
ROADTOSELF BLOG

Are You Traumatized by Invalidation?
Have your emotions been chronically dismissed and have your experiences been minimized, leaving you questioning your own reality? Invalidation trauma is a profound yet often misunderstood form of emotional injury that may be impacting your life in ways you've never identified.

Understanding Your Emotional Truth: A Path to Healing from Trauma
The Surprising Truth About 'Overreacting' and How Your Emotions Hold a Truth and Path for Healing

Does Emotional Validation in Therapy feel unfamiliar? If so, you are not alone.
Have you ever felt a twinge of discomfort when your therapist validates your emotions? This seemingly counterintuitive reaction is more common than you might think, and understanding why it happens can be a crucial step in your therapeutic journey.

Worse Than Burnout: Moral Injury is Hurting Teachers
From Moral Distress to Moral Injury: The Ethical Evolution of Teacher Burnout. How moral conflicts escalate from daily stress to lasting trauma AND what you can do about it.

Teachers Are Affected and They Don't Know It - Moral Distress & The Ideal Worker Myth
Do you know the right action but feel constrained from taking it, leading to feelings of moral distress? Perhaps you are also being held to the standard of the "ideal worker" concept, an outdated model that promotes overwork and neglects self-care. Teachers are impacted by both factors and they don't realize it.

Dear Cycle Breaker - Unraveling the Complexities of Intergenerational Trauma & Healing
Are you carrying the cumulative wounds of intergenerational trauma? A generation of cycle breakers is taking on the work. Learn how different generations may be impacted.

The Myth of "The One" and Relationship Anxiety: Debunking the Fairy Tale
Managing relationship anxiety in the modern world of love and dating looks nothing like the fairytale love stories we grew up with.

The Benefits of Childhood Trauma Therapy for Adults
Explore the transformative benefits of childhood trauma therapy, guiding adults through healing, self-awareness, and resilience in their journey to overcome past traumas.

Letting go of People Pleasing: How Permission and Reassurance Seeking Holds Us Back
Discover how people pleasing, seeking permission and reassurance dependence hold us back from realizing our full potential and learn how to break free from these barriers to empowerment.

Nourishing More Than the Body: A Holistic Approach to Eating Disorders
Holistic Eating Disorder Recovery Psychotherapy Ottawa, Ontario Road to Self - Counselling & Integration Addressing two parts of recovery and healing: the physical and the emotional.

Breaking the Cycle: The Power of Seeking Support
Taking the First Step: Embracing Support in Therapy - Discover the transformative power of reaching out for help in therapy, a courageous move away from solitary struggle towards breaking cycles, healing and growth.