The Body Keeps the Score Book Review

The Body Keeps the Score Book Review

GRAB A COPY A Healing and Learning Source The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. has become a staple in many lives healing through trauma over the last few years. It is one of those reads that become both...
A Holiday Guide For Dealing With Toxic Families

A Holiday Guide For Dealing With Toxic Families

Toxic families are hard. There are so many of us that experience a particular anxiety-provoking element of the toxic relationships in our lives during the holiday season. The effect these relationships may have on us can leave long-lasting wounds. It is greatly...
Full Moon Mandala & Self Exploration

Full Moon Mandala & Self Exploration

Full Moon Mandala This week I joined Elizabeth Russell (Dream Fruit) and Elise Crohn (Juicy Creatives) for their workshop: Art Ceremony & Magic Circle where we created Full Moon Mandalas. I have known Elizabeth for many years and she creates amazing projects that...
Homemade Nature Ornaments to Ease Holiday CPTSD/PTSD

Homemade Nature Ornaments to Ease Holiday CPTSD/PTSD

Creativity Can Help Us Feel Good Creativity is healing and helps us feel good. However, the holiday season can bring  intense feelings and stress that don’t make us feel good. It can trigger, depression, anxiety, suicidal thought, and CPTSD/PTSD. These might be...