Written by Kim Miller, Certified Trauma Recovery Coach Recently I watched the movie Ordinary Angels starring Hilary Swank, and like many people who saw it, I walked away thinking about what it really means to show up for someone else. Not in a dramatic, movie-script kind of way. But in the everyday ways that matter most. The story reminded me that heroes are often ordinary people who simply decide not to look away when someone is hurting. They step in. They listen. They help carry a burden...

Religious trauma lives in the body long after you’ve left the building. Here’s what actually helps — and why peer support works when other approaches make it worse. By Lori Williams Maybe you’ve felt it for a while — that something is wrong in the house. A heaviness in the rooms. Doors you’ve learned not to open. A feeling you can’t quite name, but your body has been trying to tell you for years. Maybe you’re still inside, pretending not to notice. Perhaps you’ve already fled and you’re...

By Charles Marroni, PCC, CTSS ICF-Accredited Trauma-Informed Coach | Certified Trauma Support Specialist | Certified Nervous System Regulation Practitioner, Institute of Applied Somatics | Wounded Warriors COPE Phase II | Trauma Certificate, Wilfrid Laurier University Trauma was a constant throughout my teenage years and well into my early thirties. For a long time, I believed my pain and hurt would be lifelong. Because up until around age 32, it had been. I spent years in therapy, attended...