art of trauma

A lot of people will tell you to just "get over it" or remind you it is in the past, but those of us who have been through it understand…

Self soothing techniques are ways we can calm ourselves down when we feel overwhelmed by negative emotions. Survivors of abuse and childhood trauma often struggle to self-soothe, partly because of…

A deep dive into the "freeze response" to stress, including what exactly it is, how to recognise when we are freezing, and what we can do to pull ourselves out…

A deep dive into the fawn response that can develop as a result of trauma. Experiences that are traumatic can provoke various responses- fight, flight, freeze, fawn (amongst others).

Everyone preaches self-love, but no-one seems to tell us how to practise it. In this article I want to talk about 5 simple, practical ways to do just that.