by Matt Burton | Jul 14, 2020 | Trauma Tools
There are so many people in your life who love you. Have you ever thought about the way they show it? How do you show someone you love them? The 5 love languages is a tool (created by Gary Chapman) that outlines 5 different ways people like to be shown love. This tool...
by Matt Burton | Jul 10, 2020 | Trauma Reminders
When we’re threatened or intimidated, it means that someone is trying to put us in harm’s way. This might have taken the form of bullying: someone threatened to hurt you, or intimidated you into fearing them. Threats and intimidation are a kind of violence. In fact,...
by Matt Burton | Jul 6, 2020 | Insights for Loved Ones
When someone has experienced a trauma, their reaction is sometimes, “I never thought this kind of thing would happen to me.” We generally don’t like to think about the horrors of trauma. It’s heartbreaking and damaging. So, even when we see others experiencing...
by Matt Burton | Jun 29, 2020 | Holding Court
You’ve probably heard a lot about the “5 stages of grief.” They’ve become so ingrained in our understanding of mourning, that you don’t often discuss grief without someone bringing them up. As psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross introduced them, the 5 stages are:...
by Matt Burton | Jun 29, 2020 | Trauma Tools
A place to start is understanding your attachment style You’ve probably heard about different ways to know your personality better. There’s the Myers-Briggs test, the Enneagram, and so on. Maybe you haven’t heard of attachment styles, though. Knowing and...
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