by Andrea Trank | Jun 4, 2023
Hurricane Ian Changed the Landscape and Many People Including Us! When our world was upended by Hurricane Ian, it signaled an ending and a beginning for us. The hurricane was the impetus we needed to make the decision to journey back home to Virginia. We are not...
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 | Jun 19, 2022
A New Understanding of Trauma! With all the talk and focus on trauma these days and its direct connection to autoimmune diseases (see ACES study), I have asked myself the question “could an event or events that happened in my childhood be factors in my adult...
by Andrea Trank | Mar 14, 2021
Staying in Your Heart is Not Always Easy! How do you stay in your heart when you are bumping up against those parts of yourself that are so difficult? I am much more aware of these sticky heart situations recently for two reasons: one, I am more focused on...
