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The Gap Nobody Talks About

Here's a number that should terrify every business leader: 82% of employees feel secure in their current jobs. ...more

Change

November 04, 2025•1 min read

Your Roadmap Out of Workplace Erosion

Here's something most people don't know: you CAN recover from quiet cracking. Even if you're at breaking point. Even if you've been eroding for years. Even if you can't remember what it felt like to a... ...more

Resilience

October 28, 2025•1 min read

When Nobody Hears You Cracking

My grandpa used to say, "It takes a lot more licks to strike a nail in the dark." When you're quietly cracking at work, it feels like you're hammering in the dark. You're working hard, but nobody sees... ...more

Trauma

October 21, 2025•1 min read

Dominicker Hen Meetings

They were like a flock of old Dominicker hens cluttering up in the yard—going willy-nilly wild, pecking in the dirt until something spooks them. ...more

Resilience

October 16, 2025•1 min read

Why Can’t I do the Things I Need to Do?

Building Emotional Elasticity to Stop Life and Workplace Erosion. You can't think your way out of survival mode. And you can’t work your way out of it either. ...more

Resilience

October 09, 2025•1 min read

Wait 'til Daylight

Research shows that employees who haven't received training in the past year are 140% more likely to feel job insecure. Why? Because training signals investment. It says "we believe in your future her... ...more

Trauma

October 02, 2025•1 min read

Healing Doesn’t Mean Rehashing Everything

We get told to tell our stories every time we turn around. It’s therapists and counselors, social media, and your next door neighbor filming you in the yard, “me too” and others saying “Tell your stor... ...more

Trauma

September 24, 2025•3 min read

What Does Self-Regulation Really Look Like? It's Not What You Think

Here's what most people think self-regulation looks like: staying calm, speaking softly, never getting upset, always being "professional." That's not self-regulation. That's performance. ...more

Trauma

September 17, 2025•3 min read

Why Do I Keep Going Back to the Same Unhealthy Patterns?

Self-gaslighting is a form of self-protection. Except when it’s not. You need to repossess your life from the inner voices and expand your choices. ...more

Change

September 10, 2025•1 min read

Three Signs You’re Gaslighting Yourself--and what you can do instead

Sometimes the person who gaslights us most effectively isn't someone we live or work with. Sometimes it's us. ...more

Resilience

September 03, 2025•2 min read

Emotional Intelligence Isn’t Always Polite

If you are aware and recognize the patterns, you can choose from among all the responses you have. And sometimes that means choosing self-protective responses even when those responses make others unc... ...more

Resilience

August 27, 2025•2 min read

Therapy Didn’t Work for Me. Now What?

Most traditional therapy focuses on what's wrong with you, makes you relive painful experiences, and expects you to get "fixed" by talking about problems. If that didn't work, you're not broken. ...more

Trauma

August 20, 2025•2 min read

Why do I keep reacting this way?

when you practice positive experiences, install good memories, and strengthen feelings like peace, contentment, or protection, you give your brain more responses from which you can choose. ...more

Trauma

August 13, 2025•2 min read

Why Do I Feel Sad When I Start to Feel Better?

Listen, if you've ever started feeling maybe more hopeful, or just less on edge, somehow “better”—only to be hit with unexpected sadness, welcome to my club. ...more

Change

August 06, 2025•2 min read