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ashRISE: Fall Session Sign-up
The Need to Know
ashRISE is a six-week virtual, free workshop that provides:
- education on defense mechanisms and how to recognize them in action
- grounding tools
- somatic exercises
- breathwork
- visualization techniques with Parts work
- free 90 page companion book that allows you to revisit and practice on your own time.
- You can also view an article on WomensInsider about the program here.
ashRISE blends nervous-system education, grounding and somatic tools with creative reflection, helping participants recognize the “smoke signals” of survival and shape what they have carried into something visible, useful and entirely their own. Here is a FAQ that gives more specific details.
Information on next session and how to sign up here.
Of the hundreds of characters I’ve written, the one that’s been the most impactful is likely Ash. A friend to ten-year-old Anna as she goes through abuse, on a personal level, Ash represents so much for me. He represents hope. He also represents the ability to completely redefine experiences from something traumatic to something into something manageable.
When I was nineteen, I volunteered to be a hotline specialist for the local rape and sexual abuse center in Nashville. The training for this was very hard. One of the most meaningful, and personally helpful, topics was neuropsychology – specifically the role your amygdala and hypothalamus play in stress and flashbacks. I created a story in which my hijacked amygdala was my very own “bodyguard” and the ‘diminished’ hypothalamus, its assistant. I redefined what was harmful into something that allowed me to feel just a little less broken.
The goal of this workshop series is to help others redefine the “ashes” of their lives into something empowering and hopeful by offering concrete, practical and unique coping strategies to help de-escalate anxiety, training on the brain and defense mechanisms, personal narratives, and the completion of a creative project. We identify the “smoke signals” and then shape them into something useful, allowing them to become flames of transformation and renewal.
Participants will receive a 90 page PDF toolkit with additional opportunities for reflection, helpful charts for identifying smoke signals and resource options to help ease the discomfort. Fire destroys… and renews. The key is in the recognition that, within us, exists a phoenix who cannot be broken or destroyed but will rise from within the flames.
What is ashRISE?
There are years of my life I only remember in fragments. A glance. The smell of his breath. The way I learned to make myself small enough to survive it.
Abuse doesn’t just end when the leaving happens. It lingers — in the way I hold my shoulders, in how I scan a room for danger, in the breath I forget to take. No one knew that my smile was just a well-dressed panic attack. My calm was a costume stitched from fear.
The turning point came quietly — not a breakthrough, just a slow, stubborn decision to stop hiding. I started learning how the nervous system stores survival. Polyvagal theory gave me words for what I’d lived: how we fight, flee, freeze — and how safety isn’t a thought, it’s a felt thing. I made up stories about my amygdala being my bodyguard that helped me understand how hard my body and my brain were working just to keep me safe. Understanding the science helped, but it wasn’t enough. I needed heart. I needed creativity. What I really needed was permission to be me.
So, I started—and then kept— writing — not for publication, just to have somewhere honest to go. It was a space where it was okay to let the screams take up space, to not hide anymore.
That’s where ashRise was born.
In the midst of the darkest storm, in the middle of our greatest pain, we can
R: Remember
what was lost; remember what the trauma cost; grieve for that.
I: Imagine
what it might feel like to step forward into the unchartered territory of tomorrow — a blank canvas for you to define. Like stained glass, you are beautiful and able as you are today.
S: Shape
and mold your steps forward – not by losing or forgetting the past but by bringing it with you, knowing you are supported and encouraged.
E: Empower
yourself with practical tools and techniques designed to help you feel present and capable of moving forward and achieving your dreams and goals not because of or in spite of your trauma but with it.
ashRISE is a six-week workshop I built for people like me — people who’ve endured and adapted and now want to transform. It’s part neuroscience, part creative rebellion. We start each session with practical techniques designed to help us feel safe and truly present, then move to learning the science of defense mechanisms. From there, we make something: what I call a Personal Transformation Project — a work of art, writing, or creation that turns your survival story into something visible.
