From Patterns to Freedom

I snapped recently. I was exhausted from holding space for a ton of people. I then immersed myself in something that was heavy. I played […]

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How Betrayal Trauma Shows up in Relationships

Lately I’ve been observing behavior patterns, as usual, of people around me. In particular, romantic betrayal (cheating on your romantic partner) has been coming up. […]

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5 Ways Parents Create Emotional Baggage for Children

We recently started a new video series called Baggage Claim, focused on shared baggage in relationships. In this post, I will focus on the very […]

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2 Examples of Self-Abandonment and how to Change Behavior

As a person who thinks about and works on behavior change daily, I am sometimes flabbergasted by what people choose to do and not do, […]

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4 Terrifying Trauma Insights About Serial Killers: Sector 36

I recently watched sector 36, a Netflix film starring our favorite actor, Vikrant Massey. The film is remarkable in its portrayal of trauma patterns. Spoiler […]

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3 Trauma Tips: Kho Gaye Hum Kahan

I just watched a new film called Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (Where Did We Get Lost, or Where Did We Lose Ourselves) on Netflix. The […]

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ANIMAL: A Case Study in Neglect Trauma

I recently watched the film Animal, and I don’t think I’ve ever cringed this much in the space of a few hours. It was the […]

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4 Thoughts on Trauma and Stigma

I do a lot of work online through social media on trauma awareness. I do it because, as a trauma survivor, and more specifically as […]

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7 Reflections on the Damaging Characteristics of Narcissists

A client recently sent me a link to one of Caroline Myss’ archetype videos on YouTube. It was about narcissism, and it got me reflecting […]

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Perilous Parenting Part 4: 5 Effects of Avoidant Parents on their Children

As part of our Perilous Parenting series on Beyond Medicine, we discussed the effects of absent or avoidant parents. Some first-time parents may have no […]

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