Trauma and the Body: Learning to Notice What Is Happening Within Us

We tend to think of trauma as something that lives in the mind — in memories, in thoughts, in emotions. But trauma does not stay confined to the mind alone.…

How Unresolved Trauma Can Affect Daily Life

Trauma does not always stay in the past. For many people, it continues to shape daily life long after the original experience has ended, showing up not as a dramatic…

Trauma, Anxiety and Fear: What Is the Difference?

Fear, anxiety, and trauma are often spoken of as if they are the same thing; three words for one experience of feeling unsettled or afraid. In everyday conversation, this hardly…

Why not everyone who experiences Trauma Develops a Mental Health Disorder

If trauma and mental health are so closely connected, a natural question follows: why do some people who live through terrible experiences go on to develop lasting struggles, while others…

Understanding Trauma-Informed Care

The phrase “trauma-informed” has become common in schools, churches, and community organisations, but it is often used without a clear sense of what it actually means. It is not a…

Asking a different question

Two questions. Only a few words apart. Yet they lead to completely different conversations, and often to completely different outcomes for the person on the receiving end. The question we…

When Behaviour is a Symptom of Something Deeper

The Hidden Trauma Behind Difficult Behaviour Every classroom, workplace, church, and home has at least one person others describe as “difficult.” The child who explodes without warning. The employee who…

Trauma is not always one big event: Understanding the “Little t” Experiences

When we picture trauma, we often imagine something dramatic and unmistakable: an accident, an assault, a disaster. These experiences are real, and they matter deeply. But some of the most…

Trauma and Mental Health: Understanding the Connection

Mental health struggles are often treated as if they appear out of nowhere: a chemical imbalance, a personal weakness, a mystery to be managed rather than understood. But for a…

What is Trauma? Understanding the Hidden Wounds

Not every wound bleeds. Some of the deepest injuries a person carries are the ones no one else can see; carried quietly in the way someone flinches at raised voices,…