We need to go beyond the phrase “time heals all wounds” (like I’ve been seeing all over my feed)...and we ✨also✨ need to move beyond “all wounds can be healed.” Some emotional pain may be chronic and, honestly, that’s okay. The weight of what you went through may not...
You’ve been so focused on surviving abuse that you haven’t had time to learn how to experience joy. But, now that you’re free from that traumatic situation…you can begin this beautiful journey. Here’s an episode all about a secret to feeling joy, even if you don’t yet...
Mindfulness is an almost essential practice when we’re recovering from a traumatic past. Whether it’s therapeutic techniques (like Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), straight up yoga practices, morning meditations, or reading The Power of Now—there’s some level of...
Does past abuse ruin our chances of living a good life (let alone finding joy)? My vision of a “best life” was essentially being okay with waking up each day. No longer wanting to give up. Surviving. I didn’t think any more than that was possible. That sounded like...
It’s super common for us survivors of abuse to have a scarcity mindset. That’s when we constantly feel like we’re struggling to have what we need to survive, usually not enough money. Abuse impacts us in many ways, and sometimes that means leaving us in poverty....
Every survivor of abuse has experienced grief. It’s not always when a person leaves us or someone passes on—sometimes it’s the loss we feel over the fun childhood we never had. Or the betrayal of someone we thought loved us. Grief is always complex—even more so...
