Breaking Free!   You know that brand new skin that shows up after the scab comes off? The skin that is tender still, is pink, and

What is my worth? This is a HARD question. And for a childhood trauma survivor it can shut you down, completely, just contemplating it.  Why?

Time to say Goodbye   For the last few months – since the middle of May – LOSS as been camped at my doorstep.  

Dear Me, My dear little Lisa, I am letting you know that you deserved better treatment. You deserved better. You deserved to be held, cuddled,

Where am I in June 2022?   Nearly 4 years into doing the really hard work of trauma recovery, this month I’m looking back. It’s

I’m starting to learn about IFS – Internal Family Systems. In looking at my childhood trauma through an IFS lens I’m realizing that many parts

Why don’t you just pray about it?   ** Possible Trigger Warning     The quick reply I’d give is: What makes you think I don’t?

Throughout my teen years and early adulthood I had a memory of a sexual experience from when I was around 4-5 yo, from a brother,

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LEFT ….. D A N G L I N G ? I have….. many times, literally and metaphorically. Have you noticed

To answer this question, it would be helpful to be clear on how therapy and coaching support those who’ve suffered and survived egregious violations.  

Thought about the word Home today, as I was walking around a bird sanctuary. What feelings, emotions and thoughts come to mind when you hear

Looking out my living room window I see tree branches moving, I hear the wind blowing against my home, I see rain drops against the

SEPTEMBER 2021 LOOKING BACK today I can see how far I have come as now I am three years into my full-on trauma recovery.   

I’m not talking about transcendental meditation or any other type of meditation that involves anything hokey or Woo Woo type of stuff. Mindful Mediation is

Have you reached a time in your life that certain behaviours or some mindsets aren’t quite working for you anymore? Are you noticing challenges socially,

Grooming has been talked about and related to child sexual abuse a lot recently. Especially when it is done by those in positions of authority

Silence – that is the biggest thing any perpetrator or abuser wants.   Silence at any cost, no matter what.   Silence ONLY benefits the perpetrator,

When we have been abused physically, sexually, or emotionally as a child we don’t know what to do with the horrible feelings that we have

Awareness of what happened to us as children [the abuse and neglect] and how it impacted life from the first incident [anchor trauma] onwards truly

This means to hold in high regard or esteem, admiration given by others Boundaries are all wrapped up in respect, respect for self first and

As you know I’ve been reading more about Gaslighting lately and have come to learn that true Gaslighting is a type of communication that is

After hearing  Brene’s podcast with Harriet Lerner on Apologizing I was reminded of some important truths: Those who’ve done the most damage often are the

Why is my memory not working right? Lab tests have shown that when trauma happens, the frontal lobe shuts down, including the region necessary to

How familiar are you with the topic of Spiritual Abuse, Emotional Abandonment and Child Abuse? I often have heard that child abuse is Spiritual Abuse

Today I woke up with a couple of things swirling in my head. Some of which involved what I learned in my TR Coaching course-

Looking back I can see how I’ve lived pretty much these past 50+ years in a dissociative state. It’s amazing really how the body and

A few days ago, I woke up with a couple of things swirling in my head. Some of which involved what I learned in my

Did you grow up in a family where it was said or implied that ‘what happens in this house stays in this house’? Or perhaps,

Most of us would shudder to ever think that we would enable a predator or an abuser to abuse a child. To enable is defined