When your child is your trigger, how does it look? Why does it happen? And what can you do about it? What It Looks Like When Your Child Is Your Trigger As a parent, it’s easy to feel triggered by your child’s actions. Once you’re triggered, you may react in...
Lisa Aranas
Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)
No, this is not just another name or version of post-traumatic stress disorder. Once you read this article, you may not only finally understand why you struggle the way you do but also, and more importantly, walk away with the hope that life can be much different...
Self-Compassion: Saying Yes to You
When you were growing up: Did you have anyone guide you through difficult situations and the emotions they cause? Did you feel like there was space for you to feel upset, angry, or sad? Did you feel “seen,” validated, and encouraged to express yourself? If not, you...
‘Til Death Do Us Part
“For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, to love and to cherish, until death do us part.”These are the vows we may have made at a time when the future with the other appeared to be a fairy tale story: “. . . and they lived happily ever...