by Andrea Trank | Dec 4, 2022
What Causes the Flare Ups for People with Chronic Health Issues? Getting a simple virus can leave you with symptoms for far longer than the average person who gets sick. It is a combination of factors—one, the virus finds your weak spots, and two, your immune system...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 31, 2022
5 Things to Say and 5 Things Not to Say to A Trauma Survivor! I am home again after a month of recuperating from Hurricane Ian. My recuperation was not necessarily physical, more emotional and mental. I wrote about that last week. During this time, I observed both...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 23, 2022
It Can Help With Healing! As I was walking on the beach Saturday morning unable to hear anything but the crashing sound of the waves and a few gulls, the following a-ha moment came to me. I AM STRONG. This was three weeks after Hurricane Ian had hit Fort Myers. I was...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 16, 2022
What does Resilience Mean to You? Resilience is often defined as our ability to bounce back from hardships in life. For most of us from the Fort Myers area, this is the type of resilience that is being tested in the petri dish of post-Hurricane Ian. It is human...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 10, 2022
Trauma is Not the Event But Your Reaction to the Event Whether you were caught in your house as 10 feet of rushing water was surrounding you, fearfully waiting in a closet as you listened to the howls of 150 mph winds believing you were not going to make it out...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 2, 2022
How Telling My Story of Hurricane Ian Helps Us All Heal! By now, most have seen the total devastation that swept through our beautiful community. In many ways, I am glad I did not see the footage of the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Ian before I had a chance to...
