Job Creep: A Fast Track to Burnout
Job creep may look like teamwork at first, but it slowly erodes boundaries and well-being. Here’s how to recognize it early and protect your bandwidth.
Pride and Prejudice
Trauma often hides behind traits we misinterpret — pride, aloofness, or quick judgment. Drawing from Pride and Prejudice and modern trauma insights, this reflection explores how self-protection and cognitive rigidity shape relationships — and how we can move beyond them toward connection and healing.
More Than a Skill:The Mental Health Power of Trade Work
Trade work isn’t just job training — it’s healing. In this post, I explore how hands-on skills and mentorship can support identity, regulation, and mental wellness.
It’s Not Just Chemistry
Psychiatric medications can support healing when it is approached from a trauma-informed lens, safety, and shared decision-making.
Dear Freedom
What if freedom isn’t about running away, but coming home to yourself? This letter explores what it means to reclaim autonomy after trauma — with softness, not struggle.
Dear Understanding
Understanding isn’t agreement—it’s presence. For trauma survivors, being seen without having to explain is one of the deepest forms of healing.
Dear Boundaries
Boundaries aren’t about keeping people out—they’re about keeping yourself safe, centered, and whole. A gentle letter for those healing from guilt, people-pleasing, and emotional exhaustion.
Empty Heads and Burning Pain: How Charisma Can Blind Discernment
In spiritual communities, charisma can cloud judgment—and truth often suffers. This trauma-informed reflection explores how discernment, not image, is the foundation of safety, healing, and spiritual maturity.
Dear Power
Power doesn’t have to be loud to be real. Dear Power is a reflection for anyone reclaiming their voice, autonomy, and worth after trauma, coercion, or control.
Dear Connection
What does it mean to feel truly seen after betrayal or abandonment? Dear Connection explores the journey from emotional performance to genuine presence and the quiet courage of reconnecting with yourself.
Palaces, Power, and Pain: What Chinese Dramas Teach Us About Trauma and Resilience
What if your favorite palace drama is more than a guilty pleasure? From betrayals and arranged marriages to emotional numbness and silent survival, Chinese historical dramas reflect more than history. They mirror trauma, power, and the quiet strategies many of us still use to stay safe.
Dear Safety
What happens when safety was never guaranteed? This reflective letter explores how trauma alters our sense of safety—and how we begin to heal.