Tammy Chouinard

05/16/2026

Alan Gordon's book The Way Out is excellent.

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05/16/2026

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This is a reminder to myself, maybe you need it too?

Life is best in the raw and the real and even though the mess can often look like chaos, it feels like love.

True chaos comes when you try to live a life that’s not aligning with your soul.

Disco-ball chaos is joy 🤩

Love you 💛

Donna

05/15/2026

What would you whisper in your 16 year old ear?

I recently had some old film developed that had pictures of me at 16-17. My darling husband now has this on his dresser.

Of course, my youth was the first thing to jump out at me, but there was something bigger I felt. Sadness. A deep sadness that this sweet gal didn't realize her worth for many decades after this photo was taken.

Truth is, I'm still realizing my worth.

In 2019 I began this painting titled 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘦 and it was during this process that I finally began to feel my worth. AT 50. Ugh. Two messages were coming through during that time loud and clear:

I am GOOD and WORTHY of good things just because I'm me AND I'm made for the Garden.

I lived an entire life riddled with constant guilt and shame. Unfortunately, many people experience this in religious culture. It's not the healthy guilt we should feel when we've done something we are ashamed of; instead, it's pervasive guilt that doesn't match the moment. Mine started to come to an end when my therapist asked me bluntly one session, "What's with all this guilt and shame?" I'd never even considered it. It had just become who I was.

Forty years have passed since this picture was taken. I've experienced so much life, but man do I wish I would have valued myself more as a young woman. I wish I would have paid more attention to how I felt and tended to myself with more care than judgement. I also wish that I would have never used alcohol to cope. Oh, what a mistake that always was and is still.

I wish I could wrap my arms around this young woman and whisper in her ear: YOU ARE GOOD.

🧐 What would you whisper in your 16 year old ear?

05/13/2026

Many people will never heal because of this and stay in cycles lived over and over and over.

Healing doesn't mean you must blame, only change what's not worked in a very long time.

Healing trauma does not require blame.
Not toward others.
Not toward yourself.

Sometimes healing simply begins with compassion, awareness, and finally feeling what was never safe to feel. 🌿

There is no greater honor for me as a human than to create safe spaces for others to heal. This life can wreak havoc on our bodies and minds, but the power we have to heal is great when we create sacred and holy healing spaces and moments for ourselves and one another. 🪷

05/13/2026

Healing trauma does not require blame.
Not toward others.
Not toward yourself.

Sometimes healing simply begins with compassion, awareness, and finally feeling what was never safe to feel. 🌿

There is no greater honor for me as a human than to create safe spaces for others to heal. This life can wreak havoc on our bodies and minds, but the power we have to heal is great when we create sacred and holy healing spaces and moments for ourselves and one another. 🪷

05/12/2026

"You are made for the Garden" was a phrase the Spirit of God kept speaking to me in my darkest hours. Actually, two phrases kept coming to me out of nowhere:

You are good.
You are made for the Garden.

I knew exactly what it meant and set forth on a journey to get myself home, to the Garden.

What's the "Garden" you wonder? It's the LIFE you were made for.

Abundant. Joyful. Connected and absolutely overflowing with LOVE. All yours. All mine. OURS. A Kingdom of people who remember our worth 💜

If you strayed from your Garden, there will be lots of signs.

Fatigue.
Anxiety.
Depression.
Chronic Pain.
Disassociation.

and more.

My work in the world is to support others in finding their way back to their own garden, where they feel safe and seen and joyful again. I use both gentle movement and creative practices to aide in this process. It's a slow journey (haste only creates more upset) and so a support person can be very helpful.

If I can be a support to you, I'd be honored.

www.tammychouinard.com

05/07/2026

ALL PAIN IS REAL.

I'm an artist and yoga teacher who works to support others in nervous system regulation. I offer both in-person and online sessions.

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05/06/2026

There is much to know and understand about complex post traumatic stress syndrome and this one got my attention. I have CPTSD have always struggled with not only memory, but the ability to organize, retain and recall info and, when under lots of stress, my ADHD symptoms are off the charts. Why is this important to know?

Because knowledge is power.

When we begin to understand what is happening in us and how we really feel in any moment and why, we can begin to heal and grow.

I support people in nervous system regulation through yoga and creative experiences. I'd love to be a help to you.

www.tammychouinard.com

05/01/2026

The Trauma Triangle.

The more we understand ourselves and our early childhood, the better equipped we become today, in each and every moment.

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