Tag: trauma foundations
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When the World Is Jogging and You’re Barely Breathing
Living with trauma in a world that doesn’t always see it Everyone around you seems to be jogging along just fine—chatting, smiling, making brunch plans. But you don’t care about brunch or other mundane, normal tasks. Your legs are shaking. Every step feels like a battle. You wonder why it’s so hard for you when…
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The Multiplicity of Self and the Iterative Mind
Society loves labels. They make things neat, simple, digestible. Introvert or extrovert. Thinker or feeler. Practical or dreamy. But what happens when you don’t fit neatly into any of those categories? What if, instead of being one person, you are a collection of many? The Question That Started It All When my therapist introduced me…
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The 8 Cs of Self in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
How Internal Family Systems helps us return to who we really are When I first started working with Internal Family Systems (IFS), I was overwhelmed by how many parts of me were in pain. Angry parts. Numb parts. People-pleasing parts. Parts that wanted to disappear. Parts that never stopped working. I thought healing meant fixing…
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Living with Complex PTSD
Understanding the layers—and learning how to heal Complex PTSD (CPTSD) isn’t just a diagnosis—it’s a lived experience. It’s what happens when trauma isn’t a single event, but a pattern. When harm comes from the people who were supposed to protect you. When survival becomes your default setting. I didn’t know I had CPTSD for most…
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Understanding PTSD
What it is, how it shows up, and why it’s not your fault PTSD isn’t a weakness. It’s a wound.It’s the brain and body’s response to something overwhelming—something that felt unsafe, uncontrollable, or life-threatening. And even when the danger is gone, the imprint remains. For many of us, PTSD doesn’t look like what we see…