When I think about the idea of self-love, it feels like it's no longer a struggle. And that was a really powerful thing to be able to say, especially when like me, you probably come from a background of trauma and trying to figure out how self-love can actually be attained. I think you have to start by asking yourself some really important questions. And those are:
Read MoreThe Impact of Covid-19 and Child Abuse, Trauma, and CPTSD is not yet known. In 2018, it was estimated that about 1800 children died in their homes from abuse and neglect. That puts you around about five children per day. Now imagine what those numbers are going to be when they run 2020 numbers.
Read MoreI recently said that childhood trauma, CPTSD, and abuse is both the cause and the solution to many of our problems in life. As a trauma coach my job is to help you do what I have to do and that is to figure out the underlying reason behind what is happening in your life.
Read MoreThat feeling, that place of stuckness is so fucking real that it's scary. For the majority of my life, I felt like a dark shadow hovered over me, and its name was "not good enough." People feel stuck for many reasons, but I think there are two primary causes for which this occurs. These are the reasons…
Read MoreThese are some of the most important discoveries that I have made in understanding how to navigate my own experiences with trauma, which have led me to this moment, and the one thing that they all have in common is they are each based around choice. You have the ability and the responsibility to make decisions that will impact your life for the better, and no one can do that but you.
Read MoreI know that the tools in Think Unbroken work because they have CHANGED MY LIFE. What is inside this book is my understanding of the world, trauma, self-care, habits, mindset, and a personal journey through healing.
Read MoreThere are two ways we can approach the holiday season: One is with a feeling of dread and remorse. The other with conviction and determination. I'm guessing you didn't see that coming. Each year we come together with family and friends, many of whom we don't care to see, and yet we do it anyway. Why?
Read MoreThe ACE Score survey was created to find causation and correlation between childhood trauma and abuse and mental, physical, and emotional distress as an adult. The results of the survey were so incredibly profound that it has become the cornerstone for understanding the truth cost and impact of trauma. When I discovered this study in the fall of 2015 it changed my life.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to pull yourself out of the depths of your own choices? Nathan Simmonds has experienced the true scope of the impact of childhood trauma. From an outcast kid who experienced intense bullying and abuse, to a drug addict searching for anything to numb the pain. From the depths of his own failures to rising up to his own expectations by answering the most important question; why? Today, Nathan has carved a path to reconciliation of his past through mindset, hard work and self-belief.
Read MoreHealing from child abuse and trauma as an adult survivor is not an easy task. The undertaking of stepping into owning who you are is the equivalent of skydiving from the stratosphere, it can be done, but it not easy. There is no right or wrong way to heal from trauma. The only thing that you can do is make a promise to yourself to stay the course.
Read MoreThe power of childhood trauma documentaries is in their ability to give both children who have survived abuse and adults a sense of relation, belonging, and on occasion a sense that they are not alone.
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