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Neuroscience and the Mind-Body Connection
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Understanding the Vagus Nerve: Your Inner Calm ...
The vagus nerve is like a built-in reset button for your body and mind. In this article, we explore how it supports emotional regulation, what vagal tone means, and practical...
Understanding the Vagus Nerve: Your Inner Calm ...
The vagus nerve is like a built-in reset button for your body and mind. In this article, we explore how it supports emotional regulation, what vagal tone means, and practical...
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Neuroplasticity and Healing: You’re Not Stuck T...
You are not wired for suffering. Neuroplasticity explains how your brain can change with experience, attention, and intention. Here's what it means for trauma recovery, emotional regulation, and healing.
Neuroplasticity and Healing: You’re Not Stuck T...
You are not wired for suffering. Neuroplasticity explains how your brain can change with experience, attention, and intention. Here's what it means for trauma recovery, emotional regulation, and healing.
Trauma-Informed Healing
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The Myth of “Getting Over It”: How Healing Real...
Healing isn’t linear, tidy, or about forgetting. This post explores why “getting over it” is a harmful myth—and what healing actually looks and feels like when we honor the nervous...
The Myth of “Getting Over It”: How Healing Real...
Healing isn’t linear, tidy, or about forgetting. This post explores why “getting over it” is a harmful myth—and what healing actually looks and feels like when we honor the nervous...
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From Survival to Safety: Small Ways to Rebuild ...
Living in survival mode can make it hard to feel safe again. This article offers practical, body-based ways to rebuild trust in the world, including mindfulness, co-regulation, and nervous system...
From Survival to Safety: Small Ways to Rebuild ...
Living in survival mode can make it hard to feel safe again. This article offers practical, body-based ways to rebuild trust in the world, including mindfulness, co-regulation, and nervous system...
Narrative and Identity
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“Parts Work” Explained — Without the Psychobabble
“Parts work” sounds like therapy-speak—but it’s actually a simple and powerful way to understand your inner world. Learn how to identify your inner parts, listen to them with compassion, and...
“Parts Work” Explained — Without the Psychobabble
“Parts work” sounds like therapy-speak—but it’s actually a simple and powerful way to understand your inner world. Learn how to identify your inner parts, listen to them with compassion, and...
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Not Everything You Think Is True: A Guide to De...
Shame thrives on silence and distortion. This guide helps you challenge internalized shame-based beliefs and reframe them through curiosity, compassion, and nervous system safety.
Not Everything You Think Is True: A Guide to De...
Shame thrives on silence and distortion. This guide helps you challenge internalized shame-based beliefs and reframe them through curiosity, compassion, and nervous system safety.
Relationships and Attachment
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Secure Attachment in Adulthood: What It Actuall...
Secure attachment isn’t just for people with perfect childhoods. This post explores how secure adults relate to themselves and others—and how you can move toward security, even with a history...
Secure Attachment in Adulthood: What It Actuall...
Secure attachment isn’t just for people with perfect childhoods. This post explores how secure adults relate to themselves and others—and how you can move toward security, even with a history...
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How to Set Boundaries Without Shutting Down
Struggle with setting boundaries without going numb, angry, or avoidant? This post explores why that happens and how to build safer, more connected ways to assert your needs.
How to Set Boundaries Without Shutting Down
Struggle with setting boundaries without going numb, angry, or avoidant? This post explores why that happens and how to build safer, more connected ways to assert your needs.
Time, Grief, and Change
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The Myth of “Good Vibes Only”: Making Room for ...
You’ve been told to be light. To be positive. But what if anger is part of your light, too? This post explores how to make room for anger without losing...
The Myth of “Good Vibes Only”: Making Room for ...
You’ve been told to be light. To be positive. But what if anger is part of your light, too? This post explores how to make room for anger without losing...
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The Grief of Becoming Someone New
Becoming someone new means shedding layers of who you used to be—and sometimes, who you used to love. This post holds space for the grief of personal growth and the...
The Grief of Becoming Someone New
Becoming someone new means shedding layers of who you used to be—and sometimes, who you used to love. This post holds space for the grief of personal growth and the...
Spirituality and Finding Meaning
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Religious Trauma and Reclaiming Your Spirituality
Spirituality doesn’t have to be painful. If religion hurt you, this post offers gentle guidance on processing religious trauma and reconnecting with your spiritual self—on your own terms.
Religious Trauma and Reclaiming Your Spirituality
Spirituality doesn’t have to be painful. If religion hurt you, this post offers gentle guidance on processing religious trauma and reconnecting with your spiritual self—on your own terms.
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The Difference Between Bypassing and Believing
There’s a difference between saying “everything happens for a reason” because you believe in growth—and saying it to avoid grief. This post explores the subtle but important distinction between bypassing...
The Difference Between Bypassing and Believing
There’s a difference between saying “everything happens for a reason” because you believe in growth—and saying it to avoid grief. This post explores the subtle but important distinction between bypassing...
Identity, Culture, and Community
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Cultural Trauma Isn’t Just Historical — It’s Pe...
You don’t have to justify why something hurts just because it happened “a long time ago.” Cultural trauma is more than historical—it’s personal, inherited, and alive in the present. Here’s...
Cultural Trauma Isn’t Just Historical — It’s Pe...
You don’t have to justify why something hurts just because it happened “a long time ago.” Cultural trauma is more than historical—it’s personal, inherited, and alive in the present. Here’s...
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Healing in Collectivist Cultures: You Don’t Hav...
Many of us were raised to put family and community first. But what happens when your healing journey asks you to draw boundaries, speak up, or live differently? This post...
Healing in Collectivist Cultures: You Don’t Hav...
Many of us were raised to put family and community first. But what happens when your healing journey asks you to draw boundaries, speak up, or live differently? This post...