Insights from mental health professionals
A therapist reflects on his sleeplessness on the eve of his son's wedding.
This article is essentially a tool of empowerment for people who may identify as highly sensitive or perceptive; who have grown up in dysfun...
Intergenerational trauma refers to the transmission of trauma responses from one generation to future generations including patterns of copi...
In Proverbs, King Solomon taught the sluggard to go and learn from an ant. More recently, researchers have taught us that we should go and l...
Just like an onion, trauma has many layers. What you see on the surface is rarely the full story, and true healing often begins when we star...
Over the last few decades, many children and adolescents have been receiving a diagnosis of ADHD at alarming rates. ADHD, which is typically...
I have been rejected more times than I can count. By friends, boys, jobs, my kids, you name it… One of my most memorable rejections happened...
By tackling pieces of your recovery to tackle that are ever-so-small, you ensure your success; this will build greater self-confidence and f...
Finding meaning, creating purpose, and gaining control is a recipe that results in greater resilience and fuller recovery.
In building muscle, you will literally build your container to bear it all. When your container is fortified, recovery will be easier.
If you feel ashamed in relation to any part of your trauma, you deserve to connect with others and experience the relief that comes with dis...
Forgive yourself for not having foreseen, protected, or responded more effectively during the trauma.
While extremely distressing, flashbacks are actually memories. Registering what is a memory, and what is happening now, is essential.
You can help your brain register that you survived — you are here — to find more stability and presence in your daily life.
In trauma recovery, being mindful of your personal gauge will inform you what’s helpful, what is not, what soothes, what activates, what fee...
Given what we know today, it appears likely that unresolved trauma, whether minor or major, plays a role in the persistence of chronic pain,...