Wisemind Wellness

08/01/2026

Staying present with boys’ emotions as they grow is an important part of parenting them.

07/19/2026

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07/19/2026

Anger is a justified response to abuse and feeling anger is a healthy part of the healing journey for trauma survivors.

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07/14/2026

Life After Impact is a program that supports adults who have experienced brain injuries, including concussions, and gender-based violence.

05/19/2026

The ACE Study followed over seventeen thousand people and found something the medical world could no longer ignore. Childhood trauma is not just a mental health issue. It is a public health crisis hiding in plain sight inside every doctor’s office, emergency room, classroom, and prison in the country.

The study measured ten categories of adverse childhood experiences including abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction. What researchers found was staggering. The more adverse experiences a child had, the higher their risk for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, depression, addiction, su***de, and early death. Not slightly higher. Dramatically higher.

Two thirds of participants reported at least one adverse childhood experience. One in five reported three or more. These are not rare edge cases. This is the quiet background of millions of ordinary lives.

And yet childhood trauma remains one of the least funded, least discussed, and least addressed areas in mainstream healthcare. People are treated for the symptoms while the root cause goes unnamed, unacknowledged, and unhealed.

Every statistic in that study is a person. Possibly someone you know. Possibly you.

The first step toward changing a crisis is naming it. This community exists because naming it matters. 💙

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05/13/2026

This is very true. Healing is about recognizing your pattern of survival response and learning how to support yourself to live your best life. It’s lifelong. Often developing a community of others on that same path can give strength when the going gets tough.

04/19/2026

We can support you in your healing path from childhood trauma.

04/15/2026

Dissociation can be easily overlooked in children and is one of the ways we survive traumatic experiences when escape or fight aren’t possible. Our bodies release endogenous opioids which numb and distance us from pain and fear. With kids who have experienced trauma, this lack of focus can interfere with learning.

When your client glances away mid-session, is it distraction—or something more?

According to Harvard-trained psychiatrist and trauma expert Frank Anderson, dissociation is one of the most underrecognized phenomena in clinical work—not because it's rare, but because most of us are trained to be on the lookout for the dramatic version and missing everything else. The subtle glance away. The client who's always in their head. The shutdown that gets labeled depression.

These are all points on a spectrum we're only beginning to understand.

In this conversation with the Networker's editor in chief Livia Kent, Anderson demystifies dissociation, challenges some of the field's assumptions about IFS and parts work, and offers a bottom-up, body-first approach to helping clients come back to the present. He also makes a compelling case that "dissociation" itself might need a new name—one that honors the survival intelligence behind it rather than pathologizing it.

🔗 Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/4sEgMVY

03/09/2026

A Recovery (Relapse Prevention) Self-soothe Toolbox is a personalised, physical/digital collection of items designed to manage intense emotions, reduce anxiety, and promote calm by engaging the five senses.

It serves as a distress tolerance skill to help ground us in the present moment and help us through urges, cravings and impulses.

Key items may include sensory objects (fidgets, putty), calming scents (lavender), comforting tastes (herbal tea), soothing sounds (playlists), and comforting visuals (photos).

How to Use the Toolbox
Purpose: Use when feeling low, anxious, or in distress to prevent a crisis from worsening.

Method: Engage with items one by one while practicing mindfulness to focus on the present moment.

Types: Create a physical box at home, a mini travel kit for on-the-go, or a digital folder of comforting images and songs.

Preparation: Assemble items that personally bring you comfort to ensure they are accessible during high-stress situations.

While likely not sufficient in itself to prevent relapse - it can be used in conjunction with other relapse prevention skills and techniques.

Those who action this suggestion all report back positively saying that it has been helpful/ invaluable.

03/04/2026

This is a great resource page for parents of traumatized children!

When a young person is in fight mode, it can look like attitude, anger, or defiance.

But what we’re often seeing is a nervous system that feels under threat — trying to protect, not provoke.

In the secondary years, this can show up as sharp words, shutdowns, or pushing adults away. And in those moments, it’s easy to assume they’re choosing to behave this way.

But fight mode isn’t a choice.

It’s a response.

And underneath it, there’s usually overwhelm, fear, shame, or a sense of losing control.

When we understand what’s driving the behaviour, we can respond in a way that helps a young person feel safe enough to come back down.

Because connection — not confrontation — is what calms the protective brain.

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