by Elisabeth | Nov 2, 2015 | Recovery
Gratitude doesn’t come easy for survivors of trauma. We have to pursue it consciously, find evidence of the beauty around us, and change those parts of us that disagree. I recently wrote an exclusive article for SimpleReminders.com about this exact topic. My...
by Elisabeth | Oct 28, 2015 | Parenting, Recovery, Relationships
An Expression of Joy I told a joke to my kids the other day. They were sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast, and I was making their school lunches. They take vitamins that are shaped like animals and they love to guess which animal the other child has. There...
by Elisabeth | Aug 19, 2015 | Freedom Fighters, Recovery
While trauma recovery seems like a chaotic experience, I have noticed in hindsight the surprising structure it seems to follow. My memory recovery follows themes. While I do address themes multiple times, it is at progressively deeper levels, as if I am traveling a...
by Elisabeth | Jul 1, 2015 | Defenders, Inner Children
Abuse-born Beliefs My inner child holds many belief systems. Most of them are unhealthy. Of course, it’s not her fault. She came by them honestly. Every belief system came with strong evidence of it’s veracity, especially to a small child with black and white...
by Elisabeth | May 7, 2015 | Defenders, Relationships
We all have that inner child part that is waiting to be rescued. It doesn’t require something awful to happen in our childhoods. At some point in our childhoods, we were not treated fairly and our needs were not met. This is natural. Children are born with needs that...
