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01/22/2026

Survivors of trauma often become guardians of constant strength. We fix everything. We hold everything. We carry what was once too heavy for us so our children never have to feel it.

But children do not learn resilience from perfection. They learn it by witnessing repair.

When a parent allows space for emotion, for disappointment, for age-appropriate struggle, a child learns something sacred: I am allowed to feel. I am allowed to rest. I am allowed to be human.

Protection does not mean preventing suffering at all costs. It means walking beside our children when life teaches its lessons without abandoning ourselves in the process.

• Let your child experience manageable discomfort, this is how resilience is formed
• Name your emotions without making them your child’s responsibility
• Model rest instead of constant availability
• Show repair after rupture, this is where safety is built
• Remember: emotional honesty is not weakness, it is leadership

Your child does not need a superhero.
They need a grounded, present, human parent who knows how to feel and still stand.

01/20/2026

Trauma Is More Than “Something Bad That Happened”

Trauma is not just what happened.
It’s what it quietly did to the way you see yourself and the world.

Two people can walk through a similar experience.
One feels shaken and eventually finds their footing.
The other leaves that moment carrying shame, self-doubt, and a nervous system that never truly settles.

That second story is trauma.

It is not weakness.
It is not you “still being stuck”.
It is your body and mind doing their best to survive something that overwhelmed them.

Trauma often looks like:
• A constant sense of being on edge, even when life is “fine”
• Blaming yourself for what was done to you
• Minimizing your pain because “other people had it worse”

If you’ve ever looked at your own reflection and thought,
“Maybe I caused this. Maybe I deserved it,”
I want you to hear this clearly:

You did not deserve the harm you experienced.
You are not the harm that was done to you.

Healing begins when we tell the truth about what happened
and stop turning that blame inward.

🕊️ Save this if you need a reminder that survival is not a character flaw.
If this speaks to your story and you’re ready to begin unpacking it with support, you’re welcome to reach out for counselling. You do not have to carry this alone.

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01/14/2026

Small Habits That Rebuild Self-Trust After Trauma

After trauma, self-trust is one of the first things to fracture.
You question your choices, your judgment, even your reality.

Rebuilding self-trust doesn’t start with huge leaps.
It starts with small, consistent acts that prove to you: “I show up for me now.”

Try:
• 🕰️ Keeping one small promise a day
(e.g., “I will drink one glass of water when I wake up.”)
• 📱 Pausing before you say “yes” and checking in with your body
• 🛏️ Choosing a regular bedtime 1–2 nights a week
• 🗣️ Noticing when you override your “gut feeling” and gently asking, “Why?”
• 🧾 Tracking even tiny wins: “Today I listened to myself when I felt tired.”

Every time you follow through on something you promised yourself, you’re telling your nervous system:
“I am safe with me now.”

💚 Self-trust is rebuilt in daily life, not just in big moments.

💾 Save this as a checklist you can come back to.

01/12/2026

Letting Go vs. Pretending It Never Happened.

People love to say “just let it go.”
But for survivors of trauma, that often gets translated as:
“Pretend it never happened. Stay quiet. Move on.”

That’s not letting go. That’s emotional exile.

True letting go looks more like:
• Naming what happened without minimizing
• Allowing yourself to feel the grief, rage, or confusion
• Accepting that you may never get all the answers or apologies
• Choosing not to let the past dictate every decision in your present

Letting go is not saying, “It didn’t matter.”
It’s saying, “It mattered, and I matter too and I deserve a life beyond this.”

You are allowed to honour your pain
and still build joy, rest, and safety around it.

🕊️ You don’t heal by erasing your story.
You heal by rewriting your relationship to it.

01/11/2026

How I Support Inner Child Work in Session

In therapy, inner child work isn’t about forcing you to relive every detail.
It’s about helping you see how those early experiences still echo in your life today.

Together, we might:
• Notice patterns in relationships (“Why do I always end up here?”)
• Explore where your harsh inner critic first found its voice
• Practice speaking to yourself in ways that feel foreign but healing

We move at your pace.
We don’t rip bandages off.
We slowly and steadily learn how to clean the wound, protect it, and let it heal.

You’re allowed to grieve what you didn’t get.
You’re allowed to be angry about what happened.
And you’re allowed to build a life that looks nothing like the one that hurt you.

If inner child work is something you’ve been curious (or scared) about,
therapy can be a structured, supported space to explore it WITHOUT drowning in it.

📩 Reach out if you’re ready for support in walking through this with someone beside you.

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01/04/2026

Journal Prompts for Your Younger Self

If you’ve survived trauma, you might avoid looking back because it feels like opening a locked room.
Inner child work should be gentle, not re-traumatizing.

