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.
How Your Environment Shapes Your Nervous System
Healing doesn’t just happen in your mind, it begins in the spaces that make your body feel safe. This article explores how your environment shapes your nervous system, why safety is a frequency, not a...
7 Ways to Release What Haunts You – Lessons from Swedish Death Cleaning
October has always been a month that makes me pause. Maybe it’s the crunch of leaves underfoot, the flicker of candlelight inside pumpkins, or the way the air feels sharper and thinner, but something...
The Silent Cause – Suppressed Emotions Are the Root of Dis-ease
Most people believe “time heals,” that if we distract ourselves long enough, the emotions will fade. But avoidance doesn’t heal, it postpones. True recovery happens when we safely feel, process, and...
Alchemy of the Body – Healing Trauma Through Somatic Sex Education
For many trauma survivors, the hardest part of healing is not remembering what happened; it’s learning how to feel safe in your body again. As someone who has lived through big-T trauma...
Why Money is the Silent Language of Family Trauma
We speak about love, conflict, and boundaries, but rarely about how money carries those same emotions. Beneath family loyalty and silence lies an unspoken language where finances mirror attachment...
The Hidden Meaning of Dependency
A child is born, by definition, dependent, first on their mother and then on the outside world. Later in life, they must learn to meet their own needs, freeing themselves from dependency and taking...
How to Release Trauma by Twerking
You may have heard that twerking releases trauma. But what is Twerking? How do you twerk? And why does it release trauma? More than just a popular dance trend, twerking has deep cultural roots and...
A Somatic Pathway to Trauma Healing – Overcoming the Impact of Trauma Through a Somatic Approach
Trauma leaves an indelible mark, not just on the mind but deep within the body. Modern research by leading trauma experts has revealed that unresolved experiences are stored in our nervous system...
From Surviving to Thriving – Healing PTSD with EMDR and Neurofeedback
Trauma can feel overwhelming, but innovative therapies like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and neurofeedback offer hope for recovery. These evidence-based approaches harness the...
Choosing the Right Shoes for Your Child’s Growing Feet
When parents think about supporting their child’s health, shoes may not be the first thing that comes to mind. We often focus on nutrition, education, or activities, but forget that every step a child...
Chronic Illness Recovery – Address the Five Root Causes
Have you been told that your illness is incurable and that you’ll “just have to live with it?” For 11 years, I lived with an “incurable” chronic illness, too. I saw multiple specialists, tried every treatment I could find...
Learn the Signs of a Brain Injury
Your brain holds the contents of the central nervous system and is protected by your cranium. It is by far the most complex of all human organs. Your brain is 60% fat and 40% water, making it the...
How to Heal From the Body Up – A Trauma-Sensitive, Nervous-System-First Approach
What if the obstacle isn’t your willpower, but your physiology? If you’ve tried to “calm your mind” and felt little change, you’re not alone. This article shows why regulating first, processing later can...
The Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse – A Clinical Perspective on Psychological Manipulation and Control
They walk into a room, and all eyes seem to follow. They are effortlessly charismatic, magnetic, charming, and confident. They speak with certainty, command attention, and often rise to power, in business...
My Story with Sound Medicine – The Gentle Gatekeeper to Emotional Transformation
The first time I truly understood the medicine of sound, I was not in a healing session or meditation retreat. I was eighteen, sitting at the edge of a ballet studio, my fingers moving across the keys...
