4 WAYS TO CHANGE THE WORLD

What’s happening in the world, and how can we change it? We are scared! Overwhelmed! Heartbroken! We work not to see many things we can’t even admit happened! What do we do to stop it? Can we stop it? Many…

HEALING CHOICES

We have freedom of choice. Life offers us many – where we live, what we eat, what we wear, where we work, do we choose to heal, and many other choices. What we will do with our Special Divine Purpose…

The Trauma of Rejection

The Trauma of Rejection

Starting this blog, I will be focusing on rejection. Rejection happens to all of us. It feels so shameful to us, and we hide it. We keep it hidden so no one will know we are not okay. We, however,…

Anxiety Understanding and Healing – Part 1

Anxiety Understanding and Healing – Part 1

I thought I understood anxiety until my doctor put me on a new medication, then I learned so much more. Anxiety is fear of the future, and boy, did I have it. Fear of what I would do, not do,…

Shame and Its Trauma

Shame and Its Trauma

Shame is part of the trauma experience. It says something is wrong with me. Guilt is when I did something wrong. Shame is I am the wrong. Shame is deep, dark and lays over our spirit. It affects our personalities,…

What if I Fail? What if I Succeed?

Fear of success and failure are the same coin, flip sides. One side says I am terrified of failing, the other of succeeding. The bottom line? The fear trauma put in us. This fear causes low self-esteem and how we…

We Have a Unique Purpose in Our Lives

“Why am I here? Why am I even alive? I get up. Go to work. Go home. Take care of the family. Then do it all over again. Is there more to me? Is there more to life? I feel…

PTSD & TRAUMA HEALING STEP 8

The last step in this series is how to treat yourself while healing. When traumatized, we are hurt, condemned, isolated, rejected, scapegoated, not loved, not cared about, abandoned, betrayed, etc. Now it is time for us to treat ourselves differently,…

PTSD & TRAUMA HEALING STEP 6

Develop your spirituality. We are spiritual beings, having a human experience in a hard school called life. We are mind, body, and spirit. To be healthy, we must develop all parts of ourselves, especially our spirituality. It is our essence…

PTSD & TRAUMA HEALING STEP 5

Develop a healthy support system. A support system contains people who come alongside and help us get through life with all its good and not-so-good stuff. This can be a few people, a group, a religious organization, etc. The people…

PTSD & TRAUMA HEALING STEP 4

Find the resources you need to keep the healing process going. Sadly, therapy is expensive and time-consuming. Thank goodness there is insurance to help cover it. But deductibles and co-pays can be overwhelming. Also needed are gas, rides, etc. Often…