by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Apr 12, 2025
Trauma Bonds: Why You Stay, and How to Heal Trauma bonds are strong emotional attachments formed through repeated cycles of connection and pain, often rooted in early attachment wounds. These relationships can feel intense, magnetic, and deeply confusing—especially...
by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Mar 25, 2025
What Is Generational Trauma? How Inherited Trauma Affects Your Mind, Body, and Relationships—And What You Can Do to Heal You don’t have to remember the trauma to be living inside its echo. Maybe you’ve always felt a vague sense of unease, or the need to be...
by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Feb 6, 2025
From Loneliness to Solitude: Healing the Fear of Being Alone Does being alone feel deeply unsettling—almost like a primal fear? If solitude triggers anxiety instead of peace, you’re not alone. For many, loneliness isn’t just an uncomfortable state; it’s tied to deeper...
by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Feb 6, 2025
How to Stop Feeling Lonely and Build Real Connections Have you ever felt like no matter where you are, you don’t fully belong, or like you’re caught between two worlds? Do you struggle with the paradox of wanting connection but feeling safest alone? Have you wondered...
by Jenny Bilksie-Smith | Jun 8, 2024
What do physical injuries and complex psychological trauma have in common? I had a chronic injury to my right hip. I can’t remember when it first happened, but I do recall it hurting for weeks or even months. Often, my left knee would also hurt, sometimes even...
