by Nicolay Kreidler | Jan 14, 2023 | Creativity, Healing, IFS, Medicine, Mental Health, Spirituality, Trust
Why We Need Our Trauma Stories Validated (When Abusers So Often Minimize, Deny & Gaslight) In spite of every pretzeling attempt his child self made to be obedient to abusive fundamentalist parents growing up, my partner Jeff’s family shunned him, making up a...
by Nicolay Kreidler | Jan 10, 2023 | Creativity, Mental Health, Muse, Trust, Work Life Purpose
I used to hate being asked “What do you do?” I learned that if I told people I was an OB/GYN, the next half hour would result in people telling me about how their vagina got ripped all the way open during childbirth or asking me for free medical advice....
by Nicolay Kreidler | Jan 4, 2023 | Mental Health, Muse, Trust
I had known my current partner as a dear friend for two and a half years before he felt safe enough to tell me the real story under his polished, accomplished, “I’ve got it all going on” image. He drip-fed me the story of his trauma history via text...
by Lissa Rankin | Mar 23, 2022 | Creativity, Healing, Mental Health, Relationships, Spirituality, Trust
Synchrodestiny got hold of me recently. I had just gotten off the phone with Esalen Institute, planning my first post-pandemic 5 day Sacred Medicine workshop at Esalen in May and a month-long Burnout Recovery For Health Care Workers & Therapists in the fall,...
by Lissa Rankin | May 23, 2013 | Creativity, Work Life Purpose
My writer’s journey began in 2007, when I left my stable, lucrative career as a physician to pursue my dream of being a professional writer. My behavior seemed pretty reckless to those who loved me. I gave up a six figure income and my house in San Diego with a...
