Emotional wounds from past experiences might seem confined to your mental landscape, but medical research increasingly confirms what many health practitioners have long suspected: the burden of ...

Past trauma casts long shadows over present relationships, creating invisible barriers to intimacy and connection that both partners often struggle to understand. When traumatic experiences remain ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers insight into how past stress impacts a person's response to new stress. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Gourley recalls equating her father’s anger with God’s wrath, during many years when she couldn’t feel the love of either one. It’s worth considering how many conflicted believers are dealing with the ...

It took decades, but Rachael Kelly broke the insidious cycle of abuse she’d been stuck in since childhood. At the time, she was leading human resources at a restaurant group in 2020. “I’m new in this ...

The word "trauma" derives from the classical Greek meaning "wound" and refers to a deeply distressing or disturbing experience such as childhood abuse, neglect, abandonment, domestic violence, the ...

Happiness is something many of us desire, yet it often feels elusive. We often chase it through external accomplishments, relationships, or material possessions, but the true key to happiness lies not ...