A story about a red couch…and hot dogs You’re going to think I have a ‘thing’ for furniture. I probably do.  December, 1993.  Enter Dave. He is 42, divorced with three young children, a tan-colored Tercel, and a love of sailin…

Working through family stuff, in addition to writing my series. Because my four-book series is digging up family stuff.
Funny how that goes. #estrangement #mentalhealth #familytrauma
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What happens when a gentle soul falls into the wrong tribe. This is a journey through profound impact, inviting silent witness to a story that demands to be heard.

#DaughterWound #TheDaughterWoundProject #suicideloss #grief #familytrauma #cptsd #generationaltrauma

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Some losses never get acknowledged.
For estranged parents and grandparents, even photographs can feel like the last proof a life together once existed.

#DaughterWound #FamilyEstrangement #HiddenGrief #FamilyTrauma #EmotionalTru

The cycle of blame can feel like an inescapable trap, perpetuating the daughter wound and delaying the path to healing. Understanding how unaddressed patterns keep us stuck is the first step toward finding freedom and peace.

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#familytrauma #cptsd #generationaltrauma

Healing is learning you’re allowed to say:
“Not in my house. Not anymore.”

#JusticeForTwila #NoMoreSilence #FamilyTrauma #Boundaries #Dreams

Most of this work happens in silence.
No applause. No comments. Just quiet watching.

Then one email shows up —
and you realize it mattered more than you knew.

Silence doesn’t mean impact isn’t happening.

#DaughterWound #SuicideAwareness #FamilyTrauma #Estrangement #TraumaRecovery #MentalHealth

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Montgomery County officials condemned a brutal ICE raid in Lower Providence, where over 20 unmarked vehicles, some with Uber stickers, and masked agents stormed a home, injuring Guadalupe López and alarming children present. Witness Dr. Jeanine Darby described heartbreaking scenes of families in […]

My favorite part of an abusive relationship is being manipulated into staying and then gaslit into treating my abuser with appreciation. #millennials #genz #trauma #cptsd #familytrauma

Healing From The Parent Or Person Who Never Protected You | Ostenako Struggling more with the one who stayed silent than the one who hurt you? This breakdown explores healing from enablers, not just abusers, and why that wound cuts so deep.

Sometimes the person who did the most damage was not the one who hurt you.
It was the one who watched, minimized, or stayed “neutral.”
You are allowed to heal from enablers too.
#familytrauma #bystandertrauma
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A Door Away, A World Apart There was a time we lived with our children in the same home, but in the blink of an eye, they were swept out of our lives.

Sometimes the closest people in our lives become unreachable—not by distance, but by devastation.

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#ParentalAlienation #WorldsApart #FamilyTrauma

Breaking Generational Shame: A Family’s Hidden Tragedy A personal essay about confronting family violence, alcoholism, and the courage it takes to face generational trauma and break cycles of…

Sharing my latest #personalessay on #healing from #familytrauma medium.com/@kacy_55513/...

Love is not meant to be a dumping ground for contempt.
Boundaries are not cruelty — they are self-respect.
You can love someone deeply and still refuse to be diminished.

#DaughterWound #BoundariesAreHealthy #FamilyTrauma #EmotionalAbuseAwareness #NoMoreSilence #HealingGenerationalTrauma

The moment the comments disappeared, so did our voice.
👇 WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HERE 👇
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#DaughterWound #Oprah #Estrangement #GrandParentsRights #FamilyTrauma

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The silence on estrangement isn't just hurtful—it is lethal. Mothers are dying of broken hearts while we wait for acknowledgement. This is the literal death of the family unit.

#Oprah #Estrangement #FamilyTrauma #SilentEpidemic #Grief

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This is rare. This is what accountability actually looks like. No excuses. No deflection. Just the raw, honest truth. This is how we begin to heal the Daughter Wound.

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#DaughterWound #EstrangedMothers #GrandParents #FamilyTrauma

The silence during the holidays is deafening.

