We heal in community, because community provides the space for us to show up wholly, to practice setting boundaries, to learn about ourselves and our needs and communicating them. Willingness to comprimise is an essential, but willingness to compromise ourselves is misery.
Read MoreIt was a coping mechanism, clearly: You know that saying “no” would be regarded as bad, but you want to be good, because you want to be loved, so you abandon the part of you that would authentically say “no”. It’s a form of self-protection to survive. And it’s a trade-off. This trade-off is how trauma shapes you in the long-term, because coping mechanisms become so automatic and ingrained in your behavior, that you can’t even tell where you begin and where the self-abandonment begins. Others begin to consider these as your identity, and you might do so yourself. When in truth, you are so much more than the behaviors you created around your self-protection.
Read MoreJust as your brain and nerve function can be negatively affected by trauma, you hold the power in your hands to consciously contribute to your brain's healing. You can positively influence your brain's structure through nutritional nourishment. Find out how and get my personal nut butter recipe.
Read MoreChasing freedom is like chasing a butterfly. It is always ahead of you if you're not free within.
Read MorePeople pleasing is a symptom of whatever painful lessons you learned as a child. It’s a coping mechanism rooted in beliefs of not being good enough, not deserving, not being lovable. If you find yourself in that repetitive loop of feeling torn between what you actually want to (need to) do and what others expect you to and end up choosing what won’t disappoint others over your own needs, all you want to know is: How do you learn to speak your truth? Live it? How to you feel free? Read on to finally learn how as I share a valuable tool for transformation with you.
Read MoreLearn why ginger (tea) is so helpful and soothing both for healing from chronic stress as in trauma and for balancing the impacts of stress on your immune system and get my ginger tea recipe here.
Read More“Vulnerability” has become a popular topic among entrepreneurship, leadership and mental health discussions. It is a term that is omnipresent these days: We are encouraged to be vulnerable in order to connect, to succeed, to attract what is (good) for us. Yet, what we exclude from this narrative of vulnerability and its benefits is that boundaries are part of being vulnerable, too. Vulnerability does not translate to sharing our most painful trauma with the world in detail. It means sharing it with those who deserve to hear our story.
Read MoreWhen I follow the dots of my life, I can see that they are what got me here. Life is our greatest teacher. My experiences are where I am from.
Finding purpose in what we have been through and seeing the beauty, resilience and strength that is within us due to both our joyful and our traumatic experiences makes room for acceptance and gratitude. And gratitude is healing. Crisis has the beautiful potential to transform us into our true selves, if we don’t run away from it.
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