The first time I ran it, a woman told me, “This workshop is life-changing. The sessions feel like a sanctuary from the real world.” I cried at that because a sanctuary exactly what I had been trying to build — a place where survivors could be seen, heard and truly accepted without having to explain.
Every cohort teaches me something new. One man wrote music out of his anxiety patterns. Another woman stitched her divorce papers into a quilt. Each act, in its own strange beauty, said the same thing: I’m still here. People often mistake resilience for toughness. It’s not. It’s tenderness that’s lived through trauma. It’s knowing the fire nearly took you and lighting another match anyway.
I used to be afraid that healing meant diminishing the impact of the trauma. It doesn’t. Nothing replaces or makes up for the loss. Healing is simply recognizing that you are still as valuable as the you before the trauma was. That person you grieve for, the one you miss? Healing recognizes she’s still with you.
For me, ashRise is the aftermath of survival turned inside out — the alchemy of turning pain into art, shame into story, memory into motion.
I still have hard days. I still flinch sometimes. But when I see the faces in that final session — people holding up what they’ve made from their own ash — I know this much:
We can’t rewrite what happened, but we can re-author what it means. And that’s what rising looks like.
Limited to 10 for an intimate & personal connection.
Virtual.
Free.
NEXT COHORT :
September 18, 2026 – October 30 (join anytime, come to as many or as few as you like)virtual every Friday for 6 weeks: 9pm-10:30pm EST / 8-9:30pm CST
Sign up here
When signing up, you do not have to sign up for all 6 sessions.
#blogging #coaching #event #hope #inspiration #life #live #mentalHealth #Psychology #trauma #traumaInformed #virtual #women #workshop
Signing up for the first available session will give you the link through which you can access all 6 sessions -
Never argue with someone who is in need of therapy. They are not arguing with you. They are arguing with their trauma or past.
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc -
You don't have to wait until you're safe to start taking care of yourself.
If you're still in an abusive relationship, there are small, real things you can do to ease the stress and quietly build toward safety, one step at a time.
Your safety comes first, and you deserve support the whole way there.
#domesticviolence #stress #mentalhealth #womensrights #traumainformed -
Your trauma experience is important, even if....
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc -
"I made myself stronger, by dragging myself out of a dark place and dealing with consequences that weren't my fault."
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc -
There's nothing wrong with a traditional family. What is wrong is making one model of a family become the standard for all families, imposing it as a "tradition", AND co-opting that to mask authoritarianism, paternalism, and overall incompetence while manufacturing fear and enforcing obedience.
What fascists seem to conveniently miss is that not everyone respects elders just because they're fkn old. I respect someone just because, not because of their age, credentials, or position in manmade structures. Respect comes with the dignity that people are born with; respect isn't earned. So everyone has an equal opportunity to earn disrespect and have people spit on their graves. What fascists seem to conveniently miss is that not all parents are humane; therefore, not all adult children feel remorse for treating them the same way they themselves were treated growing up. Neither do all adult children want to continue that abusive cycle with their own children.
Thus, what fascists hate the most is that other people possess agency and are capable of thinking, unlike what is expected within the abusive family model that they conveniently dub a traditional family.
#fascism #abuse #politics #anarchism #family #traditionalfamily #authoritarianism #history #traumainformed #mentalhealth
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Your body remembers what your mind tries to forget. #trauma isn’t just mental, it lives in the nervous system as fight, flight, freeze, submit, or reaching for help. None of this means you’re broken. It means your body protected you. Healing is possible.
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Domestic violence doesn’t look one way, and it doesn’t happen to only one group of people. It crosses every gender, age, income level, and background. The myths surrounding it keep people silent and keep survivors from getting help.
If this is your reality, you are not alone, and support is available. Reach out to The Liefde Organization at https://www.liefdesaves.org.
#domesticviolence #traumainformed #youarenotalone #mentalhealth
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Some people cannot see past their own blindspots. My peace does not depend on their apology, but in knowing that I deserve more.
