Healing From Harm

Healing From Abuse, Trauma, and Patriarchy

I help women reclaim their power after abuse and trauma.

CPTSD in women is under-recognized, while the harm we deal with is overbearing. Healing requires a return to our innate wisdom and power through matriarchal values and body-based psychology. Stories, education, and programs are available in our menu.

Patriarchy leaves an imprint on abuse and trauma, complicating the healing process. Matriarchal healing is the combination of trauma-informed methods and Mother Nature’s laws of living to restore our instinctual balance between protection and nurturing, attachment and authenticity.

Tag: abuse

  • The Death of Heaviness

    The Death of Heaviness

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    I float as light as air, feeling a bit like a ghost because it feels so unreal. Am I still here? It feels so light.My heavy body lies dead beside me. I fear that is the real me, and I am just floating in a non-existent realm of fantasy and…

  • Buzzing – In Between War and Peace

    Buzzing – In Between War and Peace

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    In the stillness of peace is the remains of war – the buzzing of what was and what could be. How can I be powerful enough to survive war but not the buzz? Enjoy my poem and entry.

  • Before Him – Exclusive Content

    Before Him – Exclusive Content

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    Nearing fifty, how do I start again with so much more baggage and so less freedom?

  • Matriarchal Therapy – Exclusive Content

    Matriarchal Therapy – Exclusive Content

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    What is the matriarchal therapy? Using our protective instincts to remove threats and heal instead of therapizing everything.

  • Doing Nothing is Our Return to Freedom

    Doing Nothing is Our Return to Freedom

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    Finding our liberty comes with finding our inner peace and enjoyment. Here is a story of healing and what it could mean for our world.

  • Inheriting Contempt

    Inheriting Contempt

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    My parents left me with a wonderful gift: contempt. I recently realized that this is my default setting in life.It takes me a second to turn off my ego and respond from my core self.

  • With CPTSD, the familiar can be wrong

    With CPTSD, the familiar can be wrong

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    With CPTSD, the familiar can be wrong, and the scary experiences can be right. How do we distinguish the difference?

  • The Purpose of Catastrophizing

    The Purpose of Catastrophizing

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    Those with anxiety know this. Any given experience will undo us; if only we could control it, we would be ok. What if there is a purpose to catastrophizing?

  • My favourite resources currently for healing trauma

    My favourite resources currently for healing trauma

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    I’ve been knee-deep, healing my next layer of trauma, which is a deep one, and studying various sources of information. These are my favourite resources currently for healing trauma.

  • It’s ok to not be the bigger person with a bully

    It’s ok to not be the bigger person with a bully

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    It’s okay to not be the bigger person; just don’t return that energy to the innocent. I talk about Gaza, Britney Spears, and people healing from abuse.