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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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How to recognize when you’re triggered
You don’t have to know what your triggers are, but rather, know how they feel in your body.

Katie Whittier
Jun 5, 20244 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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Healing social anxiety
Here’s an excerpt from my podcast interview with Robbie Leigh that aired last week: I went into this as a self-healer. I just wanted to...

Katie Whittier
May 16, 20244 min read
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What’s the least you can do?
Compulsive overachieving is often a sign of an activated flight state – one of the 4-Fs of trauma (fight, flight, freeze, fawn). It shows...

Katie Whittier
Apr 25, 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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The compounding effect of trauma
Why does trauma erode your resilience? Over time, trauma makes your brain more sensitive to threat, and as a result, stressors begin to...

Katie Whittier
Mar 14, 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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Trauma robs you of your story
It’s February again. That means I’m closing in on four years since my major mental breakdown and the radical change that continues as I...

Katie Whittier
Feb 1, 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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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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Do you hear your brain?
Anytime you set yourself up for growth, you open the door to deeper learnings. And often, those learnings take you in wildly...

Katie Whittier
Aug 30, 20233 min read
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