The Benefits Of Travel On PTSD and C-PTSD
Science and experience are showing us daily that travel is no longer just for recreation! The evidence suggests that when it comes to recovering from trauma, mental illness or addiction, traveling can have undeniable benefits on PTSD and C-PTSD; on our mental health in whole. Just as different herbal medicines can help relieve and heal our physical pain, travel helps with our mental pain. Travel, stepping outside of your comfort zone,...
How To Help A Loved One With PTSD and C-PTSD
Watching a loved one struggling with PTSD,C-PTSD, and depression is confusing, sometimes scary and all around really hard to do. Given that the effects of trauma are unique to each person, it can be tricky to identify PTSD and C-PTSD; which often times, causes major problems within family life and with friends. And to make it even more difficult, the effects of these can come right after trauma, a few months after trauma to even years...
Female Pioneers In The Mental Health Industry
In celebrating Women’s History Month, there are 5 females that made huge leaps for us that I would love to share with you. When many of us think about the mental health industry, it’s mostly men that come up in our minds. But so many women made equally if not more important contributions to understanding the human mind. And I think Women’s History Month is the perfect time to talk about them! Female Pioneers In The Mental Health...
What Is C-PTSD?
We have talked about depression, trauma, and PTSD; now we are going to discuss Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). Recently C-PTSD is becoming more recognized in the mental health community. C-PTSD is caused by repeated trauma over months or years rather than one single traumatic event. It can also evolve from untreated/mistreated depression and PTSD. Though C-PTSD and PTSD are very similar, C-PTSD is considerably...
Sharing The Journey With Moving The Human Spirit
As the celebration of Women in History continues with International Women’s Day today, I want to take some time to appreciate and share the journey, the freedoms, the rights that many of us girls take for granted today. It wasn’t too long ago that women could not vote, were not entitled to equal pay, were not even welcomed as part of the integral workforce or schools that shaped this country (or most countries for that matter). We...
Celebrating Women in History During March
As the mother of a daughter, as a business woman, as an influencer, women’s history is a very important topic for me to share about. Women’s rights have come such a long way and are so important that we have an entire month presidentially dedicated to Women’s History, and it starts today March 1! As women’s rights continue to evolve, as we break more glass ceilings, taking the time to remember how it all started, the roots of the...
What Really Is PTSD?
We have been talking a lot about trauma recently. When trauma is left untreated, ignored or mis-understood, something called Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop. Sadly, it is estimated that 1 in 11 people will be diagnosed with this in their lifetime. Because the truth is, it does not just affect our veterans, but affects each person who has experienced trauma that has gone untreated. Women are twice as likely than men to...
How To Understand And Communicate With Difficult People
Learning to understand difficult people – the non-cooperative people – is only the first step in navigating through life with them. Science has actually shown us that genetics plays a part in how difficult a person is, meaning it is not always the persons fault that they are being difficult. In fact, studies show that 35-50% of a person’s personality is genetic. Have you heard of the Serotonin Transport Gene? We all know...
Understanding The 4 Types Of Difficult People
We all know at least one – at work, at home, at school, in our community… difficult people are everywhere! They come in all different shapes and colors and are designed to look just like non-difficult people!!! On some days it can seem like we are surrounded by them!! Difficult people are irritating, frustrating and down-right exhausting. But they are part of life. And they must face their own demons. As a conscious life coach,...
My Experience With Moving The Human Spirit TICB Course
Recently I started on a new journey with Moving The Human Spirit in their Trauma Informed Coaching Basics (TICB) course. I have found it to be such an incredible, life-changing experience that I can not wait to take their Trauma Informed Coaching Certification course starting next week to get more in depth on trauma coaching. But first, I want to share my experience with this course with you. It was so packed with power and invaluable...