How do people respond to trauma?
We tend to think of trauma as some big event that causes PTSD, including symptoms like nightmares and flashbacks. While these things are true, trauma and symptoms of trauma can be subtle or show up where they aren’t expected. A traumatic event is anything that happens in which a person is negatively impacted to the […]
How to deal with difficult people
We have all had the pleasure of working with or encountering someone who just rubbed us the wrong way or frustrated us in new and unique ways. Unfortunately, difficult people are impossible to avoid, but we can all learn how to better deal with these people when our paths cross. How to handle ourselves when […]
Empowerment
What is empowerment? Where can I find it? According to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, empower is defined as “to give official authority or legal power to”, “to enable” and “to promote the self-actualization or influence of’. For this post, we are going to focus on the last definition, specifically in regards to self-empowerment or personal empowerment. […]