My journey is always evolving.
WHICH IS WHY I SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND LEARNINGS SO THEY MIGHT HELP YOU ON YOURS
Navigating Boundaries A Guide to Self-Care and Authentic Living
Welcome to our deep dive into understanding and creating healthy boundaries, an essential aspect of healing and personal growth. In this blog, we’ll explore the fundamental distinctions between needs and wants, and the concept of armour versus boundaries. This...
Navigating Intimacy: Adapting Relationships During the Healing Journey
Recovering from sexual trauma is a deeply personal journey that often influences many aspects of life, including intimacy. As you navigate your path toward healing, you may find that your relationship with intimacy evolves, there might come a time when you feel ready...
Forgiveness in Healing: A Journey to Self-Compassion and Letting Go
Forgiveness is often misunderstood in the context of healing from trauma. It's a concept that can be both empowering and deeply challenging. For survivors of sexual assault, the idea of forgiveness can evoke a range of emotions, from anger to confusion. In this blog,...
From Surviving to Thriving: Navigating Your Healing Journey
Healing from trauma is a profound journey, one that takes you from merely surviving to truly thriving. This path begins with a fierce struggle to hold on, navigating daily challenges that can feel overwhelming. But as healing progresses, there's a shift towards a...
Rewriting the Brain: The Power of Neuroplasticity in Trauma Recovery
In the realm of trauma recovery, the concept of neuroplasticity offers us a beacon of hope and empowerment. This incredible ability of the brain to reorganise itself by forming new neural connections is not just a scientific fact—it’s a tool we can wield to actively...
Healing Together: The Crucial Role of Community in Trauma Recovery
Healing from trauma is a journey that no one should have to navigate alone. As renowned trauma psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk highlights in his seminal work, "The Body Keeps the Score," the most critical factor in healing from trauma is the strength of the community...
A Survivor's Guide to Finding Calm: Meditation and Mindfulness
As we embark on our healing journeys, finding the right tools can be transformative. Meditation, with its promise of peace and mental clarity, often appears as a beacon of hope. Yet, as a survivor, my path to embracing meditation was not straightforward. It’s a...
Layers of Healing: A Compassionate Journey to Recovery
Healing from trauma is inherently a journey of self-discovery, patience, and gradual progression. It’s tempting to want to heal all at once, to quickly find relief from the pain and reclaim a sense of normalcy. However, just as the skin heals one layer at a time after...
Navigating Disclosure: Managing Responses and Finding Support
When you've survived something as harrowing as sexual violence, the act of disclosure, of sharing your experience, is a journey fraught with vulnerability and uncertainty. For many survivors, this process of finally having the courage to say what has happened and seek...
Embracing Emotional Balance: From Surviving to Thriving
Healing from trauma is a journey marked not only by battling the shadows of painful experiences but also by rediscovering the light of joy and happiness. It's a path that demands bravery – the courage to face a spectrum of emotions, to sit with them, understand them,...