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #ymhc -
Moral injury isn’t the same as trauma, though the two often travel together. It’s the distress that follows when someone does, fails to prevent, or witnesses something that violates their own moral code. It can show up as guilt, shame, loss of trust, or a quiet sense that the world no longer makes sense the way it used to.
The good news is that repair is possible! It starts with understanding what happened, what it meant, and what kind of healing fits.
#mentalhealth #traumainformed -
Violence doesn't just leave marks on the body. It changes the brain itself, shaping how a person reacts, protects, and copes long after the danger has passed. The four responses below (fight, flight, freeze, and fawn) are the nervous system doing exactly what it was built to do: keep us alive. Understanding them is often the first step toward healing.
#domesticviolenceawareness #domesticviolencesurvior #domesticviolenceprevention #traumarecovery #traumainformed #mentalhealth #psychology -
Trauma isn’t always a single event. Sometimes it’s a car accident or a house fire, and sometimes it’s years of conditional love, silent treatment, walking on eggshells, or never feeling emotionally safe at home. Both leave marks. Both shape how we connect, trust, and cope as adults.
#mentalhealth #traumarecovery #traumainformed #trauma #domesticviolence -
📣 Announcing the judging panel for the 2026 Toxify Game Design Challenge!
🧐 This panel of experts in game design and/or trauma-informed practices will score & critique the games submitted by this year's Finalists. Winning games will share a $10,000 USD prize pool.
📆 The Finalists will submit their completed #toxify games by July 28th.
🌐 https://toxify.org/judges/index.html#judges
#gamedesign #gamedev #contest #indiegame #TraumaInformed #nonprofit #games #toxic #GameStudies #prevention #GameJournalism #VideoGames #education #manosphere #ToxicRelationships #noAI
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A relatively recent talk at Plum Village on trauma informed care and mindfulness: "Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness & Plum Village practice (40 Years Retreat #4)" from the Plum Village app.
#Dharma #TraumaSensitive #TraumaInformed #Trauma #Interbeing #Mindfulness #Meditation #PlumVillage #BuddhaGang #EngagedBuddhism #RecoveryDharma #SanghaInTheStreets
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Trauma travels through family lines until someone is ready to heal it. Your ancestors celebrate every time you do the work.
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #generationaltrauma #ymhc -
How trauma can affect relationships. https://ymhc.ngo/workbooks
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #ymhc #mentalhealth -
Never underestimate a cycle breaker.
By Nate Postlethwait
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #generationaltrauma #lifetrauma #intersectionalmentalhealth #traumaaware #ymhc -
Your brain can’t always tell the difference between a work deadline and a saber-tooth tiger.
That’s why you fight, flee, freeze, or fawn.
https://innermasteryhub.com/fight-flight-freeze-response-explained/
Which response do you default to?
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Post-traumatic stress disorder at school.
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #ymhc #studentmentalhealth #schoolmentalhealth #copingskills #emotionalhealth -
Who should attend Ally Is a Verb?
Helping professionals who want practical tools for supporting LGBTQIA+ communities.June 24 & June 25. Registration open.
#PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #Allyship #TraumaInformed #CulturalHumility #HelpingProfessionals #CommunityEducation #ResilientVoices365
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What is post-traumatic stress disorder? Understanding mental health.
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalwellness #ymhc -
Trauma-Empowered: "The people most impacted by any given social problem are the 'experts.'" ~Jessie Sutherland
#trauma #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumainformed #traumaaware #ymhc
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Some families are not dangerous.
They are traumatised.
Exhausted.
Hypervigilant.
Trying to survive while being assessed at the same time.There is a difference between distress and danger.
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Hello (again) Mastodon! 👋 I’m an international educator, psychology grad, and "pracademic" focused on #InternationalEducation.
Psychological and physical safety is a prerequisite for learning. Yet, #ChildProtection is complex and culturally nuanced. I apply academic research to the daily realities of #Safeguarding in schools.
Excited to connect with peers and build safer communities together.
#Introduction #Psychology #StudentWellbeing #TraumaInformed #Pracademic