Hope & Healing Blog
Every other week we’ll post a short & sweet article with practical tips on how to help you thrive.
Latest Articles
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Feeling stuck with depression? This therapy could open new doors
If you're feeling trapped in the sinking maze of depression, even after trying the usual routes, there's a hidden door waiting to be discovered – and it might just be unlocked with magnets.
Rising Above Dysfunctional Parenting and Finding Self-Worth after The Shame
Have you ever felt like you're constantly chasing a shadow of who you could be because the message you received as a kid was, "You're not enough."? This article has some helpful tips on reclaiming your self-worth.
Ever wonder why mental health professionals want you to write out what you're feeling?
Find emotional healing through the simple yet powerful act of expressive journaling, and discover why mental health professionals swear by this transformative practice.
Inhale Strength, Exhale Pain: Finding Resilience in Breathwork
We often overlook the simplest tools for change, but what if the key to unlocking emotional healing lies in your next breath?
Practical Steps to Finding Healing from Trauma
Experiencing trauma is often the source of life’s most profound wounds. Let’s look at some practical ways to find healing and resilience for these wounds.
Why it feels like there are hidden landmines in your day, waiting to stir up past traumas
Discover why certain sights, sounds, and smells can send you reeling into the past to re-live a past trauma – and some steps for regaining control so that you don’t spiral into a debilitating place.
Fawning: When You Cower in Order to Survive
Explore how past trauma shapes our responses to future trauma. For some of us that means unhealthy submission to harmful requests because we see no other path to survival.
There's a psychological reason why it's so hard to leave an abusive relationship
That force that keeps people in toxic relationships actually has a name: Trauma Bonding. Let’s take a quick look at what Trauma Bonding is, and some practical strategies to liberate yourself from its clutches in order to reclaim your personal well-being.
Triggered? Take Charge and Navigate Trauma Triggers with Confidence and Care
Learn how to approach trauma triggers with tenderness and intention to move towards healing and empowerment.
Looking for relief from the hidden wounds of PTSD? Here's a tool to help.
When the memories feel managed, healing can begin to occur. This tool has helped millions cope with PTSD in healthy ways.
Why White Knuckling Your Secrets is Bad For Your Health
It’s exhausting work to keep a secret, especially when it’s about pain we’ve experienced. This obsession over protecting our secrets can be damaging to our physical and mental health.
Yes, generational trauma is real. No, you're not destined to repeat it.
Let’s talk about history of family trauma, and how to break the cycle.
The End of Body Shame: How to See Beautiful
Our physical insecurities are driving up our anxiety and depression. Let’s take a look at one tool to combat that, and help you see beautiful.
Don’t Think About Chocolate Cupcakes… Or Your Trauma
Turns out it’s not so easy to not think about something you’re trying to not think about – especially when something (like a picture of warm, fresh cupcakes) brings it to mind. The same is true with memories of our traumatic experiences.
What if We Resolve to Replenish This Year?
This year, lean into the gentle goal of recovery that will nurture your soul and make space for growth and healing.
Looking for Some Fresh Creative ways to Help You Heal from Trauma?
Creativity: it seemingly comes to some more easily than others … but it may come to you easier than you think! Let’s look at some simple ways you can tap into your natural creativity, and how it can help you heal from trauma.
A Simple Guide: 5 Steps to Begin Healing from Trauma
From telling your story to caring for your body, you don’t want to miss these simple, actionable steps you can take to not merely get by but thrive after trauma.
Pop Quiz: How Do You Know if You've Actually Experienced Trauma?
The tricky thing about defining trauma is that it’s subjective—not like strep throat, where you take a test that comes back positive or negative. So, how do you know if you've been through trauma?