Our discussion today is on the FIGHT response. I want to share what causes it, how to recognize it, and how to resolve it. Remember that this is a personal journey. The things in your journal are honest and frank and at times may be very difficult to express. This...
Continuing our discussion on past trauma, this post is uncovering how you deal with those past traumas. Think about the things that you wrote down in your journal. How do you respond to the triggers? I’ll start, my father was quite verbally abusive. He would get...
The second installment of this series discusses what trauma is, what causes it, and why it stays with us into our adult lives. Trauma has been defined as an “overwhelming life-altering event, resulting in pervasive physical, psychological, or emotional distress.” LD...
Hello! When I was in school to become a Certified Holistic Health Coach, one of the things we were tasked with was to heal our own past traumas. This could be a broken relationship, parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, verbal and physical abuse, or...
Gratitude Night before last I went to watch fireworks with my grandson. An odd thing happened while I was sitting there. In the background was the Lee Greenwood song, “God Bless the USA” and it took me back. When my kids were little we lived in Japan and Lee Greenwood...
Good Morning! Have you ever had those days where you are all kinds of wonky? Something isn’t right… you feel.. blah? You just don’t have the energy you should? You are cranky with the world? I know I do. Those are the days we have to push through. Make sure we are...
