Healing From Sexual Violence
Meditating is an action, something you do. It’s not about practicing a particular religion or spiritual system. Whether you are a religious person or non-religious, I can guarantee you’ve meditated and called it something else. Most religious people call it prayer. Most non-religious people call it staring off into space …
Stop Line 3: Part 7 Radical bodies lie down in the road. Radical bodies run toward danger. Radical bodies walk fast and carry water. Radical bodies walk slow and carry messages. Radical bodies bear pepper spray and rubber bullets. Weak bodies stand flat-footed and unrooted. Weak bodies bristle …
Stop Line 3: Part 5 They took the Tree Sitter down today. They marched fast down the easement, 23 law enforcement bunched together like a school of fish. As they passed through the protest line they ended up single file crunching and slipping through the new snow off the side …
What does guilt feel like in the body? Guilt is a reaction to something we have done, an action we have taken. We did something harmful or bad. So we pull back as if we just touched a hot stove, or run away from situations and relationships so we don’t …
Every survivor heals in their own way, and it is not anyone’s place to judge someone’s healing process. And, sometimes, people on the outside who love us can see what we can’t see, and can ask the question, “Are you sure?” When I meet a survivor who acts out toxic …
Bad things happened to you. Perhaps bad things still happen to you. But was it “trauma” like we keep hearing all over the internet and from mental health professionals? After all, bad things happen to most people. The National Council for Behavioral Health says 70 percent of adults living in …
I read an interesting short article from Beth Tyson that got me thinking about how trauma survivors lose their tempers more often than they think they should. For the past several years, I only lose my temper every few months. This frequency is down from many times a day when …
Why are some people angry and destructive right now, and some people stubbornly happy and actually thriving? We are all going through the same social unrest, political chaos, and global pandemic, even if our individual circumstances are different from each other. I believe our responses to this traumatic time are …
Here’s what happens when you practice intentional grounding. You become as mighty as an oak tree. Oaks start out as tiny acorns, the fruit of the tree. In early spring (May here in Minnesota), the breeze helps pollinate the oaks’ flowers and the acorns grow through gentle rains and wild …
My husband Jake writes, My wife asked me the other day about the concept of Self-Sabotage because I used to be a 5th degree black belt on the subject. Throughout my whole life, I had goals. I even took the correct steps to reach those goals. I knew that I …
