Tag: Trauma Recovery

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Trauma Recovery is the sacred process of reclaiming the soul from the frozen landscapes of the past. This is the work of regaining consciousness and sovereignty, tending to the psyche’s fragments with devotion. It is the integration of the wound into the Self—not as a fix, but as a transformation—allowing the survivor to move from the hyper-vigilance of survival to the spaciousness of a lived life.

  • In Case of Emergency

    In Case of Emergency

    When something in our world shifts to threaten our survival, we find ourselves plummeting from zenith to nadir in short order.

  • By the Throat

    By the Throat

    What are my psychological survival tools? What will help me maintain my sense of self? What will I need to believe, think, or do that will help me keep hope and joy alive?

  • If Ever Bliss Was

    If Ever Bliss Was

    Birth is important, and what happened before birth is important, but most important of all is what happens afterward.

  • Person-ality Problems

    Person-ality Problems

    People may stay involved in impossible relationships far longer than they ought, at a risk to their own happiness and health.

  • The Value of Reflection

    The Value of Reflection

    Shock reactions, fear, and shame throughout childhood inhibit brain development in areas that process perceptions of reality, the ability to relate to others, and the ability to reason.

  • Lost

    Lost

    Children who weren’t loved, but were left unprotected, don’t know the voice of the good shepherd—the inner guide who calls the soul toward wholeness. Trained instead by parents who mirrored the shadow’s thieves and hirelings—they became attuned to the discordant voices of betrayal.

  • Things My Mother Didn’t Tell Me

    Things My Mother Didn’t Tell Me

    The love of a mother is so powerful, it lasts a lifetime and beyond. Every time you think of that love, you know you are enough. This is true even if that love came through a different relative.

  • Lord, Hold Us in Your Mercy

    Lord, Hold Us in Your Mercy

    In adoption we have many competing interests. We have two sets of parents, two families, but only one child. The adopted person so often feels torn. There’s the difficulty of trying to resolve much that’s deeply held.

  • Losing Streak

    Losing Streak

    How does one recover from a losing streak, a run of bad luck, a change of fortune–or unimaginable loss?