Generational Trauma: Breaking the Cycle
Guest blog by Aaron Johnson, LCPC Emotional trauma in a simple form can be explained as a deep emotional wound that hasn’t fully healed. These deep emotional wounds can be from events that occur throughout your life, from as early as infancy all the way to events that you don’t even directly experience. Events can […]
3 Ways Childhood Trauma Can Affect Your Adult Relationships
Most of us have a sense that childhood trauma affects our adult relationships. After all, you probably have heard another person joke about how you married your father (or mother)? An insurance company even riffed on this in their advertising! Jokes aside, how exactly does childhood trauma affect your adult relationships? And while we’re at […]
How to Talk to Your Kid So They Will Listen
You love your child, but do you ever wonder if you’d have better luck talking to a rock? Whether they ignore you, talk back to you, or just don’t do what you ask, it can leave you drained and at a loss for what to do. You’re probably wondering, “Why doesn’t my kid listen to […]
Why Understanding What Trauma Does to the Brain Helps You Heal
Trauma happens when you experience an event as physically or emotionally harmful or even life-threatening. Your body’s ability to cope is overwhelmed. Even though the event passes, trauma has lasting adverse effects on a person’s mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. With nearly 61% of men and 51% of women experiencing trauma in their […]