Healing from PTSD in Community: The Power of Safe Connection
Healing from PTSD isn’t just about what we do in solitude; it’s about what happens when we allow others to sit beside us in the dark and help light the way forward.
Self-Advocacy Redefining Mental Health from the Inside Out
Self-advocacy means choosing—again and again—to live in partnership with your brain. To create spaces, internally and externally, where it’s safe to feel.
Trauma Is Not Your Story: Reclaim Your Identity After Abuse
For many survivors of abuse, the question isn’t “Who am I?” but “Who did I have to become to survive?” You are not your trauma. You can reclaim your identity after abuse.
The Neuroscience of Traumatic Grief: How Trauma Affects the Brain and How to Heal
Grief is a natural and deeply human response to loss, an emotional process that allows us to adapt to life without someone we love. But when grief is intertwined with trauma, the experience can profoundly alter the brain.
Stress, Trauma and the Brain: Why You React Before You Think
When you experience repeated stress or trauma, your brain adapts by creating shortcuts for survival. This is why you might overreact to situations that logically don’t seem threatening. Your brain isn’t malfunctioning. It’s trying to keep you safe.
Relationship With Your Inner Self Through Brain Partnership
What if 2025 became the year you rewired your brain for resilience—building a foundation that empowers you to navigate life’s challenges with strength, calm, and grace?
Navigating Holiday Stress by Setting Healthy Boundaries
As magical as the holidays can be, they also come with their own set of challenges. This is where setting healthy boundaries becomes a powerful ally.
Understanding PTSD and Complex PTSD: A Path to Healing
In this article, Dr. Kate Truitt helps us understand the development of conditions like PTSD and Complex PTSD, explaining differences and healing opportunities.
The Phoenix Journey: Embracing Post-Traumatic Growth
Have you heard of post-traumatic growth? Just as the mythical Phoenix rises from its ashes, we too can rise from our difficulties stronger and more resilient.
Ripple Effect of Positivity Empowering Advocates to Inspire Change
It’s truly incredible how something as simple as a positive word or action has the power to create a ripple effect, inspiring others and leading them to meaningful change.
The Neuroscience of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Is there a shift in your moods? Are you feeling down or maybe a little depressed? These feelings may be signs of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
Healing Through the Art of Storytelling
Healing Through the Art of Storytelling. In the face of unspeakable loss, one of the things I turned to is writing.