Part of the Resiliency Library How to Start Expressing Your Emotions Expressing emotions comes easy for some people, while for others it feels downright impossible. If you’re sitting anywhere in the middle—or leaning toward the “impossible” side—this article is for you. In Part 1: How to Stop Suppressing Your Emotions we explored Reframing, a practice I…
Part of the Resiliency Library How to Stop Suppressing Your Emotions: My Story If you’re anything like me, you have spent much of your life cut off from your emotions. The idea of letting them out felt impossible — too risky, too overwhelming. I believed my emotions would place a burden on others and that they…
Part of the Resiliency Library How to Stop Suppressing Your Thoughts In Therapy Going to therapy is one of the bravest steps you can take for your mental health. But here’s the truth: simply showing up isn’t enough. If you’ve ever walked out of a session thinking, “I didn’t say what I really wanted to,”…
Part of the Resiliency Library Resilience Recipes for Recovery and Energy with 7 Superfood Boosts In the early stages of my recovery journey — navigating trauma, exhaustion, and the aftermath of a severe concussion — my body and mind were so depleted that even the smallest tasks felt impossible. Walking down the hallway to the…
Part of the Resiliency Library Finding the Best Shoes for Back Pain and Stability After Trauma After years of living with chronic back pain, multiple concussions, and the constant instability that came with them, I never expected something as simple as changing my shoes to make such a profound difference. Yet that’s exactly what happened….
Part of the 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery series 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery Pillar 7 Imagine sitting in a doctor’s office, hoping—begging—for answers. You’ve carried symptoms for months, maybe years, and you just want someone to see what you see, feel what you feel. The provider looks at their notes, at a chart, maybe…
Part of the 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery series 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery Pillar 6 Navigating the healthcare system can be exhausting under the best of circumstances. Add trauma to the mix, and it can feel like an impossible maze. Forms, referrals, insurance approvals, appointments, medications — it’s overwhelming when all you really want…
Part of the 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery series 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery Pillar 5 Some stories are told to us.Others, we write ourselves — not with pen and paper, but with fear, shame, and the lessons our younger selves thought would keep us safe.The trouble is, those same lessons can quietly become our…
Part of the 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery series 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery Pillar 4 After trauma, your brain becomes a master at pattern recognition — but not in the way you’d want. That once-steady mind has been rewired to prioritize danger above all else. Every sound, every glance, every shift in the environment…
Part of the 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery series 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery Pillar 3 In the thick of trauma recovery, it’s easy to believe that pain — physical, emotional, or spiritual — is permanent. But Pillar 3 of the 7 Pillars of Trauma Recovery challenges that illusion with one simple truth: Everything is…
