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From the Crater of Rock Bottom

From the Crater of Rock Bottom

by | Apr 21, 2020 | Trauma

It’s easy to focus on the destruction of a rock bottom when you are lying in the crater of it. It’s easy to miss the tiny key of freedom that’s given in exchange for having our world turned upside down. In recovery rooms across the globe the phrase...
Summertime Sadness

Summertime Sadness

by | Sep 6, 2019 | Trauma

There is a song by Lana Del Rey called “Summertime Sadness”. It’s a love song bidding someone we love farewell. It’s stuffed with loss, adrenaline, and recklessness. The video, in as heartbreaking as pop music can get kind of way, encapsulates what it feels like to...

How to Heal from Traumatic Events

by | Oct 18, 2017 | Trauma

When scary things happen to people we know, in places we have been, like a church or a school, or at concerts we might have attended, or airports we’ve traveled through — there is a quietness of disbelief. An echo of these questions… Why did this happen? Was...

Regaining Ownership of Your Heart

by | Apr 26, 2017 | Trauma

We all have a story to tell. We were made to play the leading roles in our personal movies filled with tragedy, hope, heartache, loss, resilience, delight, honor, and betrayal. This array of feelings somehow make a good movie. When I look at a child, they don’t seem...

Show Your Self

by | Oct 19, 2016 | Trauma

Let’s be really honest here: No one makes it past seventeen or eighteen without receiving their fair share of dings—and that’s if they are lucky. By the time most people get their driver’s license, they have already experienced enough emotional and spiritual fender...