by Elisabeth | Mar 20, 2014 | Recovery, Trauma In Society
When I first started recovering memories from my abusive childhood, I had no idea what to do with them. I felt like they were stuck somewhere inside of my body and that’s where they would stay. I started journaling my memories and found it to be very helpful, but I...
by Elisabeth | Feb 16, 2014 | Defenders, Inner Children
Photograph by Nicholas Kevin Corey (1971-2012) February is not my favorite month … for many reasons. I don’t like the cold and snow unless I am skiing. And since I am not yet independently wealthy, I don’t ski for the entire month of February. I don’t love...
by Elisabeth | Jan 3, 2014 | Dissociation, Relationships
As I have struggled through some very dark days of trauma recovery, I have come to understand some universal laws that have helped make sense of my chaotic life. The most basic law is that the inner child will recreate the challenges of the childhood until the...
by Elisabeth | Nov 22, 2013 | Parenting, Trauma In Society
I grew up in a sexist family. They subscribed to an extreme sexism that justified rape and torture of little girls and women. It was the worst kind of sexism. My father was very clear that all things feminine were not just bad, but evil. Of course, his idea of the...
by Elisabeth | Nov 11, 2013 | Inner Children, Parenting, Trauma In Society
I have yet to meet an honest mother who isn’t completely insecure about motherhood. It is the hardest job on this planet. Motherhood targets our triggers. To put it a different way, it brings up everything that scares us to death. For some of us, we are scared...
