December 9th, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World It’s human instinct to avoid suffering and try to make life as comfortable and easy as possible. But...
Category - Trauma & Healing
Wake Up World’s articles to help you overcome trauma, identify patterns and heal emotional wounds.
The Ultimate Guide to Solar Plexus Chakra Healing For Complete Beginners
November 9th, 2021 By Aletheia Luna Guest writer for Wake Up World The solar plexus chakra is known as the “lustrous gem” energy center within our bodies because it...
Transformation Through Turmoil: When Post-Traumatic Growth is Sudden and Dramatic
October 29th, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World One of the most well-established concepts in modern-day psychology is post-traumatic growth (PTG)...
Sending a Signal of Safety
September 15th, 2021 By Kelly Brogan, M.D. Guest Writer for Wake Up World Ever look around and feel like we are all either shut-down and depressed, or wired and on edge? Or both? We humans are having...
How to Spiritually Prepare for the Loss of a Loved One
August 25th, 2021 By Kara Reynolds Guest Writer for Wake Up World Losing someone you love is never easy, no matter how it happens. While sudden deaths and losses can be overwhelming, you may find...
Giving Voice to Our Wounded and Conflicted Parts
June 14th, 2021 By Kelly Tallaksen Guest Writer for Wake Up World If you wonder why certain things happen to you or why you take certain actions that you didn’t think were intended, it may not...
A Nurse Reveals the Top 5 Regrets People Express on Their Deathbeds
By Bronnie Ware For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three...
Mess to Meaning: From Breakdown to Breakthrough
By Kelly Brogan, M.D. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The stumble from grace. You were feeling great! You decided to taper your antidepressant medication, did the Reset, reclaimed your body...
The Transformational Effects of Bereavement
March 22nd, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World One of the most famous stories in Buddhism is the parable of the mustard seeds. A young woman named Kisa Gotami...
When Post-Traumatic Growth is Voluntary: The Impulse that Attracts us to Challenge and Danger
March 5th, 2021 By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World After leaving university I had a temporary office job and worked with a man who was an amateur motorcycle...
The Limitations of the Symbolic Cord Cutting Technique
By Kelly Tallaksen Guest Writer for Wake Up World Cord Cutting is a ritual where one symbolically cuts the negative energetic cord or cords between them and another soul body with an imaginary sacred...
3 Ways To Heal Trauma
December 1st, 2020 By Nick Polizzi Guest Writer for Wake Up World If you look up the word “trauma” in the Dictionary, one of the first definitions you get is: a deeply...