Healing & Relationships Blogs; Trauma-Informed Insights
Gentle, trauma-informed insights on healing, boundaries and emotional safety.
These articles explore the impact of trauma, family violence, estrangement and relational wounds, offering clarity and support for people rebuilding trust in themselves and their relationships. If something here resonates, you’re welcome to reach out for a compassionate, grounding consultation.
Why People-Pleasing Is an Attachment Survival Strategy (Not a Bad Habit)
Many people-pleasing patterns begin long before we have language, in early relationships where being “good” felt essential to staying connected.
Why Adult Children of Alcoholics Struggle to Feel Safe, A Trauma-Informed Perspective
Safety feels dangerous. Calm feels suspicious. Your nervous system keeps bracing for impact, even in healthy relationships. For Adult Children of Alcoholics, growing up in chaos shapes the body in profound ways that can echo long into adulthood.
Mother Wounds: How Emotional Neglect Shapes Women
The mother-daughter relationship shapes our first sense of love and safety. When it’s marked by neglect, criticism, or absence, it can leave deep “mother wounds” that echo into adulthood as self-doubt and shame. This post explores how those wounds show up and offers compassionate ways to heal and reclaim your voice.
When Father's Day Hurts: Grief, Estrangement, and the Complexity of Missing Someone Who Harmed You
Father’s Day can stir grief, anger, or longing when a father was absent, unsafe, or lost. This piece offers gentle ways to navigate triggers and honour your healing.
Understanding Toxic Shame: Healing the Wounds of Childhood
Toxic shame often begins in childhood, shaping how you see yourself and what you believe you deserve. This piece explores how early experiences create lasting wounds and how healing becomes possible.
When Caring Becomes Self-Abandonment, Understanding Codependency
If you’re always the one holding everything together, this article explains why and how to stop disappearing in your relationships.
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- Boundaries
- attachment wounds
- Emotional Abuse
- nervous system
- Gaslighting
- Trauma Recovery
- Shame
- Nervous System Regulation
- trauma bonding
- trauma responses
- Coercive Control
- Self-worth
- Emotional regulation
- Trauma-Informed Therapy
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- Counselling Melbourne
- Childhood trauma
- Hypervigilance
- emotional safety
- trauma healing
- inner child
- relationship dynamics
- People-pleasing
- Rebuilding Trust
- anxious attachment
- Emotional Neglect
- avoidant attachment
- Emotional Manipulation
- codependency
- trauma recovery