What Is Resilience (Really)?
Let’s discuss resilience. This is one of those terms people toss around a lot, especially in the field of trauma healing. They’ll say something like: “Wow, you really are quite resilient.”“You just have to be resilient.”“Children are really resilient.” And quite honestly? It makes me to want to scream sometimes. The truth is, most people […]
How Understanding the Difference Between Responsibility and Blame Transformed My Healing Journey
When it comes to addressing childhood trauma, there’s often one massive obstacle standing in the way of facing our past: our parents. I didn’t know how to reconcile the roles my parents played in my trauma, so I avoided confronting it for years. Though I knew they were responsible for much of what happened to […]