(You can download the audio version here) “Trauma is not the bad things that happened to you but what happens inside of you as a result of what happened to you” – Dr Gabor Maté, specialist in childhood development and trauma. Also from Gabor Maté: “Trauma is the disconnection from
One day, long ago, my Grade 3 teacher called me a foghorn (FYI the definition of a foghorn is a device making a loud, deep sound as a warning to ships in fog). I was deeply ashamed and have never forgotten the comment.I know that the teacher was probably fed-up
Did you often or very often feel that no one in your family loved you or thought you were important or special? or Your family didn’t look out for each other, feel close to each other, or support each other? Were your parents ever separated or divorced? Was a household
From having my wrists bound and made prisoner in one room in my house by my 5 year old to playing Kitty Kitty where the cats (both my children) were stuck inside the house because of the alarm beams (cotton and sticky tape around the bunk bed), it does not
I have written before about how we are the embodiment of our consciousness. What we think about ourselves, others and life will manifest in our physical experiences and symptoms. Allergies are often due to a perception of the world as an unsafe place. Back ache can be caused when we
Attitude shapes health. Our attitude to life – beliefs about ourselves, others and how we approach life – are based on, and formed in, our childhoods. I have noticed that the majority of my clients and others I know who have experienced Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome (and other stress-related illnesses and
