True Self Journey Blog

Your Parents Were Responsible for Their Own Emotions

  You walk in the door after school and can tell by the sounds your mom is making in the kitchen whether you need to go quietly to your room...
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Trauma Healing is A Whole-Body Experience

Telling the story of your trauma and being able to name your emotions is an important and courageous part of the healing process. Acknowledging the thinking distortions and limiting beliefs...
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11 Tools For Your Trauma Recovery Toolbox

As you engage in trauma recovery through therapy, 12-Step fellowships, and other means, it’s helpful to have a recovery toolbox—an accessible catalog of resources  to support your recovery—that is readily...
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Actively Engage with the Serenity Prayer (and a few bonus versions)

  Whether or not you’re in 12-step recovery, you’ve likely heard of the Serenity Prayer. The original version (see below) is attributed to Reinhold Neibuhr, but the shortened version is...
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Letter to Myself (Or Anyone) Just Starting Therapy - Part 2

Recently I thought about what I'd want to say to myself when I was just starting therapy. If I knew then, what I know now about the journey of healing...
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Letter to Myself (or Anyone) Just Starting Therapy - Part 1

You’ve spent your life until now not talking about anything. Hiding your thoughts, feelings, and memories from everyone—including yourself. And you had to do things that way to survive.  You’ve...
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Thoughts on Reading Mother Hunger

Those of us who’ve had a difficult and complicated relationship with our mothers carry deep heartache. There is a wound inside that is difficult to name.  One of the best...
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Take Time to Reflect

  I’m big on reflection. It’s important to check in on where you’ve been, what’s happening now, and where you’re headed. One definition of reflection is ‘careful consideration’. That’s my...
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