📝 Summary
In this episode, Gregory dives deep into how journaling can be a powerful tool for healing from complex PTSD. With a grounded blend of science, lived experience, and guided reflection, you'll explore how to create space for your inner voice, process painful memories, and regulate your nervous system. Whether journaling is brand new to you or something you've struggled to keep up, this episode is a soft invitation to meet yourself with compassion and curiosity.

✨ Key Takeaways
• Journaling can calm the nervous system and help integrate fragmented trauma memories.
• You don’t need to write perfectly—showing up honestly is what matters most.
• There are many ways to journal: freewriting, prompts, art, or even short check-ins.
• Creating safety around your journaling practice is key to making it sustainable.

🔍 What You’ll Discover
• Why journaling works neurologically for trauma survivors
• Common obstacles to journaling and how to move past them
• Practical journaling techniques that meet you where you are
• A guided 5-minute journaling session you can return to anytime

📚 Resources Mentioned
• Opening Up by Writing It Down by James Pennebaker and Joshua Smyth
• The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
• What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
• Apps like Daylio, Journey, and Reflectly
• Trauma-informed journal prompt guides (searchable online)

🔜 Next Episode Preview
Next week’s episode is called “Healing Through Social Connections and Support.” We’ll explore how relationships can be both challenging and healing, and how building safe, supportive connections is possible—even after trauma.


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