Why Calm Feels Wrong: Emotional Dysregulation in Healing
Many people growing in healing and recovery expect calm to feel comfortable. But what if it feels unsettling instead? Emotional dysregulation during periods of peace is common, especially for those whose nervous systems learned to stay on high alert. This post explores why calm can feel “wrong,” how your body adjusts to safety, and gentle ways to support your nervous system as you grow into a healthier life.
Understanding the Fawn Response: Trauma Responses Beyond Fight or Flight
Learn about the fawn response, a common trauma reaction, and the strategies to overcome people-pleasing and to build healthy boundaries.
Why Projection Happens in Relationships — And How Couples Therapy Can Help
Projection can create misunderstandings and conflict in relationships. Learn why it happens and how couples therapy can help you break the cycle and build healthier connections.
Why Do I “Blank Out” After Therapy? Understanding and Supporting Your Healing Process
Emotionally Avoidant But Still Stressed? How Trauma and Attachment Wounds Impact Internal Arousal
What Are Neuroception and Interoception? Understanding the Mind-Body Connection in Trauma Healing
What Is a Trauma Bond? How Childhood and Relational Trauma Create Unhealthy Attachments
Why Couples Therapy Matters: Reconnecting, Healing, and Growing Together
The Mind-Body Connection: How Trauma, Stress, and Emotions Show Up Physically
Why Lived Experience Matters in Trauma Work
The Top 10 Relationship Tips from the Gottmans & How Trauma Can Affect Them
Why We Don’t Like Change: Understanding the Resistance
Understanding Complex Trauma: The Hidden Wounds That Shape Us
Staying Grounded with Election Day Just Around the Corner
Embracing the "Angry Side" as a Protector: How to Express and Regulate Ourselves
Understanding the Impact of Trauma on the Brain, Body, and Emotions
What is Trauma-Informed Therapy
Understanding Emotional and Psychological Abuse: How Trauma Leads Us to Toxic Relationships
Understanding Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD): Symptoms and Overcoming Strategies

