From Surviving to Thriving During the Holiday Season
63% of people find holidays more stressful than tax season. If you're white-knuckling through December, you're not broken—the season is legitimately hard. Here's how to shift from surviving to thriving, with practical tools for managing triggers and protecting your peace.
Understanding Childhood Trauma's Impact on the Brain: A Journey Through Neural Changes
Discover how childhood trauma physically changes the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and hippocampus—and why neuroplasticity means your brain can heal. Includes free worksheet for identifying trauma responses and building new neural pathways.
Daily Self-Forgiveness Practices
Self-forgiveness isn't a destination—it's a daily practice you return to, again and again. Some days it feels easier. Other days, the old shame comes roaring back. Here are simple, practical tools you can use today to begin forgiving yourself, even for the things that feel unforgivable.
Self-Forgiveness: Moving from Shame to Healing
What about the weight we carry from everything that came before? This is the space between "I'm sober" and "I'm worthy of this life I'm building." Learn why self-forgiveness isn't about excusing what you did—it's about freeing yourself to become who you're capable of being.
Why Safe Spaces Matter in Early Recovery
Everyone tells you to avoid triggers, but they don't tell you where to go instead. Safe spaces in recovery aren't just places your substance of choice isn't available—they're environments where you can be honest, make mistakes, and figure out who you're becoming. Here's how to identify the spaces that actually support your recovery and build the infrastructure you need to thrive.