We All Have Regrets We all have regrets. We’re only human. We make mistakes, we say things we wish we hadn’t, and we make choices that, in hindsight, we might have made differently. And then there are those embarrassing moments we would happily erase from existence if we could. But something I’ve come to learn […]
I Didn’t Set Out to Write a Memoir
Apparently I Wrote a Book Well… this is weird. After years of writing about Complex PTSD, trauma, healing, emotional chaos, and the occasional story about getting lost in New York despite living here for decades, I’ve somehow become a published author. I genuinely didn’t see that coming. If you’re new here, this is where I […]
Trauma & Religion: Why Faith Feels Unsafe
Live with trauma long enough and you notice something. People often hand you religion like a first-aid kit. Personally, I’m open to hard conversations and uncomfortable debates. Yet, being told to “have faith” or “pray about it” can feel like a slap in the face. The same goes for hearing “God has a plan” or […]
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The Shift: From Survival Mode to Calm
I figured I’d share a few things I’ve been noticing about myself lately. This is a bit of a follow-on from my last post (you can read it here if you want: From Survival To Self: Becoming Who I Am) Perhaps you can relate and maybe it helps to remember that we’re all just trying to […]
From Survival to Self: Becoming Who I Am
Circling Back I know I’ve touched on this theme a few times lately, but I keep circling back to it because this is genuinely where I am in my own journey right now. And the more I can write about it and get my thoughts down, the more I can understand the version of myself […]
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CPTSD Recovery Moving Beyond Survival Mode
The Pull I Couldn’t Explain. I used to think healing from CPTSD was about finding answers in books. It turns out sometimes it’s about buying a plane ticket to Dublin because your body refuses to be ignored any longer. I’m finally moving out of the ‘in-between’ space, that strange, uncomfortable gap between who I had […]