RESCUING A PET CAN RESCUE YOU

 RESCUING A PET CAN RESCUE YOU

There are so many benefits when we open our hearts to loving and caring for a pet. This is especially true if you are a trauma survivor and have been wounded by people you trusted..One of the deepest wounds for trauma survivors is that your capacity to trust has been ruptured and now it is difficult and painful to trust people and difficult to trust yourself.. Opening your heart and your home to a new “family member with 4 legs” can be a big part of the healing process! You rescue and you will be rescued!

FACING CONFLICTS WITHOUT ANXIETY

 FACING  CONFLICTS WITHOUT ANXIETY

Conflicts are part of every relationship. The problem is that you may have never experienced or learned how to resolve conflict in a “healthy connected” way. You may put up a wall of stone or your style maybe is to avoid and not address conflicts and are now noticing that the conflicts we do not address but avoid can run our lives.It is not too late to learn the 3 essential elements of resolving conflict! Know that places where you are not healed go with you in yuor relationships!

3 TOXIC EFFECTS OF AVOIDING CONFLICT

3 TOXIC EFFECTS OF AVOIDING CONFLICT

You may be noticing that you have developed a pattern of “avoiding” conflict and probably by now you are also noticing that the conflict that we avoid “runs” our lives. Depression is highly correlated to patterns of “avoidance” and these patterns when repeated can become extremely “rigid”. Rigidity or lack of flexibility also fuels depression.. You may have been raised in a family where you never saw or experienced how to resolve and address conflict and stay connected through the process with yourself and others.. In an attempt to survive in a chaotic family you began to shut down and avoid in an effort to protect yourself as you were not “safe” to be “you”.

HOW TO PARENT WITH LOVE AND WISDOM

   HOW  TO PARENT  WITH LOVE AND WISDOM

Well you probably know by now that the way your parents raised you has effected who you are now and your parenting style also reflects this. The wonderful thing is no matter how wonderful or difficult your childhood was you can bring to the table your unique style as well as understanding what your child truly needs and wants from you in order for you to nurture with wisdom and heart. There are 3 essential elements of healthy parenting that will greatly bless both you and your child.

HOW TO BREAK THE SHAME\DEPRESSION CYCLE

HOW TO BREAK  THE SHAME\DEPRESSION CYCLE

Shame fuels depression just like gasoline can fuel a fire. Depression is an ongoing battle in the mind,body and spirit that can feel overwhelming.You may feel like giving up at times as you struggle to find a light in the darkness and everything becomes such an effort in your daily life. The lyng voice of the demon of the spirit shame tells you that “you are not good enough” and that “everything is your fault” and that you have not made mistakes but that “you are a mistake”. It is difficult to have energy for life when you are struggling with this battle. and this very likely began in your childhood and now it is time for you to address the effects of your wounds so you can begin to heal as depression and shame do not have to be a life sentence You can come out of the prison you have been living in

HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR TRAUMA TRIGGERS

 HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR TRAUMA TRIGGERS

A trauma trigger is anything that consciously or unconsciously brings back the memory of your trauma. It is a trauma reminder. When we go through having experienced trauma it takes time and attention to process how we are feeling and how what happened to us has affected us.. When we are overloaded with traumatic stress we go into the fright/flight or freeze response which is our bodies way of protecting us. However, if you do not receive the support and help,attention that is needed then these responses can get stuck in these trauma responses which will block your healing .Trauma triggers are a wake up call to show you where you are wounded and where you need healing. Therapy can greatly help you to focus on what is needed for that wounded place to heal as in therapy you can become more aware of your unconscious “ trauma triggers” as well as your conscious “trauma triggers” and see your blind spots more clearly as you gain deeper understanding...

RED FLAGS OF A UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP

RED FLAGS  OF A UNHEALTHY  RELATIONSHIP

Relationships can be complicated as every place that we are not healed goes with us into our relationships. So basically, all relationships can be triggers. Relationships can provide fertile ground to help you to become more self-aware. As a result of this process, you can learn to identify where you have been wounded and have not healed. Healthy relationships provide the soil to plant seeds of healing and unhealthy ones plant seeds that “reinjure’. Our unconscious can be like a radar which attracts to what is “familiar” however if you came from a family that was dysfunctional then what is familiar can be unhealthy and toxic and yet you may struggle to be able to see and acknowledge this.

HOW TO STOP AVOIDING YOUR PAIN

  HOW TO STOP  AVOIDING YOUR PAIN

Depression is “anger’ turned inward. You may be struggling with a battle of depression that hit suddenly or very likely there is a long-term pattern of “shaming and blaming yourself. And feeling ‘not good enough”. You may be feeling helpless and hopeless although in worldly terms “you have achieved success”. Your feelings of emptiness and lack of joy may now seem to be running all areas of your life. This your wake-up call to no longer neglect and ignore your pain but to learn how to give yourself the attention you so need in order the healing process to begin1

HOW CHILDHOOD TRAUMA EFFECTS ADULT RELATIONSHIPS

HOW  CHILDHOOD TRAUMA EFFECTS  ADULT RELATIONSHIPS

As a child you were completely dependent and vulnerable:”like a little hostage”. If your parents were emotionally unavailable and not equipped to nurture and protect you by providing safety for you then a deep wounding occurs in your soul. If your family was one where your emotions were ignored, criticized, shamed, then you got the message at an early age that it is not safe to be “you” and in order to “survive” became disconnected from yourself. To be intimate with another it is essential to be self aware, vulnerable, and accountable.

ADULT PAIN OF CHILDHOOD EMOTIONAL NEGLECT

  ADULT PAIN  OF CHILDHOOD EMOTIONAL NEGLECT

Have you been denying and avoiding the pain inside?

Do you constantly need validation and praise but even when you get it you feel it is not enough?Do you struggle with identifying your feelings and have difficulties verbalizing your wants and needs in a direct way? Do you often feel that you are “not good enough” Are you overly concerned about the needs of others and fear rejection and abandonment?

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Do you shame and blame yourself when you begin to have angry feelings?

Are you “exceedingly” grateful for every “crumb” given in your relationships?