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How to Heal from a Toxic Relationship with Your Mother

By Irina 2 Comments

The Ultimate Guide for Daughters

“Sure, Mom… me too. See you soon.” 

Sigh…

You hang up the phone and a tsunami of anxiety sweeps over you. 

You look around, and the cosy kitchen feels suddenly distant and unreal, as if you’re looking through a dirty glass. So does your hand, still clutching the phone – is it even your hand?  

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Filed Under: Abuse, Dysfunctional mothers an their daughters, Dysfunctional mothers and daughters relationship, Emotional Trauma, Family Tagged With: Abusive mother, Adult children, Anxiety, Childhood trauma, Developmental trauma, emotional abuse, Family, Happiness, Healing childhood trauma, Healing from developmental trauma, Inspirational, Joy, Life lessons, Motivational, Personal growth, Relationships, Self-care, Self-growth, Self-help, Toxic mothers

Dementia: An Unexpected Gift Of Love

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Light isn't lost forever“Nobody’s perfect. We’re all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.” ― Jeanette Walls

Do you believe a person can change? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Forgiveness, Love Tagged With: Abusive mother, Adult children, Childhood trauma, Developmental trauma, emotional abuse, Family, Healing childhood wounds, Healing from developmental trauma, Insights, Life lessons, Love, Self-improvement, Spiritual

How to Befriend Your Brain and Learn to Live with Joy

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Nurture your brainYour brain is more unique than your fingerprints, remember?

It builds new connections between brain cells your entire life. Then it weaves them into networks, constructing and reconstructing itself.

Sometimes it overreacts, making lightning-fast decisions based on obsolete data. The past becomes suddenly the present, and once more the pain overwhelms you, as if that horrible event was happening right now. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Choose Joy, Traumatized brain Tagged With: Brain, Child abuse, Childhood trauma, Choose joy, Developmental trauma, emotional abuse, Healing childhood trauma, Healing childhood wounds, Healing from developmental trauma, Health, Insights, Joy, Motivational, Neuroscience, Self-care, Self-help

Why Do You Need to Choose Mindful Breathing?

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Abdominal breathingDo you know how to breathe?

I see you rolling your eyes — “Everybody knows that.”

After all, breathing is what we do from the moment we’re born.

Right? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Mindful breathing Tagged With: Abdominal breathing, Brain, Childhood trauma, Conscious breathing, Deep breathing, Developmental trauma, Healing childhood trauma, Healing childhood wounds, Healing from developmental trauma, Mindful breathing, Recovery from emotional abuse, Self-care, Self-love

Why Should You Trust Your Gut Feeling?

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Intuition, Gut feelingDo you trust your gut?

Intuition is another name for the feeling we describe as a slight stomach ache or a swirl of energy in a belly. It can also feel like soft prickles or velvety butterflies under your solar plexus.

What is your gut feeling like? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gut feeling, Intuition Tagged With: Adult children, Brain, Developmental trauma, emotional abuse, Gut-feeling, Happiness, Healing childhood trauma, Healing from developmental trauma, Intuition, Self-care, Self-help, Self-love, Trauma recovery

Scary Facts About Complex Trauma to Be Aware Of

By Irina 6 Comments

Complex TraumaTraumatic experiences are often lost in time and concealed by shame, secrecy, and social taboo. – Vincent J. Felitti, MD

Exhausted, you fall in bed.

You stretch your aching body under the sheets and close your eyes. Waiting for relief…

But your mind won’t hush.

Thoughts, replays of conversations—real and imagined—start running through your head like a circus carousel.

A never-ending dialog with yourself. And your mom. [Read more…]

Filed Under: C-PTSD, Complex trauma Tagged With: Abusive mother, Adult children, Anxiety, Childhood trauma, Developmental trauma, emotional abuse, Family, Healing childhood trauma, Healing childhood wounds, Healing from developmental trauma, Health, Inspirational, Life lessons, Mindset, Personal growth, recovery from childhood emotional abuse, Recovery from emotional abuse, Self-care, Toxic mothers, toxic people

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