Why You Keep PLAYING SMALL
March 29, 2021
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Your childhood trauma tried to destroy you when you were little and you survived. Right now is the time when you get to decide whether
Category: Relationships with Others
Why People Still Don’t TRUST You (Yet)
February 23, 2021
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There is something unfair that happens when you’ve survived traumatic times. Even when the abuse wasn’t in any way your fault, people stop trusting you.
Is the CHILD in You Controlling the ADULT In You?
July 26, 2020
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Of all the red flags I’ve learned to detect, there’s one that really makes my “uh-oh” radar go off, and that’s when a grown man
How to Deal With Haters
April 7, 2020
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One hard thing about my work is — I get hate mail sometimes. Maybe you do too — or you just get exposed to other
How to Mend a Broken Relationship
March 5, 2020
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If you grew up with abuse and neglect in your childhood, chances are good that you’ve suffered more than your share of broken relationships. Sometimes
Is Your Partner’s CPTSD Hurting Your Relationship?
February 14, 2020
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Happy Valentines Day to all you good people out there! I talk a lot about breaking isolation and forming relationships, but a topic many of
Did CPTSD from Childhood Trauma Damage Your PERCEPTION?
September 17, 2019
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For many of us who grew up with abuse or neglect during childhood, there’s this steep learning curve around PERCEPTION — and by that I
Childhood PTSD and ANGER: Is it Ever a GOOD Thing?
April 4, 2019
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For me, one of the biggest burdens of my past was in my relationship to anger. When I was a kid, the adults in my
Childhood PTSD and BLAME: How Much Is Too Much?
April 1, 2019
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When we’re talking about abuse and neglect in childhood, there’s no way to avoid placing blame on the parents who perpetrated the abuse or
Childhood PTSD and The Guilty Feeling: When Is It Real?
March 28, 2019
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Abuse and neglect in childhood can leave a lifelong residue of guilt for things that were never our fault. This same fuzzy thinking can ALSO