Emotional Abuse

The lasting impact of emotional abuse on the body, sexuality, and sense of self and what it can look like to move through it.

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From Childhood Trauma to Self-Love: In Her Own Words

After a lifetime of childhood trauma, vaginismus, and abuse by the professionals meant to help her, one woman found the safe healing she had been praying for. Read about her three-year journey from self-hatred and shutdown to discovering her sexuality, her beauty, and her own worth.

Healing Trauma with Inner Wisdom and Metaphor

Resolving trauma with inner wisdom and metaphor

When you have complex, painful experiences that seem impossible to escape, is there a way forward without re-experiencing the pain?
The answers might be in your own inner world of symbols and metaphor.