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.
Learning to Forgive Those Who Have Backstabbed You
There’s a unique kind of pain that comes from being betrayed by someone you trusted. It doesn’t matter whether it was a friend, family member, or coworker, the sting cuts deep because betrayal violates...
Top 7 Myths About the Cause of Type 2 Diabetes Debunked
Type 2 diabetes is a raging epidemic. It is sweeping up more victims each year. The CDC says that about 19 percent of adults (or about 1 in 5) aged 45-64 in the USA have type 2 diabetes.
Why Can't I Focus Anymore? Reasons You're Losing Concentration and How to Get It Back
Every week during my live podcast sessions, I watch the same pattern unfold. People join with genuine interest, but within minutes, they're gone, most likely toggling to other tabs or mentally drifting.
Designing AI That Respects the Realities of Trauma Recovery
AI is being positioned as the future of trauma recovery, but trauma recovery is not an efficiency problem. It is a continuity problem.
Why Talk Therapy Doesn’t Heal Anxiety and What Actually Does
For years, I sat in therapy offices trying to “understand” my anxiety into submission. And for years, I walked out with clarity, but not relief.
The Elimination of Pain and the Stabilization of Symptoms – It’s Not Helping People Heal
The entire model of Western Medicine is built upon a platform of medicating the hurt, stabilizing the symptoms, and eliminating the pain that persons who abuse drugs and alcohol are experiencing.
Self-Prescribed Medicine – Chasing Peace and Belonging
The world views addiction as a simple list of bad choices, a headline about a crisis. But when you grow up inside of it, the story changes. It becomes a deeply felt, intimate theory about the human heart...
How to Stop Treating Life in Pieces and Start Healing in Alignment
Wellness is often reduced to habits, routines, or quick fixes, but true well-being is far more complex and interconnected. Living in 8D invites you to look beyond fragmented approaches to health and...
The Nervous System Truth Nobody Teaches
We’re taught to push through, stay strong, and move on, but rarely taught how deeply our nervous system shapes our lives. This article explores the quiet truth behind overthinking, hypervigilance, and...
Frequency Therapy, not “Woo-Woo” – Real Science
Sound healing is often dismissed as “woo-woo,” but vibroacoustic therapy tells a very different story. Grounded in physics, neurology, and measurable physiological responses, this evidence-based...
Beyond Herbs, Supplements, & Diets – A Deeper Approach to Healing
When exploring natural and integrative approaches to healing, three systems often come up: herbal medicine, functional medicine, and homeopathy. While all aim to support health and well-being, they work...
The Normal Habits That Nearly Killed Me and Why so Many People Are Living Them
Chronic stress, emotional suppression, and survival mode living are often normalised, until the body collapses. In this reflective essay, John Bygraves explores how everyday habits quietly undermine...
The Trauma-Shadow Connection – How Unhealed Wounds Keep You in Survival Mode
Many people move through life appearing capable, successful, and self-aware, yet beneath the surface their system remains tense, vigilant, or constrained. This is survival mode: not a reaction to...
The Power of Co-Regulation – Interdependence as the Pathway to Nervous System Safety and Evolution
Emotional intelligence activates power within us. Co-regulation expands that power through connection and community.
The United States of Selfishness – How Unhealthy Capitalism Erodes Empathy & Fuels Cultural Narcissism
My childhood mirrors what is unfolding across the United States. What began as a personal reckoning, writing to survive, healing from early childhood and adolescent narcissistic abuse, and passing...
