trauma recovery

  • From Trauma Memory to Witness: Preserving History Through Story and Survival

    This Lotus Daily Reflection explores trauma memory, survivorship, and witness—honoring Operation Babylift adoptee stories and the power of truth-telling to preserve history and heal community.

  • Keeping Your Word: Trauma Healing, Trust, and The Energy of Integrity | My Life in Mud

    Trauma survivors experience broken promises differently. When someone doesn’t keep their word, it can reopen old wounds of abandonment, mistrust, and invisibility. This reflection explores why integrity is foundational to healing, how to prepare for disappointment without collapsing into old patterns, and how The Four Agreements offer a guiding path back to self-trust and emotional…

  • From Heeling to Healing: Self-Reflection

    Eleven years ago, I sat in heels, smiling for the world. Today, I sit in truth. This is a reflection on confidence, survival, and the quiet beginning of becoming.

  • Abandonment Recovery

    Abandonment is not only what happened to us in the past. It is what our body remembers in the present. It is the leftover imprint of being emotionally, physically, or spiritually left behind.