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The other side of healing
What happens when you arrive at the finish line of your trauma healing journey? Who are you once the trauma is gone? It's worth finding out.

Katie Whittier
Jun 13, 20243 min read
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Quiet the inner critic
Instead of befriending your inner critic, try fighting it.

Katie Whittier
May 30, 20245 min read
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When therapy isn’t enough
Therapy failed me, and that's why I turned to coaches for healing instead.

Katie Whittier
May 23, 20243 min read
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Too jaded for healing work?
What if you really love your life – no need to change it – you just wish it didn’t feel so frantic to get through a day? You love being a...

Katie Whittier
Apr 4, 20244 min read
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Why you should mask less
If you’re neurodivergent, female, BIPOC or a combination thereof, it’s likely you expend a lot of energy keeping up a mask that assures...

Katie Whittier
Feb 29, 20244 min read
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What if you were in charge?
What would be different about how the world works if you had the power to design it from scratch? What would symbolize success in your...

Katie Whittier
Feb 22, 20242 min read
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Do you feel safe enough to trust yourself?
Life isn’t meant to be easy, but what if you could experience more ease even in the tough moments? What if you felt energized by...

Katie Whittier
Jan 25, 20243 min read
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Neuroplasticity and Selfhood
People who have experienced social or familial trauma have a key commonality with people who are neurodivergent: We have to some extent...

Katie Whittier
Jan 18, 20243 min read
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Do your goals reflect your potential?
Sometimes, you reach a point in life where you feel blocked or get stuck. It’s a “mired in muck” feeling, and it shows up as depression,...

Katie Whittier
Jan 11, 20243 min read
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Make 2024 the year you heal
What if this could be the year that you let go of the pain of past relationships, the burnout from past jobs or the trauma caused by a...

Katie Whittier
Dec 27, 20234 min read
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Destructive energy
This week’s post is different from my usual writings. It reaches inward to a difficult journey I was called to traverse many months ago....

Katie Whittier
Dec 21, 20232 min read
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Reclaim Your Holidays
I don’t know about you, but I only feel excited to put up a Christmas tree about every 24 months. I love Christmas trees, but putting...

Katie Whittier
Nov 2, 20233 min read
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No one tells you how to unmask
Everyone masks to some extent. We mask to fit in, to seem confident, to find love or to endure the workplace. We mask to try on new...

Katie Whittier
Oct 26, 20234 min read
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When "dreaming it" isn't enough
We’ve all heard the old saying, “If you can dream it, you can be it,” and I really wish I could tell you it’s true. Fundamentally, it is....

Katie Whittier
Oct 19, 20233 min read
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Sensory overload is a nervous system issue
Autistics and highly sensitive persons (HSPs) have one major thing in common: a tendency toward sensory overload. And it’s a very big...

Katie Whittier
Oct 12, 20234 min read
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Do the rules work for you?
The rules of life aren't built with you in mind. Live on your own terms by writing your own rules.

Katie Whittier
Oct 5, 20234 min read
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I am autistic
I set out early this year to reposition my business around Trust. (You’ve witnessed some of that metamorphosis already.) I assumed that...

Katie Whittier
Jun 14, 20235 min read
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Demonstrate Humanity
For this, the final post in our trust recipe series, I get to practice what I preach and demonstrate some raw humanity: This post should...

Katie Whittier
Jan 5, 20233 min read
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