Everything that we know about who we are comes within the framework of how we speak to ourselves, and let's be honest here, trauma survivors have to heal negative self-talk to heal trauma. I think that is at the baseline of recovering from CPTSD. In essence, can you change your mind about the way that you are currently speaking to yourself?
Read MoreIn this episode of the podcast, I sit down with fellow podcaster, advocate, and all-around Unbroken Badass Ameé Quiriconi. Listen as we journey through being set up for failure, leaving when the time is right, rediscovering motherhood, and becoming the hero of your own story.
Read More. My goal is to bring on people who either truly understand mental health struggles from research or scientific perspectives, or people who are what we can call subject matter experts who have found a way to live despite trauma and can leave the audience something of value.
I truly want to make this show be the best it can be and stand out.
Read MoreWelcome to 2021 my friend! I don’t know about you but I am so excited about this year and I’m ready to make this my best year yet. Success and happiness is easier said than done, especially when you find yourself sabotaging your dreams, relationships, health, career, and life. But WHY? Why do we get in our own way when we are so desperate to have the life that we want?
The #1 question that I get is "How do I stop sabotaging myself?”
In this episode of the Podcast I break down the reasons that we SELF-SABOTAGE, get in our own way, and how to create a game plan for working our way through negative thought patterns, behaviors, and actions to become successful.
Read MoreFrom Dec 31st, 2015. I've never posted this here before. My life is very different today but this was a pivotal moment in my healing journey because for the first time I didn't have to carry all the pain of trauma and abuse alone. I hope that if you are reading this that you can find strength in knowing that you are not alone. -M
Read MorePart of me wants to scream fuck Christmas. The other part of me wants Christmas to mean something more than presents and stuff. Christmas is so triggering in an already toxic society that says it’s our duty to keep abusive family members in our lives rather than seek peace and health, and it is because, by that understanding, we find ourselves at battle with ourselves over our sovereignty.
Read MoreHow do we grow through the concrete to reveal a beautiful rose? Maybe it’s resilience or maybe it’s fortitude. Either way, we find a way, and it’s not enough to say good enough, no, we must say I’m just getting started.
Read MoreMaking a commitment to yourself means doing what you said you are going to do every day that you say you will do something. That even means on nights that you have to sneak it in right before bed
Read MoreNo one ever told us that it was ok for us to be our own person. No one ever said that we could have self-love, self-esteem, or self-believe. No one told us that we didn’t deserve to be hurt, abused, and mistreated. No one said to us that we could be somebody. And yet they wonder how we got so fucked up?
Read MoreAs the year ends and the inevitable finish line of what I could call chaos is upon us, I decided to compile my thoughts on the changes and shifts of the state of my mental health. This is a top ten list of my most significant mental health and trauma recovery lessons. In no particular order:
Read MoreSo how do we be more grateful as trauma survivors? I think it starts with measuring the place you in life. Can it be better? Sure. But, think about this, if you are reading this right now, then that means you are alive, which means that you have every opportunity to create the life you want.
Read MoreHow do you know who you are when you have never been allowed to be yourself? You don’t, until you do
Read MoreWe are faced with accepting the hard truth that trauma has been happening for generations. It is in our DNA, and in part, I believe that we seek violence as a way to share our emotions and in part because we don’t know how to share our emotions.
Read MoreI hope that we can come to this place as a community of people healing trauma and accept that we have to be aggressive, not in a violent way, but in a way that catapults us into the life we want to have. I often come back to this notion: Click to read more
Read MoreHow does one differentiate the need for formal education in trauma healing as mandatory versus optional? I have been thinking about how Americans and most first world countries have been so inundated with the idea that someone must have gone to university to be taken seriously in mental health, and I can’t help but wonder the authenticity of it all
Read MoreThis trauma healing list will be short and sweet, with plenty of room for elaboration in the near future. For now, these are the top 5 things that you can do now to start healing trauma.
Read MoreI wish I could take my feelings of wanting everyone to be safe within their emotions and sprinkle it on the world. I guess in some ways I do as I write this, but that thing inside of us that is scared to be seen just needs to be nurtured and given a little space to be safe. I challenge you to find that for yourself and experience the fullness of the light, the dark, and the gray.
Read MoreLife is not easy for most people. And the comparisons that we tend to make to justify the things that happen to us is entirely unfair.
Read MoreThere is power in standing up for yourself and sticking to your personal boundaries regarding how you participate in life as a trauma survivor. I hate the constant barrage of showing up because of obligation. You don’t owe anyone your time or sanity.
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