Complex Trauma

Being sick on and off this spring/summer has forced me to look at the ways in which trauma and stress manifest in my body. I've been working through a lot and my body has been forcing me to slow down. I hope I can carry that with me through the semester. In some ways, I [...]

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self [Review]

This book has a wealth of helpful information for therapists and for people learning to gain self-insight, independently. Awesome. 5/5 stars for sure. If you grew up in stressful circumstances, this may not be a light read for you. I certainly found that to be the case. Though having a lot of things laid bare [...]

Dissociation

Do you think you dissociate? ... allow me to convince you that you do. It might not be as extreme an experience as you may think. Click here to check out the awesome blog I wrote on dissociation for Planet Neurodivergent. It has information about dissociation, symptoms of dissociation, and tid bits of my personal [...]

What really grates me…

  I think I'm going to start a few recurring posts as I see fit... one, I think, is going to be "Seascape Saturday" and the other is just simply going to be things that grate my ass... whenever things like that come up (which, is often). You can guess which one today's post is... [...]

“Wellness” During Dissertation

I'm starting to believe that there may not be such a thing, that undertaking such a task is in and of itself "crazy" and unhealthy. It certainly feels that way at times, no matter how invested I am in my education and my dissertation topic and no matter how hard a worker I am and [...]

Wellness Wednesday

I'm leaving for Seattle in a few hours to present at a conference. I would have liked to have had more time to prepare, but it is what it is. Dissertation is such a lonely and isolating process, it's unreal. You do receive help from your committee and mentors for sure... but, everything really all [...]

Addiction and Codependency

Addiction sometimes provides the perfect storm for codependency to develop. You may care so much about the person who is addicted that you feel as though you can't stop worrying about them and subsequently your own wellbeing starts to suffer. There are some things that you can do to take care of yourself. If you [...]