Trauma
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Addiction is NOT a Disease
Looking closely at myself, my patients, our families, I found the common thread: narratives of abandonment and unspeakable childhood abuse buried beyond active recollection. Continue reading
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The Voice That Never Rests
There are voices within us that never seem to rest. For many of us who carry complex trauma, the inner critic is one of them — a constant hum beneath every thought, every effort, every pause. It declares:You should’ve known better.You’re too much, too little.Not good enough.You’ll never get it right.Who do you think you… Continue reading
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Hand on Heart Sunday
Abiding, Authenticity and Boundaries, Logic and Wisdom, Post-Traumatic Growth, Self Compassion, Self Compassion, Stoic Wisdom in Practice,, Shame and Healing Understanding Shame Responses Tools for Building Shame Resilience Therapist Reflections on Shame Work 5. Therapist’s Compass Supervision Resources Therapist Self-Care and Burnout P, Western Wisdom -
What If Wounds Don’t Heal?
. . . when you’ve lived long enough—and loved deep enough—you know that wounds don’t truly close. They deepen. They echo. They ask for more than time. Continue reading
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Waltzing with Your Breath:
My body remembers the music my mind has not forgotten: Tempo, grace notes, rhythm, the dancing of my soul in perfect harmony with joy. A waltz. Three-Quarter Time. Flowing and Precise. When our world frays at the edges, and the walls close in, all it takes is a breath, three steps, and a turn to… Continue reading
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The Summit Moved
By Louise Sutherland-Hoyt My first ascent of Mount Whitney was in 2011. It was a bucket item, and a shared accomplishment with my daughter and dear old high school chum. I remember the three of us, standing at the summit, lungs burning, hearts light, and beholding the marker: 14,498 feet above mean sea level. As… Continue reading
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The Futility of Understanding, the Salve of Abiding
If I say that I understand you, know that it is through the lenses of my worldview, experience, and traumas. It’s the same for you. We don’t see things as they are, but as WE are. In time, I came to see that understanding is highly overrated, a sort of false empathy for both therapist… Continue reading
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Creating a Healer’s Creed for Today
A Compass in Fractured Times In every age of collapse, something ancient stirs beneath the rubble.A rhythm. A vow.The quiet tempo of the healer’s heart. While the world rushes to react, the healer moves differently—not faster, but deeper.Not louder, but truer. But to walk this path—especially now—we need more than techniques.We need a creed. A… Continue reading
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If Harm Is the Obstacle—The Obstacle is the Way
Reframing Trauma Through the Lens of Stoic Wisdom Once, during a dark and murky painful era in my years, I felt crushed, defeated, alone, and wounded, I sought humility, for I knew that in finding it, and daring myself to enter its gateways,… Continue reading
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Be OK With Good Enough
Musings of the Good Enough Peace By Louise Sutherland-Hoyt August 10, 2024 In this world teeming with judgment, I welcome Good Enough. Releasing the burdens of opinion or anticipation. Waking up from Good Enough sleep, Into Good Enough morning. Good Enough joy carries my day. Extending this notion from myself unto my others,… Continue reading