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#daughterwound #estrangement #familytrauma #grief

This time of year can remind us of those who are missing, so wanted to share this as you never know when someone may need to read it...

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#grief #loss #FamilyTrauma #bankholiday #coachingpsychologist

History is a graveyard of women who were told to stay silent. We are judged from the moment we become mothers, and when the estrangement happens, the silence is deafening. This is for the mothers who feel erased.

#daughterwound #estrangement #familytrauma
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The Silence They Never Asked For When Love Is Replaced

When love is replaced with lies, children inherit a silence they were never meant to carry.

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#ParentalAlienation #ChildrenHurt #FamilyTrauma

Gone Without a Sound Sitting here quietly sipping on my morning coffee, my mind wanders to times past as I gaze out my dining room window.

Sometimes the loudest heartbreak is the one that slips away in silence.

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#ParentalAlienation #SilentPain #FamilyTrauma

What About Them? We talk a lot about what we, the parents, go through during the course of alienation from our children.

While we fight to survive this pain, our children are fighting battles no one sees.

https://davidshubert.substack.com/p/what-about-them 

#ParentalAlienation #ChildrenMatter #FamilyTrauma

Three childhood trauma patterns that show up at work. #cptsd #healing #familytrauma #worktrauma

ICE agents allegedly used an attack dog on Wilmer Toledo-Martinez… a peaceful man with no criminal record… in front of his wife and U.S.-citizen children. This isn’t just policy… it’s trauma. #StopICE... TikTok video by BWWM biracial LGBTQ+ Dad/ally

ICE agents allegedly used an attack dog on Wilmer Toledo-Martinez — a peaceful man with no criminal record — in front of his wife and U.S.-citizen children. This isn’t just policy — it’s trauma.

#StopICEAbuse #HumanFirst #FamilyTrauma #JusticeForWilmer #EmpathyMatters

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#poetry
Familiar #FamilyTrauma

-Boundaries-
Of Comfort

There’s an ache you carry when someone you love decides your absence is easier than your presence.
And the holidays make that silence louder.
If you’re grieving someone who’s still alive — you are not alone.

#DaughterWound #familytrauma #estrangement #nocontact #cptsd #healingjourney #holidaygrief

I am financially dependent on my parents (with no help from state or federal governments, as I cannot work and they won't help me because I haven't worked enough quarters in my life)...complete fucking shit toxic situation.

#CPTSD #familytrauma #parents #parentaltrauma #codependency #fear

An Analysis of A Stillness Beneath the Tinsel Leo endures Christmas Eve in a haze of depressive alienation, craving non-feeling over forced cheer. His family's desperate act of "new memories" only amplifies his fear of facing the unspoken trauma. Can he find peace or will the facade shatter? #Depression #FamilyTrauma

Leo endures Christmas Eve in a haze of depressive alienation, craving non-feeling over forced cheer. His family's desperate act of "new memories" only amplifies his fear of facing the unspoken trauma. Can he find peace or will the facade shatter? #Depression #FamilyTrauma

Some of us aren’t confused — we’re exhausted from carrying the kind of understanding that breaks a soul before it ever brings peace.

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#estrangement #familytrauma #generationaltrauma #healingjourney #emotionaltruth

Can Family Trauma Affect Parenting 💜 Can Family Trauma Affect Parenting? Join Hosts Judy Forder and Janice Leonard on BHN: Peaceful Empowerment Works as they explore how unresolved family trauma impacts parenting styles, emotional connection, and family dynamics. Streamed on NEWStreamingNetwork.com. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560180602637 Website: https://www.peacefulempowermentworks.org/ Email: PeacefulEmpowermentWorks@Gmail.com https://www.newstreamingnetwork.com/ 

📣 New Podcast! "Can Family Trauma Affect Parenting" on @Spreaker #bhn #emotionalwellness #familytrauma #generationalhealing #goingbold #goingsolo #goingsolonetwork #healingjourney #newstreamingnetwork #parenting #parentingsupport #peacefulempowermentworks #traumarecovery