By Lissa Rankin, MD Guest writer for Wake Up World Ten years ago, when I quit my job in the hospital, I had just been through a series of traumas and I was hurting so badly I didn’t know...
Category - Trauma & Healing
Wake Up World’s articles to help you overcome trauma, identify patterns and heal emotional wounds.
The Chemistry of Addiction and The Gateway to Freedom
By Melissa Joy Jonsson Guest writer for Wake Up World Addictions as Distractions “Whoa, you like to think that you’re immune to the stuff, oh yeah / It’s closer to the truth...
The Unmistakable Link Between Unhealed Trauma and Physical Illness
By Lissa Rankin, MD Guest writer for Wake Up World Most of us experience trauma at some level, not just war veterans who witness and experience horrific terror, but simply by growing up as vulnerable...
Healing the Womb: The Body’s Energetic Power Centre
By Diana Beaulieu Guest Writer for Wake Up World As we awaken individually and collectively, we have begun the task of consciously reconnecting to two vital energy centres that are allowing us to...
Why We Get Held Hostage by Our Emotions – and How Mindfulness Can Help
By Danielle Benvenuto Guest writer for Wake Up World Have you ever gone into a fit of rage and come out barely remembering what you said or how you got there in the first place? Has a state of...
Who Says Anger Isn’t Spiritual? Embracing Anger on the Spiritual Path
By Nanice Ellis Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is the outcome depends on your response...
Healing The Heart: Re-Claiming Thinking and Re-Visioning Emotion
March 24th, 2017 By Jack Adam Weber Contributing writer for Wake Up World Our minds can be divisive (problematic) when it comes to feeling our true feelings and emotional healing. We all know the...
How to Channel Your Sadness Into Beauty
By Richard West Guest writer for Wake Up World Sadness can be truly debilitating sometimes, leaving us feeling withdrawn, lifeless and flat. So how, when we’re feeling like this, do we...
You Live, You Learn – Finding Freedom Through Life’s Struggles
March 22nd, 2017 By Fiona Reilly Guest writer for Wake Up World Our souls are inherently free and joyful, our life purpose is to express our authentic beingness. As well as experiencing the joy...
Holding Space When Someone Is In Pain
By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World I first heard the term “generous listening” almost ten years ago, when I took a workshop for doctors with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD. She told...
SELF-HONESTY: Where All Healing Begins
By Jack Adam Weber Contributing writer for Wake Up World Self-honesty is the most important kind of honesty because true change and healing cannot happen without it. When we are emotionally triggered...
Pulling from the Source: An Amazonian Healing Story
By Matt Toussaint Guest writer for Wake Up World Symphonious sounds of the ceremony lull, retreating into the background as the jungle’s choir of frogs and insects dot the sonic landscape...