“Don’t be hard on yourself anymore, darling. You’ve been through so many hard moments already. You don’t wanna keep adding to the list.” -S.C. Lourie It can be so easy to keep repeating to ourselves the mean things that reflect what we learned from maltreatment by others – especially if it came from those closest […]

One of my favorite images . . . So accurately captures how progress really goes! If we have this in mind, I think it makes it easier to keep going! #perseverance #keepgoing #upsanddowns #healing #traumarecovery #ptsd #cptsd #emdr #emdrreadinesscourse  I would love to know who to credit and thank for this image!! www.EMDRReadinessCourse.com If you haven’t yet, I invite you to join me […]

“And the truth is that all veterans pay with their lives. Some pay all at once, while others pay over a lifetime.” -JM Storm This is so true. This day is to honor those who paid with their lives all at once. I believe we must also remember the ongoing payment of their comrades, partners, […]

“Healing isn’t about pretending the damage had not been done, it’s about refusing to allow that which we had suffered in our pasts, to control us in our futures.” – @Broms.the.poet EMDR therapy can be a powerful way to do this, Lionhearts!! Yet, it is essential when the tough stuff started way back at the […]

This photo was taken by a young woman whom I deeply admire for her courage in facing a lifetime of trauma. The way through is tough, especially when we have to start by repairing an attachment system that was broken from the beginning. But I’ve seen that it can be restored, and there is so […]

“Do not mistake her gentleness for weakness or her timeless grace for vulnerability. She has pulled broken arrows from her own heart and used their sharp edges to carve a path into a new dawn while bleeding her dreams to life.” -Michelle Schaper The work of healing – of overcoming – a lifetime of wounds […]