Are You Last on Your List–Since Childhood?
When it comes to me discussing relationships, it will always come back to loving yourself. For survivors of chronic childhood trauma, that is our Mt. Everest. We reach the highest pinnacle of healing and...
Category: Self-Love
Was There a Crazymaker in Your Childhood?
As a survivor of chronic childhood trauma you grew up justifying the behavior of the crazymakers in your home — to yourself — in order to cope mentally and emotionally. That ongoing survival technique...
Immovable Boundaries-Gatekeepers to Your Mental and Emotional Well-Being
Immovable boundaries are the Gatekeepers to your mental and emotional well-being. Today you’re going to find out just how that works. Life is going to get a whole lot better for you—starting right now....
Childhood Trauma Survivors Ask, “Why Me?”
Millions of childhood trauma survivors are asking the same question, “Why me?” This one question alone can drive you mad or make you so bitter that any joy is obliterated by the long shadow...
The Unspeakable Reason Love Hurts
Our romantic relationships, as childhood trauma survivors, often put us in a steady state of confusion. For most of us, the intricacies of deep emotional intimacy is somewhat like watching a foreign film without...
How to Tame a Vicious Inner Critic
Have you ever noticed how one unpleasant thought can pop up and next thing you know you’re experiencing a chain reaction of similarly brooding thoughts exploding into a flaming shower of negativity? Before you...
Seven Ways To Like Yourself More
In recovering from childhood trauma your overarching goal is to love yourself more each day. Show yourself that love by the things you do for yourself, by the way you nurture and care for...
Vulnerability Can Heal Your Inner Child
If honesty is the best policy, why do so many of us who experienced childhood trauma (especially chronic childhood trauma) quake at the very thought of speaking our true feelings, needs and desires out...
The Secret To Honoring Yourself In Every Relationship
Boundaries are the flak jackets of relationships. Once mastered, boundaries ensure you don’t get used, manipulated, punished or guilt tripped by other people. For those unfamiliar with the machinations of boundaries, their newly born...
Why People Pleasing is Such a Dangerous Endeavor
People pleasing is a dangerous endeavor. The more vigorously it is pursued the more our True Self gets effaced, until all that, seemingly, remains is a puppet whose strings are constantly being pulled by...
