Healing starts with acceptance, not approval of what happened, but peace with what’s real. These posts explore how I’ve made room for both.
I’ve noticed something about living with CPTSD that I never expected. When something good happens, or we accomplish something we’re proud of, it isn’t always followed by a celebration. Instead, it can be followed by an emotional crash. It’s as though doing something positive comes with the expectation that the emotional bill is about to […]
A Little Secret About Vulnerability For those of you who are regular readers of my blog, you might think I have no problems with posting what I do. That I might even make it look easy. I’m going to let you into a little secret. I do, and it’s not. It’s only recently that I […]
For most of my life, I thought my body was betraying me. The racing heart. The shaking hands. The hollow, floating feeling that showed up at the worst possible moments, like I was a ghost watching myself try to function. I’d tell myself, “Calm down. You’re fine.” But my body clearly hadn’t gotten the memo. […]
When Growth Isn’t Enough for Others I was asked something recently that made me reflect a little: how do you reconcile with people who still won’t accept you, even after all the work you’ve done to heal and change? The simple answer is, you can’t. And that’s one of the hardest truths about growth. You […]
We All Heal Differently We all have our own healing paths, and none are the same. Still, we can connect to each other because of the experiences we share, our trauma, the CPTSD, all of it. And you know, there really is something kind of beautiful in healing. To be stuck in a place that […]
Letting Go of What I Can’t Control There’s this thing I keep coming back to on this whole healing ride: letting go of what I can’t control. And listen, it’s not some zen, slow-motion, Instagram reel where I’m floating down a river all peaceful and wise. Nope. It’s usually me gripping on for dear life, […]
