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Bridges, Not Ruins: Healing Relationships After Trauma boundaries connection growing forward healing trauma Mar 28, 2025

"The wound is the place where the light enters you." – Rumi

There was a time when I believed that some relationships were beyond repair. Trauma had left its fingerprints on everything—how I s

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Self-Care: The Foundation of Healing and Renewal changing behaviors healing trauma resilience self care Mar 14, 2025

While lounging in a hot bath the other night a thought danced through my mind. I started to wonder about how many people take hot baths and why we are so inclined to escape to one after a par

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Lessons Learned From My Canine Teachers changing behaviors courage emotional regulation growing forward healing trauma Mar 07, 2025

The chaos erupted in an instant—one moment, there was tense stillness, and the next, a blur of teeth, snarls, and frenzied movement shattered the fragile peace we had known. The air was thick with the...

Cultivating Healthy Connections as an Empath empath healing trauma healthy bonds trauma bonds Feb 28, 2025

My name is Anastasia and I am an Empath. When in close proximity to people I absorb their energy and carry it. When they are in a good place the energy is life giving, however, when the person we ar...

Uncovering the Great Unknown changing behaviors courage creativity for healing healing trauma Feb 21, 2025

"Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen."

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Loving Your Inner Child: The First Step to True Healing changing behaviors courage growing forward healing trauma inner child Feb 14, 2025

Imagine you're on a plane, and the flight attendant reminds you: "Put on your own oxygen mask before helping others." It’s a simple instruction, yet so many of us ignore it in our own lives. We push t...

Rising from the Ashes: Building Resilience to Heal Trauma healing trauma pheonix rising resilience Dec 20, 2024

The white on the ceiling is stark and cutting and makes the back of my eyes hurt as I lay here on the couch. This is day 15 of chronic channel surfing in avoidance

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Between Stimulus and Response: Mastering Emotional Regulation emotional regulation healing trauma how to regulate emotions Dec 13, 2024

Victor Frankl once said, “Between stimulus and response, there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” It’s a beautiful truth, bu...

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"Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen."

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