest warrior is the one who brings peace"

Cadmus Delorme


My journey creating the Whole and Capable Coaching website has lead me, yet again, down a rabbit hole. This week I was sharpening...

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Pressure Cracks, Icebergs and Healing Our Generational Traumas courage healing resilience trauma Sep 10, 2024

"Parenting in short, is a dance of the generations. Whatever affected one generation but has not fully resolved will be passed on to the next." 

Gabor Mate

Good morning from my wee office in...

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Braving the Cold Frontier: Unlearning Your Role in a Narcissistic Family. courage healing resilience scapegoat trauma Sep 10, 2024

I am currently sitting in my office overlooking the lake and sipping a calming tea. The weather is blistering cold and there are no vehicles in sight. The only sound is the crisp wind off of the...

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Shattered Pieces: How Trauma Quietly Unravels the Fabric of Life courage healing resilience trauma Sep 10, 2024

Recently I spent the holidays with my children in an vacation rental on the West Coast. It was a restful time spent playing games, travelling to remote places and creating memories. It did,...

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The Only Way Out is Through courage healing resilience trauma Sep 09, 2024

"My tendency to want to hide away feels easier, and

 The immediacy of picturing another place, comforting to go but I know

The only way out is through

The faster we're in the better

The...

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The Real Cowboy Up: Taking a Chance on Tenacity courage resilience Sep 09, 2024

I am horizontally testing my couch tonight which is probably a bad idea considering it is leather. The temperature outside is +36 in the shade and our lakeside wind has gone on vacation to the...

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