Sharing your trauma narrative can be painful, yet healing if someone on the other side is truly hearing you without judgement. Not everyone you tell your story to is trained to provide the necessary safe space you need to begin the healing process. Seeking a therapist to assist you in … Read More
Sleep for Reduced Pain
Living daily with pain can significantly degrade one’s state of mind. One of the most effective management tools is quality sleep.
Mental Health & Chronic Pain: Helpful Tips for A Healthy Mind
There is significant mental health challenges for chronic pain sufferers and this struggle can lead to suicidal thoughts and even attempts.
Chronic Pain & Your Brain – Rediscovering hope through writing.
When experiencing chronic pain, the reasoning parts of the brain remain offline while in survival mode and can rob individuals of their perspective.
Working Through Pain
One of the most important things to remember is that you won’t be consumed by painful feelings, no matter how much they make you feel like you will.
How to be a Man: Messages on Masculinity – Part 7
There are many expectations our culture places on masculinity. If we continue to ignore or push aside these messages, they are not likely to change.
Living Whole-Heartedly Through Pain
Most of us have an immediate aversion to physical pain as well as emotional pain. We create all sorts of ways to avoid it. We turn to drugs or alcohol, we emotionally numb ourselves in order to not feel it. However, what if going through that pain leads to greater … Read More