by Elisabeth | Oct 17, 2025 | Recovery, Trauma In Society
For the past four months, I’ve been carrying out a methodical plan to leave the United States and live in another country. I have struggled with how to announce this because I didn’t want any opposition to throw me off my course. I saw the writing on the wall...
by Elisabeth | Feb 1, 2025 | Dissociation, Memory Repression, Recovery, Trauma In Society
Many coaches, therapists and helpers are talking about trauma healing these days. Trauma is getting attention, and I am happy to see it. We need to focus on trauma. It makes me feel validated and supported to see people all over the world embracing the need to address...
by Elisabeth | Nov 9, 2024 | Dissociation, Recovery, Trauma In Society
My past few days have been filled with the same conversations many people are having. It doesn’t matter if you live in the United States. You were probably watching what was happening in America. Our elections have an impact on the world, and I’ll be honest, this...
by Elisabeth | Jul 25, 2024 | Defenders, Dissociation, Freedom Fighters, Recovery, Trauma In Society
I know that trauma is universal. It crosses all genders, races, ethnicities, religions, cultures, belief systems and even the political divide. While traumas are almost as diverse as the people on the planet, our trauma responses can be shockingly similar. My goal...
by Elisabeth | Apr 10, 2024 | Defenders, Dissociation, Memory Repression, Recovery
My system is at war right now. Is this more of a war than normal? It’s hard to know. Most of the time, we believe we are feeling the worst we’ve ever felt because we just can’t remember how bad we felt before. That’s also a defender trick to convince us that we...
by Elisabeth | Mar 19, 2024 | Dissociation, Memory Repression, Recovery
As a survivor of trauma, there is nothing more unnerving and disorienting than the process of recovering memories of traumatic events. I despise the unknown. It is difficult to acknowledge there are aspects of my own life of which I have no awareness. It’s scary. It...
