Healing is Happening

Healing is Happening

Dear Healing Friends, I know that what you’re going through feels unbearable at times, but I want to remind you that healing is happening, even when it feels like you’re standing still. As you know, the process is nonlinear and the journey is often filled...
Hope When Healing is Extended

Hope When Healing is Extended

Dear Healing Friends, I want you to know how deeply sorry I am and that I appreciate how exhausted and frustrated some of you may be feeling. After years of enduring relentless symptoms, it’s understandable if the idea of healing has become unfathomable…. like...
Stigmatization

Stigmatization

One of the most challenging aspects of my work is witnessing the judgments and stigma my brave, heroic clients face. What they endure is rampant. And I get the snide remarks too. It is not at all unusual for someone to casually ask me, “How is your work with the...
Reflection: Time is Never Truly Lost

Reflection: Time is Never Truly Lost

Dear Friend, Here is a reflection for you. I hope it resonates: “At times, I may feel as if time has been stolen from me… slowly slipping away… This healing process makes me feel as if life continues without me. I think back to when my problems with my...
Gaslighting Each Other

Gaslighting Each Other

In any supportive community, it is essential that members uplift and support one another. Unfortunately, there are times when unintentional harm occurs through comparison and judgement… a subtle form of gaslighting. This can happen when someone compares their...
Finding Strength as You Heal

Finding Strength as You Heal

Dear Friend, I woke up this morning reflecting and thinking of all of you – your different challenges – and what came to mind were memories of all the people who had similar experiences and have now healed. Most were close to despair and thought they would never get...