Caring Matters
Almost all, childhood trauma survivors have a poor/ unhealthy self-concept. We believe we aren’t good enough or worthy of receiving the good things in life. My interest in self-concept was ignited when I chanced upon [Read More]
Toxic parents should elicit moral disgust. It’s disgusting when those who bring a child into this world, abuse, neglect, and maltreat their helpless dependent little ones. However, as the noted author Pia Melody has pointed [Read More]
King Charles’ cancer diagnosis did come as a shocker for many. Despite our medical advances, cancer is often fatal in the long run. Thus, the news of someone having cancer brings on a sense of [Read More]
How can a mother kill her own child? This is the outraged reaction to an Indian mother, Suchana Seth allegedly killing her 4-year-old son. According to reports, Suchana strangled her son and then put him [Read More]
I feel I am inching toward the state of self-actualization. Gone are the days when I woke up being sucked by rumination of the past. Instead, my thoughts are focused on the desire to become [Read More]
Expectations can keep us stuck. Hoping for some outcome, despite clear indications – that’s not what will happen can lead to frustration and resentment. I have been trying to free myself from my misplaced expectations [Read More]
There is no doubt that we live in a muscle culture. We are obsessed with muscle and spend a great deal of our lives building and developing muscle. In fact, from gyms to supplement companies, [Read More]
Relentless regret is often felt by survivors of childhood trauma. Particularly after we have managed to distance ourselves from the source of our pain, we get into get stuck in rumination loops of – if [Read More]
Memory reconsolidation is an important aspect of trauma healing. Remembering, accepting, making sense, and shifting those painful memories where they belong – in the past. You don’t forget traumatic memories, however, it moves into long-term [Read More]
Schemas are mental maps we unconsciously form as we grow up. Right from birth onwards, our brain creates schemas or ‘cognitive frameworks’ to categorize and organize semantic memory. They help us quickly navigate similar future [Read More]