Trauma Survivor Healing Tools

Healing tools to identify and remove barriers to experiencing your WHOLE SELF:)

Do you feel like PARTS of your SOUL are lost? Whenever we suffer physical or emotional trauma, it is said that a part of our soul flees the body in order to survive the experience. With every cut and wound, our essence and vitality grow weaker. This process is called Soul Loss We can’t quite pinpoint what the source of our suffering is we just know that it hurts. This pain forms the vague backdrop of our lives and is so persistent, yet subtle, that it becomes the new nor...Continue reading

Have you thought about the link between weight gain and trauma?

Part 1 of 4: Shame and How to Overcome ItWhat is toxic shame?Shame is often confused with guilt. Sometimes we use the terms interchangeably, but they mean different things. Guilt is the bad feeling you have when you’ve done something wrong. And if you’ve actually done something wrong, like run into your neighbor’s car, then you should feel bad. Guilt, in this situation, is helpful; it motivates you to apologize, make amends, and learn from your mistake. Shame, however, is t...he painful feeling that you are wrong, bad, inadequate, or unworthy. Instead of feeling bad about hitting your neighbor’s car, you believe that doing so means that there is something fundamentally wrong with you and you’re not as good as everyone else.You may feel shame about a particular event, such as causing a car accident, your child’s addiction, or getting divorced. But more often, shame becomes a core belief about who you are. It’s how you explain every problem, mistake, or difficulty that you have in life. I’m broke because I’m stupid and lazy. My boyfriend hits me because I’m clingy and damaged. My mother only calls when she needs something because I’m difficult and moody. And you don’t recognize that being broke, abused, or taken advantage of, aren’t necessarily caused by your inadequacies.