Judging your past efforts by your current energy levels is a recipe for shame, and a guaranteed way to stay stuck in the past.
Healing the Trauma of Masking ADHD
Years of masking ADHD can perpetuate a trauma on the system. Here’s how I’m finding greater acceptance after 20 years, and healing the deep wounds of the trauma.
Undoing the Trauma of Urgency
The constant pull of urgency privileges clock time over our personal rhythms and can create a trauma on the body. To preserve our well-being, we must learn to undo this trauma by embracing our own pace.
Is This Belief About Work Sabotaging Your Results?
Prevailing cultural beliefs about what it takes to achieve results are deeply embedded in our internal operating systems. But current science provides evidence that by operating according to these beliefs we may be sabotaging our results.
The “Good Trait” That May Actually Be a Trauma Response
Being cooperative, deferential, and accommodating are often praised — especially in children. But these behaviors and attitudes can also be signs of one of the lesser-discussed responses to fear and trauma.
Silence is Complicity
When it comes to verbal and emotional abuse, especially within a family unit, there are no innocent bystanders. Silence is complicity.
3 Tips for a Trauma-Informed Holiday Season
For many people, the holidays and related gatherings can be overstimulating and dysregulating. Here are 3 tips to stay trauma-informed during the holiday season.