Posted on July 3, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Grief is a huge part of life and yet a very painful one. We all experience it and for some people grief can be an even bigger part of their lives than for others. Grief can be about so many things, not just the…
Category: Adversity & support, grief, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, recovery, ResilienceTags: acceptance, endurance, grief, healing, mental health, Mental illness, recovery, stages of life
Posted on October 17, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Hello fellow bloggers & friends, I hope you had a good weekend and have started your week with hope in your heart. I have been unusually busy over the last week, as hubby has been on holiday from work. My mornings have been completely…
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, complex ptsd, courage, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, recovery, self care, Youtube videosTags: abuse survivors, coaching certificate, complex grieving, complex post traumatic stress, complex ptsd, complex trauma, courage, courageous, cptsd, emotional flashbacks, healing, how to manage emotional flashbacks, pete walker, qualification, recovery, survivor, trauma survivors, youtube channel, Youtube videos
Posted on September 13, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Intolerance to vulnerability is everywhere. Dysfunctional homes have this at their core.Children don’t feel safe to express emotions of sadness or pain..Children are taught that it is not ok to have sad or angry emotions..that they will be a burden if they dare to…
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, Compassion, complex ptsd, Depression, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, low self-esteem, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, UncategorizedTags: abuse, anxiety, childhood trauma, cptsd, dysfunctional relationships, Emotional abuse, healing, ignorance, intolerance, low self-esteem, mental health, Narcissistic abuse, ptsd, reduce the stigma of mental illness, retraumatisation, sexual abuse, vulnerability
Posted on September 10, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Healing from PTSD is tough! Healing from Complex PTSD is even tougher. In honour of World Suicide Prevention Awareness Day, I want to tell every single one of you survivors out there that you can look at your PTSD & CPTSD differently, just for…
Category: Adversity & support, Compassion, complex ptsd, Depression, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, self care, UncategorizedTags: Child abuse, childhood trauma, complex trauma, cptsd, Depression, Emotional abuse, healing, mental health, Mental illness, moving forward, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic father, narcissistic mother, persistence, progress, ptsd, self compassion, suicide prevention
Posted on September 4, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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I hope you are all enjoying your weekend to the best of your ability.To those of you struggling at the moment, I hope you are doing ok and reaching out for support. The blogging community is filled with wonderful, caring people and it is…
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, codependency, complex ptsd, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, self care, UncategorizedTags: can you heal cptsd?, complex post traumatic stress, complex ptsd, complex trauma, cptsd, healing, is ctpsd curable?, moving forward, narcissism in the family, ptsd, self care, trauma
Posted on August 29, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Happy Monday fellow bloggers. This is quite a late post, so I hope it reaches some of you. I have just done another video on YouTube, where I talk about the 3 main stages of recovery that someone goes through, in particular concerning the…
Category: complex ptsd, courage, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, People Pleaser Syndrome, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, Child abuse, childhood trauma, cptsd, Depression, dysfunctional relationships, Emotional abuse, healing, low self-esteem, mental health, Mental illness, narcissism in the family, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic father, narcissistic mother, recovery, recovery from abuse, self care, self compassion, sexual abuse
Posted on August 17, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Love Athina ♥ © All blog posts and images are owned by me and Courage Coaching. Please don’t use without consent and only re-blog if you would like to use the information on here.
Category: Boundaries, courage, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, People Pleaser Syndrome, self care, UncategorizedTags: Boundaries, boundary setting and guilt, Child abuse, childhood trauma, complex trauma, cptsd, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, Emotional abuse, healing, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, self care, self-care comes first, set boundaries, set boundaries with toxic people, toxic people, trauma
Posted on August 15, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Happy Monday dear friends! I have reached 100 followers on this page and I am very grateful for those of you who have supported this new venture. My other blog mychildwithin , documents a lot more about my healing journey and has already been…
Category: TRAUMA THERAPIES, UncategorizedTags: Child abuse, childhood trauma, complex trauma, cptsd, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, emdr, Emotional abuse, healing, low self-esteem, making trauma less intense, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, neutral emotions, neutralizing, ptsd, self care, short term psychotherapy, trauma, trauma therapy, types of therapy
Posted on August 8, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Apologies for not having posted since Friday..My laptop has been very slow so I have found it extremely hard getting stuff done on it. In this post I would like to introduce Co-coaching to those of you who have never heard of it.. My…
Category: anxiety, Coaching tips, DepressionTags: active listening, anxiety, co-counseling, coaching, complex trauma, counseling, cptsd, Depression, feel heard, healing, low self-worth, mental health, mirroring, peer support, personal development, self care, self growth, stress, support, therapeutic relationship, therapy, unconditional positive regard, validating
Posted on August 4, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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If we were able to count how many times we avoided our own suffering, I think we would fail miserably.. We have all at some point avoided emotions that are uncomfortable, by distracting ourselves, by numbing ourselves and by completely ignoring what is really…
Category: Coaching tips, Depression, Life tips, mental health, Mental illness, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, UncategorizedTags: acceptance, anxiety, change, childhood trauma, Depression, dissociation, fear, feel your emotions, growth, healing, improvement, mental health, moving forward, pain, progress, self growth, self-awareness, suffering
