One thing about adulting…there’s aLOT of decisions to be made…weekly, daily, hourly. For some of us, decisions are difficult even on a good day. However, there are certain times when decision-making can be extra difficult…and even disastrous…for any of us. I wanna share with you...
Learning about how the brain is designed to work can be a total game changer!! Specifically, learning about what’s going on when big emotions (think: anger, anxiety, fear, etc) flare can help you to regulate those big emotions much more quickly and easily. This is...
ACEs: What Are They? ACE is an acronym for Adverse Childhood Experiences. Many health care providers and organizations who work with people affected by trauma often utilize the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire to identify the presence of childhood traumas, as well as an individual’s possible...
7 Quick Tips to a More Trauma-Informed Thanksgiving While most of us look forward to the holidays with anxious anticipation and excitement, people who’ve experienced trauma and loss can often find this season painfully difficult. As we gather friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers together around...
Trauma is not the only reason a student may have these problems, however, it can be helpful to explore whether trauma has played a part in shaping some of these behaviors. Here's a partial list of behavior problems that are possibly related to trauma: Anxiety...
What is trauma? Trauma: Any event that is “threatening to a person’s life or physical integrity, and should include a sense of helplessness along with fear, horror, or disgust.” (Greenwald, 2013) Basically anything that feels too overwhelming, too difficult to handle, or triggers a feeling...