Cynthia Clara

“Trauma is so arresting that traumatized people will focus on it compulsively. Unfortunately, the situation that defeated them once will defeat them again and again. Body sensations can serve as a guide to reflect where we are experiencing trauma, and to lead us to our instinctual resources. These resources give us the power to protect ourselves from predators and other hostile forces. Each of us possesses these instinctual resources. Once we learn how to access them we can create our own shields to reflect and heal our traumas.”
― Peter A. Levine, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

“Trauma can be prevented more easily than it can be healed.”
― Peter A. Levine, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

“People don’t need nice; they need the truth. I find it ridiculous that a guy has this kind of hold on you. Have some self-respect. It’s insane to give full control of your emotions to someone who doesn’t give a damn about you”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Disgrace

“If we would heal, it is essential to begin the painfully incremental task of reversing the biology of belief we adopted very early in life. Whatatever external treatment is administered, the healing agent lies within.”
― Dr. Gabor Maté, When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress – The International Bestseller