My journey is always evolving.
WHICH IS WHY I SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND LEARNINGS SO THEY MIGHT HELP YOU ON YOURS
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,...
Embracing Healing: Your Journey, Your Responsibility
Healing after a traumatic experience, especially one as deeply wounding as sexual assault, is undeniably a complex and personal journey. It's a path lined with pain, unfairness, and the heavy weight of something that should never have happened. Yet, within this...
Harnessing the Power of Belief: A Path to Healing and Empowerment
In the journey of recovery and healing, the power of belief stands as a beacon of hope and transformation. The idea that believing in our ability to heal can set the foundation for actual healing is not just motivational rhetoric; it's a fundamental truth in the path...
Navigating Intimacy and Relationships as a Survivor: A Journey of Healing and Understanding
Entering into or being in a relationship as a survivor of abuse brings its own set of complexities and challenges, particularly when it comes to the delicate dance of physical intimacy. In this space, we tread with care, understanding, and an immense depth of...