Trauma Archives - Inner Stillness Outer Chaos

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Unfolding: Embracing Vulnerability and Letting Go of Fear

We fight to “keep it together” because we’re so terrified of falling apart. What will other people think? What will this mean for us? But…

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Universal Soldier – Challenging Divisions and Finding Shared Humanity

We are constantly being bombarded with questions that divide us, especially with social media and traditional media. But when it comes to things like human…

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Somebody Like You: A Musical Journey to Love and Happiness

It’s New Year’s Eve and I’m standing on a small stage in a pub holding a bass guitar singing backup on a Keith Urban song…

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Take Me To Church – Escaping Religious Hypocrisy and Finding Love’s True Calling

I am sitting at the piano in my church, it’s the middle of the service and there are some people being brought up to the…

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Anchors – How to stop holding yourself back

I am sitting on his couch, emotionally exhausted, when I hear myself say the words ‘I can’t be your cheerleader anymore.’

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Little Miss – A chronicle of personal growth through letters to myself.

I always listen to the song for the episode as I’m writing it just to really allow myself to go back to the emotional place…

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The Sun Comes Up – finding hope I didn’t even realize I had lost

I’m sitting in a doctor’s office trying to breathe slowly enough to hold back the panic attack that is brewing under the surface. Doctor’s haven’t…

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The War – Please keep fighting, I want to meet you someday

Trigger warning: suicidal thoughts, thoughts of secondary suicide, self-harm, drug use, and the opioid crisis

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Just Breathe – How to rescue yourself

In 2021 I chose to change my first name to Avery as a way to make peace and grieve the loss of who I used…

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You’re Going to Be Okay – stop telling me I’m resilient

My partner and I were getting ready to leave the Boston Pizza restaurant we just had dinner in before joining a group of people to…