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.
Why Are Primitive Reflexes Important in Child Development
Primitive reflexes begin to develop in utero. Those movements that are felt when the baby is developing during pregnancy is the baby training their central nervous system. As they move, kick, and squirm...
Understanding How Childhood Experiences Shape Adult Substance Use
The connection between trauma and addiction is one of the most important, and often misunderstood, topics in behavioral health. Research shows that individuals who experienced...
Why You Don’t Need Therapy
Feeling sad or overwhelmed doesn’t always mean you need therapy. While many seek therapy to feel better, it can initially make you feel worse. Read on to learn when therapy is the right choice for you...
How to Manage Grief and Understand Your Spheres of Control
Grief and uncertainty can challenge even the most resilient leaders and professionals. Understanding what is within your control — and what is not — provides a framework to navigate loss, manage anxiety...
The Nervous System and the Missing Piece in Sustainable Strength Training
I grew up mesmerized by my dad’s gym, the clanging weights, the sauna scent, the joy of movement. Decades later, I discovered why some people thrive in training while others burn out: it’s all in the...
Why Trauma Lives in Your Body and the 4 Healing Approaches
Your nervous system remembers what your mind tries to forget. Trauma isn't just a difficult memory. It is a physiological imprint that shapes the way you move through the world, relate to others...
Evidence-Based Acupuncture for Chronic Pain as a Modern Approach to Non-Drug Pain Relief
Pain is not merely a personal complaint, it is one of the fastest-growing public health challenges in the United States.
How to Reflect on Your Past Without Getting Lost in What Ifs
Looking back on the past is something most of us do, often more than we realise. From small regrets to significant life moments, reflection can help us understand ourselves more deeply, but it can also pull us into endless “what ifs” that keep us focused on what cannot be changed.
Identity Reconstruction in Long-Term RTA Recovery
Surviving a Road Traffic Accident is often described as a turning point. Acute medical care stabilizes injuries. Surgical intervention restores structural damage. Rehabilitation begins. From a clinical...
What Your Feet Reveal About Systemic Health
In clinical practice, the feet are rarely treated as a diagnostic starting point. Most patients do not mention them unless there is pain, visible injury, or cosmetic concern. Yet from a nursing perspective...
The Isolated Man and the Grief He Was Never Allowed to Feel
Feeling is healing. But what happens when a man cannot understand what he feels or has never been allowed to feel at all? From the day they are born, many boys are taught to suppress tears, hide vulnerability...
An Active Role in Your Own Healing Can Change Your Life
Why physical and emotional symptoms are not meant to be the obstacles you think they are. They are, in fact, invitations, or even blessings in disguise.
Why Anxiety and Depression Are on the Rise in Generation Z and What Can Help
Today, anxiety and depression account for roughly 9% of all diseases worldwide and 60% of mental health disorders. Of those, 72 million children and adolescents are estimated to be affected, particularly...
What Happens Within My Sacred Circles?
Healing within the community. We are not meant to heal alone. We’re taught to “be strong,” “keep going,” and “handle it.” But the truth is, when life gets heavy, trying to carry it alone only makes the...
The Psychosomatic Roots of Anxiety and How RTT® Rewrites the Pattern
A panic attack can feel like an ambush. Your heart pounds without warning. Your chest tightens. Your breathing shortens. A surge of fear rises so intensely it feels catastrophic. Many people are convinced...
