What's possible with a healed nervous system?
My journey has come full circle: I begin my dream job on July 1, and along with it starts the next phase of my healing.
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The Karapace Blog
Katie Whittier
Jun 133 min read
The other side of healing
What happens when you arrive at the finish line of your trauma healing journey? Who are you once the trauma is gone? It's worth finding out.
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Katie Whittier
May 305 min read
Quiet the inner critic
Instead of befriending your inner critic, try fighting it.
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Katie Whittier
May 233 min read
When therapy isn’t enough
Therapy failed me, and that's why I turned to coaches for healing instead.
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Katie Whittier
Apr 253 min read
What’s the least you can do?
Compulsive overachieving is often a sign of an activated flight state – one of the 4-Fs of trauma (fight, flight, freeze, fawn). It shows...
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Katie Whittier
Apr 183 min read
How trauma becomes power
You’ve probably heard of the trauma responses fight and flight. You’ve likely even heard of the freeze response. Each of these responses...
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Katie Whittier
Apr 115 min read
When deep breathing doesn’t calm you
Breathing exercises can be triggering for a lot of people. But because the science behind the practice is so irrefutable, a lot of people...
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Katie Whittier
Mar 284 min read
How neuro training changed my life
I’ve been training my nervous system on a daily basis for just over seven months now, and it has radically changed my life for the...
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Katie Whittier
Mar 144 min read
The compounding effect of trauma
Why does trauma erode your resilience? Over time, trauma makes your brain more sensitive to threat, and as a result, stressors begin to...
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Katie Whittier
Mar 75 min read
The paradox of dissociation
Sensory overload is a defining issue in autism, ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence, like high sensitivity. Sometimes, it shows up in...
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Katie Whittier
Feb 143 min read
When healing intensifies
Using somatic practices to heal emotional wounds is extremely effective. But the journey can be too intense at times. There are times...
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Katie Whittier
Feb 13 min read
Trauma robs you of your story
It’s February again. That means I’m closing in on four years since my major mental breakdown and the radical change that continues as I...
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Katie Whittier
Jan 183 min read
Neuroplasticity and Selfhood
People who have experienced social or familial trauma have a key commonality with people who are neurodivergent: We have to some extent...
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Katie Whittier
Sep 14, 20235 min read
We need to talk about workplace trauma
We need to talk about workplace trauma, especially in the context of neurodivergence.
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Katie Whittier
Aug 30, 20233 min read
Do you hear your brain?
Anytime you set yourself up for growth, you open the door to deeper learnings. And often, those learnings take you in wildly...
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