Details on deep breathing to help calm urges. My urges tend to kick in around 6pm each day, so on days I am off work at this time I will try deep breathing. I mention a few other techniques as well.

Article about how to view things, including alcohol, for what they really are. The goal is to help you kick bad habits.

Points about the complexity of maintaining boundaries regarding the people who contributed to your own trauma.

Quick podcast about following your instincts. I also share my favorite meatball recipe, Happy Thanksgiving

Some points that I've never connected before related to why I think we run from confrontation and why we find ourselves behaving in desperate ways. This desperate behavior can sometimes lead us right back to the person who traumatized us.

Describe why the word Complex is the perfect word for the type of trauma we have. Particularly when it's trauma from family or caregivers it becomes very complex.

Key trigger that inspired me. Seeing the scars on the soldier in the infirmary. I mention where to find the episode of the show where I saw this.

Wasn't expecting to see something that inspired me to copyright my play. I just watched an episode of a show and saw the scars on a soldier in the infirmary and it triggered something in me in relation to domestic abuse and seeing my own world differently.

Talk about a class I took today that inspired me and how it reminded me of tenacity and overcoming sadness.

Wanted to share that recipe with you that my client gave me. Also want to share something I've decided to put behind me.