by Arien Smith | Aug 4, 2020 | Healthy Relationships, How To & Healing Solutions, Overcome Fears & Thrive
This blog is a compassionate and uplifting one, filled with hope for us survivors of abuse. It’s all about how we can find truly loving relationships after abuse, even when it feels like no one will be able to handle us and our ‘baggage.’ If you’re looking for the...
by Arien Smith | Jul 28, 2020 | How To & Healing Solutions, Overcome Obstacles and Challenges, Powerful Coping Strategies
Self sabotaging is something most of us survivors of abuse have done at some point in our healing journeys. Like when we finally get close to someone, then push them away even though it’s a good relationship. Or we miss therapy appointments, even though we know...
by Arien Smith | Apr 7, 2020 | How To & Healing Solutions, Overcome Fears & Thrive, Overcome Obstacles and Challenges
Feel like the problems you face are never-ending? Like you’re struggling to solve them before new ones come up. Us survivors of abuse often face a greater challenge with life’s ups and downs, since we didn’t learn effective problem solving skills as children (we...
by Arien Smith | Mar 10, 2020 | Heal with Mindfulness, How To & Healing Solutions, Overcome Obstacles and Challenges
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....
by Arien Smith | Jan 7, 2020 | How To & Healing Solutions, Powerful Coping Strategies
Imagine if you could instantly stop a panic attack. As wonderful as that would be, it’s not something I can teach—but this blog will show you the next best thing. A list of techniques to quickly lower fear, panic, and anxiety. Even if they don’t totally stop a...
by Arien Smith | Nov 26, 2019 | How To & Healing Solutions, Overcome Obstacles and Challenges, Prosperity Path
Hardship happens to us all. Sometimes it’s predictable, sometimes it’s unexpected. That tends to be the most painful—when tough times catch us off guard. Why can’t things just be easy for once? After all you’ve been through, you deserve peace, not more struggle....
by Arien Smith | Sep 24, 2019 | How To & Healing Solutions, Powerful Coping Strategies
PTSD triggers can sneak up almost anywhere, even in the most benign conversations or situations. And they can wreck our mood, day, or even send us into a crisis. It isn’t always the common topics, like abuse and violence, that send us into flashbacks or panic attacks....
by Arien Smith | Aug 27, 2019 | How To & Healing Solutions
It’s pretty common for survivors of abuse to have a fear of doctors. Anxiety during certain procedures, like injections, gynecology, or more invasive examinations is definitely not unheard of either. In fact, several people asked me to write about this topic. I’ve...
by Arien Smith | Aug 6, 2019 | Heal with Mindfulness, How To & Healing Solutions, Powerful Coping Strategies, Self Love
Us trauma survivors need self care to survive. But, it can be hard to think of the right method to use when we’re in the middle of a crisis-like a PTSD flashback or other symptom. This blog will provide you with a lifelong list of self care ideas, all meant to...
by Arien Smith | Jul 23, 2019 | How To & Healing Solutions, Overcome Obstacles and Challenges
Trauma leaves us with a bunch of limiting beliefs. These are subconscious patterns that inform how we see ourselves and the world. Things we believe. Beliefs themselves aren’t bad, many are neutral or good. But some are damaging. They hold us back—limiting us....
