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Why Radical Honesty Can Feel So Threatening
Radical honesty challenges the very stories you’ve used to stay safe. If you admit you’ve been avoiding responsibility, you’re faced with...
Written by Serena Renee
3 min read


Are You Attached to Being the Wounded One?
For those who have experienced trauma, healing requires them to release who they became to survive it. At some point, a quiet...
Written by Serena Renee
4 min read


Attachment Isn’t Destiny. It’s a Pattern You Can Lead Yourself Out Of
Most people believe their attachment style is a fixed trait, something hardwired into who they are. But attachment isn’t your identity,...
Written by Serena Renee
4 min read


The Cost of Being the Strong One: How Trauma Shapes Hyper-Independence
In trauma healing spaces, we often center the ones who show their pain: the overwhelmed, the visibly struggling, the emotionally raw....
Written by Serena Renee
4 min read


Your Boundaries Aren’t Too Much. Your Leadership Is Just New.
Boundaries are often misunderstood. When you begin asserting your needs, it’s not uncommon to be labeled “too much,” “selfish,” or...
Written by Serena Renee
4 min read


Not All Emotions Are Invitations to Act
Emotions are powerful messengers, but they’re not always instructions. In a culture that glorifies “following your heart” or reacting in...
Written by Serena Renee
4 min read


When You Miss the Child You Were Never Allowed to Be
The other day, my client said something that stopped me in my tracks, something I’ve heard echoed in different words by so many others...
Written by Serena Renee
3 min read


What Is Gaslighting? How to Recognize It and Reclaim Your Reality
Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling foggy, unsure, or ashamed of emotions that felt valid just moments before? Maybe...
Written by Serena Renee
4 min read


You Can’t Heal in the Same Environment That Keeps You Small
There comes a point in every healing journey where insight is no longer enough. You may have done the work, read the books, unpacked your...
Written by Serena Renee
3 min read


Honoring Your Story Without Becoming It
Healing asks us to hold a powerful paradox: To tell the truth about what hurt us without letting that pain define who we are becoming....
Written by Serena Renee
3 min read


The Seduction of the Old Story: Why We Cling to What Hurts Us
There’s a strange comfort in what we know, even when what we know has caused us pain. Even when the story we’re living is rooted in...
Written by Serena Renee
3 min read
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