How EMDR Rewrites the Stories Your Brain Keeps Using Against You
Some people get sober after hitting rock bottom. Others just start asking different questions. Questions like: Why do I keep ending up here? Why do I feel okay… until I suddenly don’t? What if I’m not “an addict,” but I still don’t feel free? If that’s you—searching, unsure, quietly burned out by patterns that don’t […]
How EMDR Rewires the Brain After Trauma and Addiction Relapse
When your child relapses—especially after a stretch of real progress—it’s more than just discouraging. It’s disorienting. You may find yourself thinking: They were doing so well… what happened? Didn’t treatment work the first time? How are we here again? What you might not realize—and what many parents are never told—is this: relapse isn’t always about […]
Burnout Isn’t Just Stress — Why EMDR Reaches What Rest Can’t
You didn’t fall apart. You kept going. You held it together through the late nights, the care-taking, the performance reviews, the parenting, the pressure. You were the one people leaned on—until one day, even a good morning text felt like a task. And still, you showed up. But something inside you quietly shut down. If […]
The Relapse No One Talks About: Trauma, Shame, and Finding EMDR
There’s a kind of relapse no one prepares you for. It’s not the chaotic, crisis-style fall most people imagine. It’s the one that happens after the applause. After your 90-day chip. After people start introducing you in meetings as someone who “really turned it around.” This relapse is quieter. Slower. But no less painful. And […]