Tag: healing

• Trauma Care for Seniors

  This gentle, practical guide helps seniors recognize how long-ago trauma may still be affecting sleep, mood, and health—and shows how healing is possible at any age. With simple, nonverbal, nervous-system-based tools, it offers hope, safety, and relief for older adults who don’t want to retell their story, but are ready to feel better.

  Liana West

  December 17, 2025

  Conflict, Anxiety, Pain, Trauma, Neuroscience

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• How Shopping, Sex & Substance Abuse Can Rewire Your Brain

  

  Trauma rewires your brain’s reward system, making quick fixes like substances, shopping, or sex more tempting. But fast relief is temporary and can worsen anxiety, guilt, and shame. Even marijuana, seen as harmless, can trap survivors in a cycle of anxiety. Trauma therapies help restore calm and make healthy coping feel rewarding again

  Liana West

  August 14, 2025

  Superconscious Mind

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• Why You Stay Stuck in Betrayal Trauma

  

  Your brain doesn’t move easily on after betrayal. Neuroscience shows betrayal trauma hijacks memory, focus, and your ability to feel safe. This article breaks down why your brain stays stuck and what it really needs to heal. If you’ve felt foggy, hyper-alert, or emotionally frozen after betrayal, your brain is ready to heal itself in…

  Liana West

  August 7, 2025

  Superconscious Mind

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• Childhood Trauma, Adult Relationships, and Destructive Entitlement

  

  Are old wounds from childhood silently sabotaging your happiness? Discover why burying your childhood crap can explode into destructive entitlement—ruining your relationships, sapping your joy, and even passing the wounds to the next generation. Learn the steps to break free and heal deeply.

  Liana West

  July 31, 2025

  Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Conflict, FAQs, OEI Therapy for Trauma, Relationship Trauma, Relationships, The Ex, Trauma, Workplace Trauma

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• Trauma’s Surprising Effect on Motivation

  

  If you struggle to finish simple tasks or feel unmotivated, it might not be a problem with discipline. Trauma—big T, or even small t—can overwhelm the brain and make even simple to-do tasks feel impossible. This article explains how trauma affects motivation and why it’s not a character flaw, but a nervous system issue.

  Liana West

  July 17, 2025

  Anxiety, Conflict, FAQs, Neuroscience, Pain, Trauma, Weight Issues

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• How Childhood Trauma Keeps Showing Up

  

  Betrayal and abandonment trauma often leave behind deep inner child wounds. These wounds aren’t just memories—they shape how you feel, react, and relate to others today. This article explains how early experiences of being hurt, left out or left behind create lasting emotional pain and patterns that can follow you into adulthood.

  Liana West

  July 8, 2025

  Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Conflict, Relationship Trauma, Relationships, Trauma

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• Why Betrayal Trauma Makes You Expect the Worst

  

  Betrayal trauma rewires your brain to expect danger, causing hypervigilance, distrust, and emotional turmoil. This trauma response keeps you on edge, scanning for threats even when safe. Healing requires rebuilding trust slowly, soothing your nervous system, and honoring your instincts. You’re not broken—your sensitivity is a survival skill guiding your recovery journey and growth.

  Liana West

  July 7, 2025

  Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Conflict, Pain, Relationship Trauma, Relationships, The Ex, Trauma, Weight Issues

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• Trauma’s Hidden Impact on Your Relationships

  

  Trauma doesn’t just affect your past—it often shows up in your relationships. Let’s explore how trauma can shape connection, trust, and communication patterns, and why many people repeat painful relationship cycles without realizing trauma is the cause.

  Liana West

  July 5, 2025

  Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Conflict, Law of Attraction, Pain, Relationship Trauma, Relationships, Superconscious Mind, The Ex, Trauma, Weight Issues, Workplace Trauma

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• How Breakups Can Affect the Brain—Especially After Childhood Trauma

  

  Romantic breakups can do more than break your heart—they can change your brain. Research shows that people with childhood trauma who go through painful breakups may have smaller hippocampus sizes, a part of the brain involved in memory and emotion. This article explores how trauma compounds over time and affects the brain.

  Liana West

  July 2, 2025

  Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Conflict, FAQs, Neuroscience, Pain, Relationship Trauma, Relationships, Superconscious Mind, The Ex, Trauma, Weight Issues

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• Why Trauma Makes Boundaries So Hard

  

  People who’ve experienced trauma often struggle with setting boundaries. It’s not about being weak—it’s about how trauma rewires the brain and body. This article explains why saying no, speaking up, or protecting your space can feel unsafe, confusing, or even impossible after trauma.

  Liana West

  July 1, 2025

  Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Conflict, Relationship Trauma, Trauma, Workplace Trauma

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