childhood trauma

January 10, 2026

When Pain Has No Place to Land

Maybe you grew up knowing instinctively that your pain wasn’t safe to share. That if you brought your scraped knees and bruised hearts to your caregivers, somehow you’d end up taking care of them instead. It wasn’t your job to absorb someone else’s volcanic grief. It never was. You can care without carrying it. Continue reading

peer support, personal stories, sacred healing, trauma recovery

childhood trauma, emotional healing, grief rituals, healthy boundaries, intergenerational trauma, parentification, peer support, trauma recovery
September 14, 2025

Are You Running on Fear?

Our nervous systems are wired to keep us alive, not to keep us happy. They’re incredibly good at detecting danger, but terrible at telling the difference between real threats and false alarms. That rustling in the bushes could be a bear or it could be a squirrel. Your nervous system doesn’t care—it just screams ‘RUN!'” Continue reading

authentic living, Nervous System, survival

adoption trauma, anxiety management, attachment healing, authentic connection, belonging and connection, body-based healing, childhood trauma, complex trauma, developmental trauma, Emotional Intelligence, emotional regulation, Emotional Safety, emotional wellness, fear response, fight or flight, grounding techniques, healing community, healing practices, healing-journey, healthy relationships, holistic healing, hypervigilance, inner child work, intergenerational trauma, Linda Thai, mental health awareness, mental health support, mindful living, mindfulness practices, nervous system regulation, nervous system reset, personal growth, recovery tools, relationship healing, resilience building, safe relationships, self-acceptance, self-compassion, self-regulation, somatic therapy, stress management, therapeutic techniques, therapeutic wisdom, therapy insights, trauma awareness, trauma education, trauma healing, trauma informed care, trauma recovery, trauma survivor, trauma therapy, wellness journey
September 4, 2025

Understanding Fawning: Breaking Cycles of Survival-Based Relationships

Unlike fight, flight, or freeze responses that happen in the moment, fawning is different—it’s a survival pattern learned over time. Dr. Mary Catherine MacDonald explains how this trauma response develops through repeated experiences, creating adults who struggle to simply exist in relationships without constantly scanning for others’ needs. But understanding fawning is the first step… Continue reading

attachment, attachment theory, CPTSD, emotional courage, fawn, mental health, parenting, Personal Development, personal growth, trauma recovery, trauma recovery coaching

attachment theory, attunement, Boundaries, breaking cycles, breaking patterns, child development, childhood trauma, codependency recovery, Dr. Mary Catherine MacDonald, Edward Tronick, emotional regulation, emotional wellness, Family Dynamics, family healing, family therapy, fawning, fight flight freeze, generational trauma, good enough parenting, healing from trauma, hypervigilance, inner child work, mental health, mindful parenting, neuroplasticity, parenting mistakes, people-pleasing, personal growth, psychology, relationships, repair and healing, rupture and repair, secure attachment, self-awareness, Survival Responses, The Joy Reset, therapeutic insights, toxic family dynamics, trauma recovery
August 23, 2025

The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Finding Truth Beyond Collective Narratives

We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” Joan Didion wrote. But what happens when those shared stories—our collective narratives—become barriers to the very connection they promise to create? Growing up with parents whose lives were like apple carts filled to capacity, I learned early how fragile our shared stories can be. One uncomfortable truth… Continue reading

authentic living, authentic self, faith deconstruction, mental health and wellness, religious deconstruction, religious freedom, Religious PTSD recovery, religious trauma, sacred healing, self discovery, self trust, soul discovery, spiritual abuse recovery, spiritual awakening, spiritual connection, spiritual journey, spirituality, system of abuse, Toxic religion recovery, Wholeheartedness

authentic connection, authentic living, breaking cycles, childhood trauma, church hurt, collective narratives, faith deconstruction, family dysfunction, finding voice, healing-journey, honest conversations, meaningful relationships, personal story, religious abuse, religious trauma, spiritual awakening, Spiritual Growth, trauma recovery, truth telling, vulnerability
July 23, 2025

