Trauma & therapy
Healing from trauma is a journey that requires support and guidance. Our contributors explore the impact of trauma and grief, as well as various therapeutic approaches available to aid recovery. Learn about different types of trauma, signs and symptoms, and effective therapy options.
That’s Not My Experience – Why Trauma-Informed Awareness Matters More Than We Think
Trauma is not about what happened; it’s about what the body learned in response. Two people can live through similar circumstances and walk away with completely different outcomes, not because...
Why Breathwork Is a Powerful Tool for Healing Trauma
Picture this: a single, intentional breath shifting the weight of years-old pain, quieting the storm inside without a word spoken. As a breathwork facilitator, I’ve witnessed countless individuals...
How the Body Keeps the Score and What Helps Trauma Release and Heal Over Time
You might not remember the exact moment something changed, but your body often does. Trauma and chronic stress can leave a physiological imprint that shows up later as tension, shutdown, anxiety, pain...
The Fawn Response – When Self-Abandonment Becomes the Cost of Connection
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that does not come from doing too much, but from being too much for everyone else. The exhaustion of monitoring tone. Of anticipating reactions. Of shaping...
Benefits of Botanical Plant Medicine, and How It Saved My Life
Discover the transformative power of botanical plant medicine through a personal journey of healing and resilience. Berta Kaguako shares her story of reclaiming her life from chronic conditions...
Survival Strategies Born from Trauma Responses and How to Heal
Have you ever wondered why you abruptly quit a project just as it was about to succeed, or why you find yourself compulsively cleaning when you are actually deeply hurt? These are sophisticated...
How One Woman Transformed Her Deepest Wounds Into the World's Most Needed Medicine
There are some stories that don't just inform you, they reform you. Stories that reach into the caverns of your chest and rearrange something fundamental about how you see the world, how you see yourself...
Why Anxiety Keeps Returning – 5 Myths About Triggers and What Real Resolution Actually Means
Anxiety is often approached as something to manage, soothe, or live around. For many people, this leads to years of coping strategies without resolving what activates it. What is rarely explained is...
When Healing Gets Too Serious – The Missing Medicine of Play
We’ve been conditioned into a healing trap, that growth requires grief, and that “the work” only counts in the dark. But what if our giggles were just as transformative as our tears?
The Medical System Wasn’t Built for Chronic Pain, and That’s Why You’re Still Suffering
There comes a quiet moment that people living with chronic pain eventually recognize, the medical system is not built for what they are experiencing. For many, that realization arrives softly, while...
Holistic Therapy for Chronic Lower Back Pain, Does it Work? –Part 1
I believe that most chronic back pain conditions can be healed naturally with a holistic approach, but, it takes patience, perseverance and consistency. It takes self-work and often a life-style change.
Get into Your Right Brain – Replenishment as a Pathway in Trauma and Mental Health
“Can I stop you there?” the instructor asked. “I sense a heaviness around your heart. If you feel comfortable, I’d like to do some brief energy work with you right now, over the phone. Is that okay?"
I’m Sorry, Europe – A Personal Reckoning with the Collective Ego, and the AI That Will Mirror It
I want to begin with words that are rarely spoken sincerely at a civilizational level: I’m sorry. I say this as an American citizen, not as a representative of power, policy, or ideology, but as a...
Why ‘Normal’ Blood Results Don’t Mean You’re Healthy
Most people remember the moment clearly. You sit in the chair, heart slightly racing, hands clammy, waiting for the results. You know something isn’t right. You’re exhausted. Your sleep is broken.
Why Doesn’t Trauma Make Everyone Compassionate?
We all experience trauma, it is part of human existence. Nobody goes through this life unscathed. In a work that revolves around asking questions, one question comes to mind often: why do some of us...