Here are some journal prompts to meet your younger self with care:

1️⃣ “Dear younger me, here’s what I wish you could have heard back then…”
2️⃣ “Three things you did to survive that I now honour instead of shame are…”
3️⃣ “If I could sit beside you in your hardest moment, I would say…”
4️⃣ “What you never got to say out loud was…”
5️⃣ “Today, as the adult me, I promise you that…”

You don’t have to write pages.
Even a few honest sentences can begin to shift the story from blame to understanding.

🕊️ Go slowly. If this feels overwhelming, pause. Breathe. Come back when you feel safer.

💾 Save this for your next quiet moment.

12/29/2025

What ‘Inner Child Work’ Really Means

“Inner child work” gets tossed around a lot online,
but beneath the buzzwords, it’s something very simple and very sacred.

It’s not about acting childish.
It’s about finally turning toward the parts of you that were:
• Ignored
• Silenced
• Shamed
• Blamed for what was never their fault

Inner child work looks like:
• Noticing the 8 year old in you who panics when someone raises their voice
• Recognizing the 14 year old in you who still believes they’re “too much”
• Speaking to yourself in a tone you never received growing up

When you speak kindly to yourself today,
you are, in a very real way, speaking to that younger version of you who never heard those words.

This is not “weakness.”
This is repair.

💛 You are not silly for needing tenderness now.
You are human.

12/29/2025

What ‘Inner Child Work’ Really Means

“Inner child work” gets tossed around a lot online,
but beneath the buzzwords, it’s something very simple and very sacred.

It’s not about acting childish.
It’s about finally turning toward the parts of you that were:
• Ignored
• Silenced
• Shamed
• Blamed for what was never their fault

Inner child work looks like:
• Noticing the 8 year old in you who panics when someone raises their voice
• Recognizing the 14 year old in you who still believes they’re “too much”
• Speaking to yourself in a tone you never received growing up

When you speak kindly to yourself today,
you are, in a very real way, speaking to that younger version of you who never heard those words.

This is not “weakness.”
This is repair.

💛 You are not silly for needing tenderness now.
You are human.

12/25/2025

Boundary Scripts for When You Freeze Up.

When you’ve experienced trauma, setting a boundary can feel like a threat.
Your body remembers what happened last time you spoke up.

You don’t need perfect words. You just need clear, kind ones.
Here are some scripts you can borrow until your own voice feels stronger:

🔹 When someone asks for more than you can give:
“That doesn’t work for me, but here’s what I can do…”

🔹 When you need time to think:
“I need some time to think about this. I’ll let you know.”

🔹 When a joke goes too far:
“I know you might think it’s a joke, but it doesn’t feel funny to me.”

🔹 When you’re cancelling plans without guilt:
“I won’t be able to make it. Thanks for understanding.”
(No ten-paragraph explanation required.)

🔹 When a conversation feels unsafe:
“I’m not willing to discuss this right now. Let’s pause here.”

Your boundary doesn’t need the other person’s approval to be valid.
It just needs your commitment.

📌 Save these to use when your mind goes blank.
💬 Comment with the one you need most right now.

12/24/2025

✨Thank you ✨

12/23/2025

If No One Taught You Boundaries…

If you grew up in chaos, control, or constant criticism,
chances are no one modelled healthy boundaries for you.

So now, as an adult, you might believe:
• “Saying no is rude.”
• “If I speak up, they’ll leave.”
• “Good people always put others first.”

But here’s the truth:
• Saying no is clarity, not disrespect.
• If speaking your needs makes them leave, their loyalty was conditional.
• Constant self-abandonment isn’t kindness. It’s self-erasure.

When you’ve survived trauma, you often confuse tolerance with strength.
You call it “being understanding,”
but deep down you know you’re crossing your own lines over and over.

Boundaries aren’t walls to keep love out.
They’re doors and fences that allow you to decide who and what gets close.

🧡 You are allowed to protect your peace.

💾 Save this if you’re relearning what “respect” means.
🔁 Share with someone who always gives more than they receive.

12/17/2025

❤️‍🩹 Trauma doesn’t always show up as flashbacks and panic attacks.

Sometimes it looks like a “high-functioning” life held together by fear and self-doubt.

Here are 5 subtle ways trauma eats at your self-worth:

1. “You constantly apologize for existing, for asking, for needing.”

2. “You over-explain yourself so people won’t be upset with you.”

3. “You stay in one-sided relationships because “at least they stayed.”

4. “You feel guilty when you rest, as if you have to earn basic care.”

5. “You accept crumbs and call it “being understanding.”

If you see yourself in this, it doesn’t mean you’re broken.

It means your nervous system and your younger self did what they had to do to survive.

Healing is the process of slowly telling yourself a new story:

“I am allowed to take up space. I am allowed to need. I am allowed to be treated well.”

💾 Save this for the days you start doubting your worth again.

🔁 Share it with someone who is always “too hard” on themselves.

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