by Elisabeth | Sep 11, 2019 | Dissociation, Recovery, Relationships
Apparently, I sent an unusual email to a client the other day. I was referring to a new understanding about an inner part and how they were impacted by my dad. The client wrote back and said, “There’s a word I don’t ever hear you say: ‘dad’.” I was a little...
by Elisabeth | Aug 30, 2017 | Memory Repression, Recovery
Most people who decide to work with me have been journeying through recovery for many years. They have been struggling to reduce their traumatic pain for decades. They have tried many approaches over the years. Some have worked a little. Some have worked well, but...
by Elisabeth | Nov 16, 2016 | Recovery
Dear God, I have tried to believe in you. I really have. I desperately want you to be there. If you aren’t there, it would be difficult for me to have the hope I need to keep going, to push through the darkest days of recovery and life in general. But I’m going to...
by Elisabeth | Apr 27, 2016 | Defenders, Dissociation, Freedom Fighters, Parenting, Recovery
Happiness Is Not a Choice There are more clichés about being happy than the hairs on my head. Most of them frustrate me. Some of them even trigger me. They may be well-intentioned, but the result of these “happiness” memes and quotes is to invalidate other...
by Elisabeth | Jan 13, 2016 | Defenders, Inner Children
I often mention the importance of self love and unconditional acceptance of all our parts. But I will be the first admit that not all parts are easy to love and accept. Sometimes I ignore a part because it makes my stomach crawl to consider I might embody those...
