If you’re a regular reader of Soul & Suitcase, you know that I deeply believe in the importance of investing in emotional healing, especially through psychotherapy. With over a decade of navigating my healing journey, I strongly believe that nothing compares to the benefits of long-term psychotherapy. NOTHING! And the reason is simple: Many of…
Category: Inner Compass
The Mistake Number One Blocking Your Healing
After many posts discussing the practical tools that have helped me in my healing journey, I want to return to the essence of Inner Compass: the mindset shift. As you may already know, Inner Compass is not a substitute for therapy, but rather a powerful roadmap that thoughtfully combines the most effective tools for healing…
Empowering Your Healing Story
🌱A Path to Healing for Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma For those of us who survived childhood abuse or neglect, the past isn’t always “in the past.” It echoes in: You may find yourself:
What If You Jump?
“Yesterday, however, I lost my human assembly. If I had the courage, I would let myself be lost. But I am afraid of what is new, and I am afraid of living what I do not understand. I always want to have the guarantee of at least thinking that I understand, I do not know…
Recap #1: Understanding Your Emotional Landscape
Before we embark on the next steps, let’s take a moment to reflect on what we’ve covered together. 🛠️ INNER COMPASS FRAMEWORK ✍️ INTRODUCTION – SHIFTING YOUR MINDSET 🎯 In this section, you gained awareness that emotional trauma is a common reality for all of us. 💡 The only thing setting us apart is that…
The Inner Child’s Wounds and Fears
🧭 IT ALL BEGAN IN CHILDHOOD Understanding the wounds and fears of the inner child is one of the most powerful steps in healing emotional patterns that keep us stuck. These wounds often begin in early life experiences and become embedded in our subconscious, subtly influencing our adult choices, relationships, and self-worth. Below is a…
The Inner Child’s Core Needs
In the post “Do You Know Who You Really Are?”, I broke down the three instances that make us who we are: In another post, “Understanding The Inner Child — Light, Shadow, And Its Influence On Adult Life”, I detailed both the healthy and wounded aspects of our inner child, drawing on the remarkable insights…
Experience Emotional Healing: Download Your Free Healing Journal
We are taking an even deeper dive into Module 1 – Healing Your Inner Child, and I want to make this journey feel more personal for you. If you’ve been following our posts about the inner child, especially the Healing Journals I share every Wednesday, it’s likely that your inner child is wounded and ready…
From Chaos to Calm: My Journey Handling Anxiety
There was a time when I was allergic to strong emotions, both positive and negative. Anything more intense would unsettle me right away. My thoughts would race, My mouth would feel dry, and I would live trapped in a constant state of alert as if danger lurked just around the corner. On my worst days,…
