By Nanice Ellis Contributing writer for Wake Up World No doubt, humanity has experienced a vicious cycle of victimhood throughout recorded history, and although many of us have been victims...
Category - Trauma & Healing
Wake Up World’s articles to help you overcome trauma, identify patterns and heal emotional wounds.
Beyond Yoga – Stretching Into the Deep Heart
February 15th, 2018 By Jack Adam Weber Contributing writer for Wake Up World At one time I believed that yoga practice and meditation were all I needed to become enlightened, realized...
The Gut Wrenching Grief of Leaving a Soulmate
By Open Contributing writer for Wake Up World The classic mainstream idea of soulmates seems to be that you meet on a cloud and sail off happily into some distant sunset, there to...
The Day I Died – The Dark Night of The Soul
January 25th, 2018 By Hilde Larsen Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Please God, take me. End this suffering. I am done. No more of this. No more of anything. I am done.”...
How to Avoid Empathy Burnout When You are Surrounded by Other People’s Pain
By Josh Richardson Guest writer for Wake Up World It seems there could never be enough empathy and compassion in our world, but we are starting to discover that our capacity for empathy...
5 Steps to Getting Through Those “Dark Days”
By Dawn Walton Guest writer for Wake Up World We all have dark days. On a dark day, we tend to believe that our current state is going to be the way we are forever, and that belief can make...
Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms) Resets the Brain Circuits Associated with Depression
By Michael Forrester Guest writer for Wake Up World According to recent research, taking psilocybin, a psychedelic compound which occurs naturally in “magic mushrooms,” can...
The #1 Reason Emotional Trauma Doesn’t Heal – and How to Overcome It!
By Nanice Ellis Contributing writer for Wake Up World Have you ever wondered why it’s so difficult to heal emotional trauma? Well, believe it or not, unhealed emotional trauma is...
Spiritual Insight into Processing the Grief of Loss
November 29th, 2017 By Open Contributing writer for Wake Up World Ever find yourself in grief at loss? For example losing a loved one, a valued career or cherished location. It is, without...
Effective Natural and Alternative Treatments for Depression
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Nearly 7 percent of U.S adults suffered from a depressive episode in the past year[1] while, worldwide, 350 million people...
Overcoming Fear… by Embracing Nothingness
By Richard West Guest writer for Wake Up World “We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.” — Rumi Dying — whether a final death or an everyday...
Grief-Work: Healing the Shadows of Trauma and Pain
By Jack Adam Weber Contributing writer for Wake Up World When you live with, or are raised by, people who are mean, unreasonable, abusive, and who can’t attune to your needs you...