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From Anxious Attachment to Authentic Connection – A Hypnotherapist’s Perspective
Have you ever wondered why you keep attracting emotionally unavailable partners, or why your chest tightens with fear at the thought of being abandoned? For many highly sensitive women, anxious...
Jul 21, 20253 min read


Why Bother Meditating After Trauma?
For many complex trauma survivors, the idea of meditating can feel anything but peaceful. Sitting still might trigger anxiety, flashbacks, or even a full-body freeze response. If that’s true for you...
Jul 21, 20253 min read


Stop Counting Days – Why Focusing on Sobriety Metrics Can Keep You Stuck
What if counting sober days is making your journey harder, not easier? In this eye-opening article, Sonia Grimes challenges the common habit of tracking sobriety by the calendar. She reveals why focusing on numbers can keep you stuck in performance mode — and how shifting to self-awareness can unlock real freedom from alcohol. If you’re ready to change how you see sobriety, Sonia’s fresh approach will inspire and guide you every step of the way.
Jul 18, 20254 min read


A Guide to Thriving Through Trauma and Rising While Healing
Healing from trauma can feel like walking through a storm barefoot. You're trying to move forward, but the weight of what you’ve experienced pulls at your feet, your energy, and your clarity. For many...
Jul 17, 20254 min read


Why Is Meditation So Challenging for Trauma Survivors?
In the summer series I’m hosting, Healing Our Bodies After Trauma, I’m noticing my clients and students struggling with meditation. Thus, it prompted me to write this post. Meditation is often praised...
Jul 17, 20254 min read


The Crucial Link Between Safety and Pleasure
Pleasure, joy, playfulness, sensuality, and freedom, these are the experiences that make life rich and worth living. And yet, for so many of us, these states feel fleeting, distant, or completely out of reach...
Jul 14, 20257 min read


Unmasking the Legacy of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
For decades, I lived as a sleeper, moving through life on autopilot, haunted by memories I tried desperately to bury. Like so many men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse, I became an expert...
Jul 14, 20255 min read


Is Stretching Bad for You? – Why It Can Cause Injury and Who Should Avoid It?
Stretching has long been considered essential, whether you're an athlete, someone recovering from an injury, or just someone who remembers their PE teacher yelling, “Stretch it out!”
Jul 11, 20256 min read


Communing with Tobacco to Reconnect with Its Sacred Roots
In the modern world, tobacco has a ‘bad rap,’ largely associated with addiction, disease, and death. Yet, within Indigenous communities, tobacco is honored as a powerful medicine. Like all sacred...
Jul 11, 20257 min read


How To Practice Self-Compassion And Self-Care After Trauma Even When It Feels Impossible
After experiencing trauma, many of us are left feeling raw, disconnected, and deeply alone even when surrounded by others. Self-care may sound like a luxury, and self-compassion might feel entirely out...
Jul 8, 20257 min read


Success Breeds Success and The Story Behind the Academy of Caregivers
Sometimes life stops us in the most unexpected moments. My story began four years ago when a car accident completely changed my life. I couldn’t walk for seven months, and my rehabilitation took over...
Jul 8, 20252 min read


How To Heal From the Root and Not Just the Symptoms
In a world obsessed with quick fixes and symptom control, white.plant, a company dedicated to modern, holistic health, offers a deeper path, one that leads back to its roots. True healing isn’t about...
Jul 8, 20253 min read


What Is Generational Trauma and How Do We Heal It?
Generational trauma is the emotional and psychological pain passed down through families, often unnoticed. It can stem from historical events like war or systemic oppression and affects...
Jul 8, 20254 min read


Why High-Functioning People Struggle to Stop Drinking and Why It’s Not About Willpower
For high-achieving, capable people who “have it together” on the outside, the private battle with alcohol can be one of the most misunderstood and silently painful struggles. And the reason so many intelligent...
Jul 7, 20254 min read


Healing and Transformation as a Way of Spiritual Growth
How our spiritual, emotional, and physical bodies work together on the path of inner change: Healing is not just about managing symptoms or improving well-being. True healing is a path of spiritual...
Jul 7, 20255 min read


Healing After Trauma – Karen Robinson's 11-Part Summer Series to Empower Survivors
Alexandria, Virginia — July 5, 2025 — International bestselling author, speaker, therapist, and trauma recovery expert Karen Robinson, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCTP-, is launching her highly anticipated summer program: Healing Our Bodies After Trauma. This transformative 11-part class series begins July 10, 2025, and will guide survivors through a powerful journey of reconnection, regulation, and restoration.
Jul 7, 20251 min read


From Slouch to Strong – How Your Posture Shapes Your Energy, Confidence, and Presence
Your posture is not just about how you stand; it’s a reflection of how you feel, how you show up, and how much you allow yourself to take up space. Discover how simple adjustments can elevate...
Jul 7, 202510 min read


How Hypnosis Can Heal Grief and Guide You Through the Rocky Terrain
Grief. A word so small, yet it holds a universe of emotion. Whether sudden or expected, the loss of a loved one sends shockwaves through our entire being. The pain is sharp, deep, personal, and sometimes...
Jul 3, 20256 min read


How Does Past-Life Regression with QHHT® Work?
Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique℠ was developed by Dolores Cannon primarily as a past-life regression method. Read on to find out what can happen during sessions and how you could benefit from one, too!
Jul 2, 20254 min read


How Neck Issues Can Cause Dizziness and Balance Problems
Have you ever felt dizzy, unsteady, or like your balance was “off,” especially when turning your head or looking around quickly? While we often think of balance as being controlled by the inner ear...
Jul 1, 20254 min read


The Integration of Talk Therapy and Somatic Therapy for Trauma Healing
In the evolving field of trauma recovery, a persistent myth has gained traction: that trauma can be "released" purely through the body. This belief, often shaped by the rising popularity of somatic practices...
Jul 1, 20254 min read


Understanding Trauma, Triggers, and Transformation
Trauma is more than a past event. It’s an experience deeply stored in the body and brain, often influencing our daily lives in unseen ways. This article explores trauma, triggers, and how we can...
Jul 1, 20255 min read


Why Breathwork and Coaching are a Powerful Combination
In this piece, I explore how Breathwork and Meditation create a powerful synergy with Life Coaching, helping clients access clarity, release emotional blocks, and experience deeper healing.
Jul 1, 20254 min read


Music is Life and How Soundtracks Shape Our Heartbeats and Hijack Our Moods
Forget background noise – music is the invisible electricity humming through human existence. It's the pulse in our headphones on a dull commute, the shared anthem at a stadium roaring as one...
Jun 29, 20255 min read
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