Parenting doesn’t happen in a vacuum, it happens in the body you’ve carried your whole life. If you grew up with trauma, your child’s needs can stir old survival responses you didn’t even know were still there. This isn’t proof you’re failing; it’s proof your nervous system is asking for healing.

Most of us spend our lives trying to manage our nervous systems by calming down, pushing through, staying “regulated.” But the body already knows what to do if we stop getting in the way. This post explores what happens when we let the nervous system complete its natural rhythm: how it protects, releases, and restores itself when given space to do its job.

Looking for trauma therapy in Houston can feel overwhelming. There are so many options, and not all are the right fit. In this post, we’ll cut through the noise and talk about what actually matters when choosing a trauma therapist in Montrose or the greater Houston area (and the red flags you’ll want to avoid along the way).

Most advice about sleep treats it like a simple habit. Go to bed at the same time, cut the caffeine, put away your phone. While those things can help, they leave out something crucial: sleep is one of the most vulnerable states we enter as humans.

Struggling to communicate with an emotionally immature parent? Learn why your conversations may go nowhere and how to set boundaries that protect your peace and support your healing.

If you’ve ever felt confused, disconnected, or even irritated by that phrase, you’re not alone. Many people—especially those who’ve experienced trauma, chronic stress, or simply grown up in a culture that values thinking over feeling—find the idea of “being in your body” abstract at best and overwhelming at worst.

Ever found yourself going completely blank during a heated conversation?

You’re in the middle of an argument and your mind fogs over, your chest tightens, or suddenly you completely lose track of what you wanted to say.  This isn’t just a matter of being “bad at communicating”, it’s a trauma response that deserves attention.

Trauma has a profound impact on the brain. It can leave individuals feeling stuck, emotionally overwhelmed, and disconnected from their sense of safety. However, a groundbreaking therapeutic approach known as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is changing the way we understand trauma recovery. EMDR doesn’t just help individuals process difficult memories—it actually works to rewire the brain.

When a natural disaster hits—like the recent flooding across parts of Texas—the damage isn’t just physical. Even if your home is safe or your family wasn’t directly impacted, kids may still absorb the emotional weight of what’s happening around them. They hear adult conversations. They pick up on fear. They see images on the news or TikTok that they don’t fully understand.

And yet, many parents feel unsure about what to say.
How much is too much? Should I protect them from the details? What if I don’t have the right words?

Many adults enter therapy having never had an emotionally attuned caregiver. Parents may have been physically present but emotionally unavailable, unpredictable, or wrapped up in their own survival. In these environments, you learn to stay quiet, stay helpful, or stay strong—but not how to stay connected to yourself.

You may have heard about somatic therapy from TikTok, your trauma-informed friend, or even your last therapist. But if you’re still not totally sure what it is—or whether it’s right for you—you’re not alone.

In conversations about trauma healing, the focus is often on resolution. Closure. A turning point that finally makes everything make sense.

That’s not how complex trauma works.

You may have come across EMDR therapy in a podcast, article, or a conversation with a friend. It’s one of those therapeutic approaches that sounds both intriguing and a little mysterious: Eye movements? Reprocessing trauma? Can that really help?

Let’s get real for a second. You know that feeling where you want to be the perfect client? The one who does all the right things, says all the right words, and—most importantly—looks like they have their life together? Yeah, I see you.

One of the most bewildering experiences of healing from relational trauma is this: missing the very people who caused us pain.

You might find yourself replaying memories. Longing for connection. Wondering if things were really as bad as you once believed. You may even feel shame for the grief you carry—as if you're betraying your healing process by missing someone who harmed you.

If you've ever taken an attachment quiz online and sighed at the results, you're not alone. Many of us have had the experience of reading about anxious or avoidant attachment and thinking, “Yikes. That’s me.” It can feel like getting handed a relationship report card you never knew you signed up for.

So, you know something happened. You feel it in your body. It shows up in the way you flinch at certain tones of voice, in the way your stomach knots up when someone is even slightly disappointed in you, in the random waves of anxiety that hit you out of nowhere. But when you try to pinpoint the memory? Nothing. It’s like your brain just peaced out and left you with all the symptoms but none of the details.

If you’ve ever felt ashamed of your anxiety, self-doubt, or the way you shut down in stressful situations, I want you to take a deep breath for a moment. The things you struggle with now—the patterns you wish you could change—likely started as survival instincts. At some point in your life, they helped you get through something hard. And that means they make sense.

For as long as you can remember, you’ve handled things on your own. You take care of yourself, your responsibilities, and maybe even the people around you. You don’t ask for help—not because you don’t need it, but because it doesn’t even feel like an option. Relying on others? That’s never really been part of the plan.

If you’ve heard about EMDR therapy, you probably know it’s different from traditional talk therapy. Maybe you’ve seen people on social media share their experiences, or a therapist recommended it to help with trauma, anxiety, or even self-doubt that won’t seem to go away.