September 18th, 2022 By Aletheia Luna Guest writer for Wake Up World Healing is a force of nature. It’s only natural for us to seek it out. Just as white blood cells flood to a wound...
Category - Trauma & Healing
Wake Up World’s articles to help you overcome trauma, identify patterns and heal emotional wounds.
The Science Behind Touch: Transforming Mental and Physical States
April 13th, 2024 By Lily Anderson Staff Writer for Wake Up World In an age where technology often replaces human connection, a groundbreaking study sheds light on something instinctively...
Why Am I So Emotional? The 4 Step Emotional Acceptance Process
August 25th, 2023 By Aletheia Luna Guest writer for Wake Up World Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either your sails or your rudder be...
Why Some People Hand Their Lives Over to Cults
June 14th, 2023 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World A couple of years ago, I wrote an article called “The Abdication Syndrome,” in which I tried to...
Religious Trauma: 23 Dark Signs and How to Heal
May 11th, 2023 By Aletheia Luna Guest writer for Wake Up World If there’s any topic that has impacted my life so deeply – and yet I’ve been putting off writing for...
Spiritual Daggers: The Power of Thoughts and Words
May 4th, 2023 By Nick Polizzi Guest Writer for Wake Up World Do you think it matters what you say and think about others, whether good or bad? Do you believe in the power of prayer or the power of...
The Ethical, Kind Way To Test If Someone Is Trustworthy
February 17th, 2023 By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World People with relational trauma often have trust issues, and they can be a beast to deal with if you’re someone new in their...
A Transformation of Purpose: From Selfishness to Altruism
February 14th, 2023 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World A sense of purpose means having a central, overarching goal (or goals) that provides a sense...
Why Memoir Writing Can Be Medicine and Some New Year’s Journal Prompts To Help You Reflect
January 6th, 2023 By Lissa Rankin, MD Guest writer for Wake Up World I had known my current partner as a dear friend for two and a half years before he felt safe enough to tell me the real...
Trauma-Initiated Vs Trauma-Informed: Owning and Sharing Our Hard-earned Wisdom and Presence
November 24th, 2022 By Jack Adam Weber Contributing writer for Wake Up World As anyone who has journeyed through their own recovery knows, you learn stuff down there in the dark, in the...
How to Use Binaural Beats to LET GO of Fear, Pain, and Overthinking
November 16th, 2022 By Aletheia Luna Guest writer for Wake Up World There are a stunningly vast array of benefits you can experience from listening to binaural beats – a...
10 Red Flags Signaling That Your Healer, Therapist, Spiritual Teacher, Psychedelic Guide, Or Coach May Be Untrustworthy
October 28th, 2022 By Lissa Rankin, MD Guest writer for Wake Up World We’d all like to believe that someone we entrust with helping us heal when we’re vulnerable can safely...