What Receiving a Bipolar Diagnosis in My 40s Says About Me
I’d been struggling again. And was feeling suicidal. So [...]
CPTSD, PTSD and Trauma: How Stranger Things Season 4 Acknowledges Repressed Trauma
(Spoiler alert) My husband and I recently finished watching Season [...]
CPTSD, PTSD and Fight-or-flight Response: Living in a Trauma Cycle and 7 Steps to Ending It
When you’re living in a trauma cycle, your thoughts are [...]
OCD, PTSD and SPD: Learning to Relinquish Control and Stay Present
My husband recently needed to go to Rome, Italy for [...]
CPTSD, PTSD, Self-love and Trauma: 10 Simple Ways to Practice Self-care Every Day
Notice I titled this, “10 Simple Ways,” and not, “10 [...]
PTSD and Anxiety: Working Against Our Fear Response (and Tips for Feeling Safe)
My husband is a producer and had a film in [...]
CPTSD, PTSD, SPD and Boundaries: Learning to Contain the Universe Within You
Understanding boundaries has been an essential part of my trauma [...]
PTSD, SPD and Fight-or-flight Response: Recognizing and Reconnecting to Our Proprioceptive Sense
My husband and I decided to go for a drive. [...]
CPTSD, PTSD and Trauma: Nows the Time to Understand Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational trauma refers to trauma that has been carried from [...]
CPTSD, PTSD, Dissociation and Fight-or-flight Response: How Childhood Trauma Shows Up in Marriage
I’ve been thinking about how May is both Trauma Awareness [...]
Chronic Pain, Depression and Somatic Trauma: How Focusing on My Body’s Strength Makes Me Less Angry
After only recently learning of my trauma — of the [...]
Mental Health and Well-being: We All Could Use a More Trauma-informed Approach in Life
My students have been forced into online learning due to [...]
CPTSD, Perfectionism and Control: From Merely Surviving to Making Homemade Fries (+Recipe)
Recently, I was asked what those of us who suffer [...]
Chronic Pain, PTSD and Trauma: Getting Started Is the Hardest Part (and 7 Things That Help)
When I first wake up, it’s like everything is screaming [...]
Awakening: How Occupational Therapy Uncovered Hidden Trauma
It was March of 2018 and my third attempt [...]