When Authority Becomes the Enemy of Truth

“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” — Albert EinsteinThe ambulance lights cut through the darkness at the convenience store. Someone had played Russian roulette and lost. As I drove past that night, seventeen and heartbroken after my boyfriend left me for my best friend, I looked up at the empty sky… Continue reading

abuse of power, adverse religious experiences, authentic self, mental health, personal growth, personal journey, spiritual abuse, spiritual abuse recovery, spiritual trauma, system of abuse, Toxic religion recovery, trauma recovery

abuse prevention, adoption trauma, advocacy, authoritarian abuse, blind obedience, body keeps the score, breaking cycles, breaking silence, child protection, childhood trauma, church hurt, complex trauma, critical thinking, cult recovery, discernment, emotional healing, evangelical trauma, exploitation, exvangelical, faith deconstruction, family dysfunction, finding your voice, gaslighting, generational trauma, grooming, healing community, healing is possible, healing-journey, inner child work, inner wisdom, institutional betrayal, intuition, leaving religion, manipulation tactics, mental health, narcissistic abuse, pastoral abuse, personal growth, post-religious, power dynamics, protecting children, ptsd, questioning faith, red flags, religious fundamentalism, religious manipulation, religious trauma, reparenting, self trust, setting boundaries, speaking truth, spiritual abuse, spiritual awakening, spiritual bypassing, spiritual freedom, survivor stories, survivor support, systemic abuse, therapy, toxic authority, toxic relationships, trauma awareness, trauma Informed, trauma recovery, trauma therapy, trusting your gut, truth seeking, vulnerability
June 6, 2025

Breaking Free from Sexual Shame: A Journey of Ancestral Healing

A personal story of healing from sexual addiction, religious trauma, and generational shame through ancestral wisdom and authentic spirituality. Continue reading

addiction recovery, ancestral wisdom, ancestry, authentic, authentic living, authentic self, awareness, belonging, breaking cycles, childhood trauma, clergy sexual abuse, complex trauma, connection, CPTSD, Deconstronstruction, dna, emotional courage, faith and religion, Generational Patterns, healing and recovery, indigenous wisdom, sacred healing, sexual healing, spiritual abuse recovery, spiritual journey, spirituality and sexuality

abuse cycles, addiction recovery, ancestral connection, ancestral healing, ancestral voices, ancestral wisdom, ancient wisdom, authentic faith, authentic spirituality, belonging, bloodline healing, bloodline patterns, body trauma, childhood trauma, church abuse, colonial wounds, colonization trauma, community healing, confession, connection, creator love, cycle breaking, Dave Belleau, disconnection, dna, documentary film, earth connection, emotional healing, Esk’Etemc, faith healing, family patterns, family secrets, freedom from shame, genealogy, generational healing, generational trauma, healing, healthy sexuality, heart healing, hidden pain, indigenous voices, indigenous wisdom, intergenerational trauma, light over darkness, love over shame, Maurizio Benazzo, mental health, modern disconnection, nature healing, nature wisdom, Newfoundland, pain avoidance, pastoral abuse, pornography addiction, predatory behavior, religious freedom, religious hypocrisy, religious trauma, sacred ceremony, sacred sexuality, sacred work, safety, Science and Nonduality, secrets, sexual addiction, sexual healing, sexual shame, shame, soul healing, southern culture, spiritual abuse, spiritual awakening, spiritual healing, spirituality, The Eternal Song, toxic religion, transparency, trauma, trauma recovery, true religion, truth telling, vulnerability, vulnerability healing, wound healing, Zaya Benazzo

childhood trauma

When Pain Has No Place to Land

Are You Running on Fear?

Understanding Fawning: Breaking Cycles of Survival-Based Relationships

The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Finding Truth Beyond Collective Narratives

When Authority Becomes the Enemy of Truth

Breaking Free from Sexual Shame: A Journey of Ancestral Healing