Category: Self

Find resources for self-discovery, personal growth, and healing. Whether you’re learning about yourself, building self-worth, or working to heal from past trauma, this section gives helpful tools and tips to strengthen your inner self.

You Are Worthy of Love: Healing Anxious Attachment In Adults

Open the Door to Change Every morning, when you look in the mirror, you see yourself and know exactly who you are. You don’t have to rediscover yourself each day; you already know your likes, such as your love for books, reading SimplyMidori, or your preference for strawberry ice cream. This identity is like the […]

Childhood Attachment: How We Learn To Love 

Watching a baby being born is like seeing something unique happen. Every parent wants to hold, cuddle, and care for their new baby. This is where everyone’s journey of love and relationships starts. Babies really depend on their caregivers to stay alive. Hence, God designed babies with a desire to connect with others and a […]

Demystifying Therapy: Unveiling Its Purpose and Effectiveness

Welcome to our insightful blog, where we delve deep into the world of therapy. Here, we’ll guide you through what therapy truly entails, highlight the signs that indicate it’s time to seek help, and introduce you to the various types of psychological professionals. You’ll learn how therapy can effectively address a myriad of problems and […]

Mastering Self Intimacy: Learning To Love Yourself

How To Master Self Intimacy There is a whole lot of bad advice floating around out there about how to overcome our problems as humans. Almost everyone will tell you, “Never give up,” “Just keep moving forward,” or “It’s just life; deal with it.” This is akin to driving with the brakes on. Life is […]

What Happens When A Person Has PTSD In A Relationship?

PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, is a mental health condition that strongly impacts relationships. Coping with its symptoms can be challenging for both partners. If you truly care about someone with PTSD, leaving them is the least likely option. Inevitably PTSD harms the connection as the intimacy, kindness, and trust in the relationship tend to […]

9 Simple Tips To Stop Watching Porn

9 Simple Tips To Stop Watching Porn Compelling Reasons Why You Should Quit Watching Porn   Before we start, it’s essential to understand WHY you are trying to quit your pornography use. Yes, you probably have a good reason- but a few more compelling advantages to stop watching porn might motivate you to an even more […]

What Is Love Bombing? 9 Signs In A New Relationship

Am I unknowingly love bombing or being love bombed? Love bombing is a cunning tactic employed by individuals who bombard you with overwhelming displays of attention and affection early. While initially, it may appear positive in a romantic relationship, this insidious phenomenon can lead to gaslighting and abusive behavior. Experts in psychology warn that narcissists […]

Porn Addiction Research | Why Pornography Can Ruin Your Life

As the internet continues to expand, so does its seedy underbelly. Pornography, in particular, has become a ubiquitous presence online, leaving parents and educators scrambling to shield children from its explicit content. While the sheer amount of pornography online is a cause for concern, what’s even more alarming is how easily accessible it has become. No longer […]

10 Ideas to Make Your DIY Spa Day Super Relaxing| Simply Midori

Treat yourself to the relaxation and indulgence of a spa session without breaking your budget: create an at-home DIY spa night; filled with treatments from facials to foot masks. This guide will soothe you in body, mind, and soul. Get creative – all it takes is some time for self-care to help relax your stress […]

Rediscover Your Strength: Healing from Betrayal Trauma

Betrayal. A breach of trust. Fear. What you thought was true—counted on to be true—was not. It was just smoke and mirrors, outright deceit and lies. Sometimes, it was hard to tell because there was just enough truth to make everything seem right. Even a little truth with just the right spin can cover the […]

How To Trust People After Trauma

Once you have experienced trauma, be it abuse as a child or a trauma bond as an adult, you might be uncomfortable with intimacy and struggle with trust. Something inside of you says you will only end up getting hurt if you fully open up and get close to someone. This conflict of worries makes […]

Trauma Bonding: How To Break A Trauma Bond Relationship

Trauma bonds are addictive. They produce brain chemicals that are hard to overcome. When people get involved in relationships that are toxic, they become hooked on the good experiences their spouse can bring into their lives. Breaking that addiction is essentially overcoming the undeniably strong brain chemistry created by powerful emotional experiences. It’s almost impossible […]

Trauma Bonding Test For Relationships- Are You In One?

Trauma Bond In Relationships- Decide If You’re In One I would like to start off this blog with a trauma bond test. This will help you work out if you’re in a trauma bonded relationship, are experiencing emotional abuse, or are still trauma-bonded to an ex-spouse. How do you know if you have a trauma […]

12 Principles of Healing For Trauma and Codependency

12 Principles of Healing For Trauma and Codependency     Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. —William James Believing in our ability to get better is a crucial first step in healing, even when we don’t know how the brain or the body heals after trauma.  What we’re sure […]

How To Heal Childhood Trauma

Like you, I wear many hats. I’m both curious and impatient. I’m a wife, a mother, a daughter, a friend, a counselor, and more. I’m also someone shaped by trauma. Like many of you reading this, I’ve faced significant challenges. I recognize that my challenges are my own, but I’m not alone in facing them. […]

Zenith of Resilience: Unraveling Childhood PTSD with Triumph

“Time does not heal all wounds. One does not ‘just get over’ something—not even fifty years later. Instead, time conceals. And human beings convert traumatic emotional experiences in childhood into organic disease later in life.” Vincent J. Felitti, MD In the mid-1980s, Dr. Vincent J Felitti and Robert Anda, MD, conducted a study through the […]

Find Resilience with a Pioneering Childhood Trauma Test

“Traumatic events of the earliest years of infancy and childhood are not lost but, like a child’s footprints in wet cement, are often preserved lifelong. Time does not heal the wounds that occur in those earliest years; time conceals them. They are not lost; they are embodied .” VJ Felitti     As a survivor of […]