Social Worker Vicarious Trauma: Protecting Yourself While Helping Others
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Social workers absorb clients' trauma and are at high risk for vicarious traumatization. Learn the difference between vicario
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Dr. Sofia Reyes
Expanding Your Window of Tolerance: Building Nervous System Capacity
Dr. Aria Chen
The window of tolerance is the zone where you can function and feel. Trauma narrows it—but targeted practice can widen it ove
Neurodivergent and Parenting When Your Child Triggers Your Own Unresolved Stuff
Dr. Lena Torres
Parenting a neurodivergent child when you are neurodivergent yourself can surface decades of your own unprocessed pain. Here
Dorsal Vagal Shutdown: When the Nervous System Collapses
Dr. Aria Chen
Dorsal vagal shutdown is the deepest dive the nervous system can take—a collapse into numbness and disconnection. Understandi
One Bad Childhood Doesn't Doom You: The Science of Resilience
Dr. Priya Varma
The belief that childhood trauma automatically leads to adult dysfunction is contradicted by decades of resilience research.
The Window of Tolerance: Why Distress Tolerance Starts Here
Dr. Aria Chen
The window of tolerance is the optimal zone where you can process emotions without overwhelm. Learn how to widen this window
Why You Flinch When Someone Raises Their Voice
Casey Rivera
Flinching when someone raises their voice is your nervous system remembering something your conscious mind may have filed awa
Moral Injury in Healthcare Workers: When Doing Your Job Feels Wrong
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Moral injury occurs when healthcare workers are forced to act against their values. Discover how it differs from burnout and
Psychedelic Therapy Research: Psilocybin, MDMA, and Mental Health
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Psychedelic therapy is reshaping psychiatry with promising trials for depression, PTSD, and addiction. Get a clear look at wh
Your Body Keeps the Score: What Somatic Stress Actually Feels Like
Dr. Aria Chen
Somatic stress shows up as headaches, jaw tension, stomach problems, and chronic pain. The research on how emotional distress
Game Characters That Taught Us About Mental Health
Jake 'Zero' Chen
Some of the most beloved game characters model mental health struggles with nuance and authenticity. Here is how games are te
Emotional Recovery Topics: How AI Companions Navigate Sensitive Ground
Casey Rivera
AI companions are designed to handle emotional recovery topics with care. Here's how the best systems approach grief, loss, a
Trauma-Sensitive Body Scan: Adapting Mindfulness for Trauma Survivors
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Standard body scans can re-traumatise survivors by directing attention inward without adequate safety. Learn how trauma-sensi
Art Therapy for Adults: Why Creating Heals More Than Talking
Casey Rivera
Art therapy gives adults a non-verbal route to process emotions that words cannot reach. Discover the evidence behind creativ
Somatic Experiencing: Healing Trauma Stored in the Body
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Somatic experiencing targets trauma held in the body rather than the mind. Learn how Peter Levine's method works and what the
When You're Scared to Try Again: Dating After Trauma
Dr. Julian Okafor
Trauma makes the idea of new relationships terrifying. AI helps you explore fear at your own pace without any pressure to per
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: How Practice Becomes Healing
Casey Rivera
Trauma-sensitive yoga adapts the practice for survivors—emphasizing choice, presence, and safety over performance. What makes
Birth Trauma: When Childbirth Leaves Psychological Wounds
Casey Rivera
Birth trauma is more common than most people realize—and widely undertreated. What birth-related PTSD looks like, who is at r
Emotional Numbness: Why You Feel Nothing and What It Means
Dr. Priya Varma
Emotional numbness is not the absence of emotion — it is often the result of emotional overload, trauma, or affective bluntin
Brainspotting Therapy: Finding Trauma in Your Visual Field
Casey Rivera
Brainspotting uses your visual field to locate and process deep trauma. Explore how this eye-position-based therapy works and
Pendulation in Trauma Therapy: Moving Between Distress and Safety
Casey Rivera
Pendulation guides trauma survivors to rhythmically move between activation and calm, building nervous system resilience. Lea
Equine Therapy: What the Evidence Says About Horses and Healing
Dr. Priya Varma
Equine therapy pairs humans with horses to foster emotional growth and trauma recovery. Review the current evidence on equine
What Trauma Actually Does to the Brain
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Trauma physically changes how the brain processes threat, memory, and connection. The neuroscience of what happens and why he
Gabor Mate Taught Me Why My Body Holds Every Heartbreak
Kai Nakamura
Learn about & chat with Gabor Mate to uncover how trauma shapes your body’s story
Pelvic Floor and Psychology: The Connection You Didn't Know Was There
Casey Rivera
The pelvic floor holds tension, trauma, and stress in ways that are only recently being understood. The psychological dimensi
The Freeze Response: Trauma, Immobility, and the Path Through
Dr. Aria Chen
The freeze response is the least understood trauma response—and the one people are most ashamed of. What it is, why it happen
Tony Stark Built His Way Out of a Cave and Never Stopped Building Walls Around Himself
Mika Sato
Tony Stark built his way out of a cave and never stopped building walls around himself. A narrative on genius and the architecture of fear.
Frida Kahlo Turned Physical Trauma into Artistic Triumph
Dr. Maya Ellison
Learn about & chat with Frida Kahlo—how she turned physical trauma, failed marriage, and political defeat into groundbreaking art. Discover her unromantic approach to failure.
Finding Purpose After Tragedy: What the Research Says About Meaning-Making
Dr. Julian Okafor
Tragedy can shatter identity — but research shows it can also catalyze a deeper sense of purpose. Here's how meaning emerges
AI Companions for Veterans: When Coming Home Feels Harder Than Leaving
Dr. Sofia Reyes
AI companions for veterans fill a critical gap when VA waitlists are months long. Why coming home is often harder than leavin