Tag: healing

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Life after Trauma: A Journey

Life after trauma can be a difficult and challenging journey. It can feel like your world has been turned upside down and everything you knew has been completely shattered. But with time and support, it is possible to rebuild and find a new sense of normalcy. It’s even possible to make things better than they …

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Trauma and self-blame: It’s not your fault.

If you’re here, I probably don’t have to tell you that self-blame is a very common side effect of trauma. Rather than holding the person who hurt us accountable, many of us tend to take responsibility and try to figure out where we went wrong. Well, I’m here to tell you to cut that shit …

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scrapbook page with dried flowers, photo of girl dancing and title There is life after trauma.

There is life after trauma.

If you’ve been with me for a while, you know that I’ve had my fair share of trauma. But in case you’re new here, I’ll do a quick rundown of why I’ve become an expert in the field of recovery and why that is how I know that there is life after trauma. My Trauma …

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EFT Therapy- easy and effective

Last week, I wrote about how I started hypnotherapy a few years back. Around the same time, I also started EFT therapy in order to treat my PTSD. This was a really strong approach for me to use in conjunction with the hypnotherapy, helping to get my anxiety and panic attacks under control. What is …

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Hypnotherapy and keeping an open mind

Despite what you see on TV, hypnotherapy isn’t just going into a room, lying down on a couch and staring at a watch until you go into a trance and having someone change your thoughts or memories or feelings. (There are definitely times I wish it was that easy!) While I one hundred percent believe …

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Therapy is for Everyone.

Recently, two people who mean a lot to me have started therapy and I couldn’t be happier. (I’m talking with a third person that I care about that I think would benefit as well.)  You see, I’m a big advocate for therapy as I know for a fact that I would not be here today …

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Boundaries are an important part of self care.

I talk a lot on this site about self love and self care. It’s really the whole premise of why I started this site in the first place- to empower women to love themselves and treat themselves well. This week, I wanted to write about boundaries, because in my opinion, that’s the most important version …

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