Addiction risk factor The number one risk for developing an addiction is being human. That’s it. Being human. So nobody escapes this. Alcohol Drugs Approval Sex Food Exercise Romance novels Sugar Success Shopping Gaming Smart phones Etc x 1 Million Wether you see addiction as a brain disease or coping or numbing of deep pain and suffering or caused due … Read More
Life gets messy. Life gets messy – doesn’t it? With love and loss and life a…
Life gets messy. Life gets messy – doesn’t it? With love and loss and life and death. And everything in between. Sadness. Addiction. Depression. Recovery and rising again. None of it comes calm and clear. A million dreams and hopes and just as heavy a dose of reality. Hard times. And sharpe truths. Plans that don’t work out and decisions … Read More
Getting on with it. Now that my “vulnerability hang over” has subsided, I’m feel…
Getting on with it. Now that my “vulnerability hang over” has subsided, I’m feeling strong and confident about my interview with @invisiblescarspodcast and all that we covered in one hour. Check out the episode to learn more about PTSD, Complex Trauma, therapeutic modalities and techniques to aid in healing. I have heard it said “healing follows honesty” a term coined … Read More
I’m sharing a story. And taking my bravest most courageous steps of my life. T…
I’m sharing a story. And taking my bravest most courageous steps of my life. This is me. Exposed and vulnerable. On childhood sexual abuse. On recovery. On complex trauma. On healing. Thank you @invisiblescarspodcast for the platform and the unwavering support. Thank you Jessalynn for your story and for setting an example that scars do not define is. The ones … Read More
Addiction If you are here, or if you need to be here, you’ve held pain so deep…
Addiction If you are here, or if you need to be here, you’ve held pain so deeply you needed escape. Trauma is what gets us here. Compassion will get us out. Compassion for ourselves as we learn that our behaviours were intended to help us “solve the problem” and relieve our pain, fears, suffering. We turned to alcohol, drugs, sex, … Read More
I am a C-PTSD survivor. There. I’ve said it. Out loud. Loudly. That “diagnos…
I am a C-PTSD survivor. There. I’ve said it. Out loud. Loudly. That “diagnosis” (which technically doesn’t exists yet in the diagnostic manual) was proclaimed a few years ago, but I’ve always known. I’ve been in therapy most of my adult life. I’ve healed and continue to heal each day. And, I’m a therapist (and a dam good one), because … Read More
The office. Sometimes I sit in the office after hours, in the spot you sit in….
The office. Sometimes I sit in the office after hours, in the spot you sit in. I look around and imagine, empathize, feel the discomfort and also relief, that you do when you sit here. You see me in that chair from this viewpoint. Maybe you wonder what I’m really thinking? I’d wonder that too. In fact, when I’m on … Read More
These words. These are the words I cling to. It feels like the mantra of my li…
These words. These are the words I cling to. It feels like the mantra of my life. A manifesto. Because life is amazing. The moments of illumination. And the moments of such devastation, the pain and loss is endless. And then it’s beautiful once more. The light comes thru the cracks of my soul and the stained glass of my … Read More
I know you think you’re breaking in half. The thing that has cracked you open an…
I know you think you’re breaking in half. The thing that has cracked you open and pulls you down, feels eternal. But you, my friend, were designed for this. To love and break and live to tell the tale. Maybe, if you are lucky, to do it all over again. We were made to find the magic and then hold … Read More
Haida Gwaii May 2023. These are definitely the moments I live for. Feeling so …
Haida Gwaii May 2023. These are definitely the moments I live for. Feeling so grateful for the experience of a lifetime. #haidagwaii #therapy #selfdiscovery #growth #counseling #grateful Source