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It Wasn’t What I Expected: Grieving the Birth You Didn’t Have
Whether your birth was traumatic, unexpectedly medicalised, or simply not what you’d hoped for, the grief can be quiet and heavy. It may not be visible to others. But it’s real.
Karen Law
47 minutes ago3 min read


Hidden in Plain Sight: When Trauma Masks Inattentive ADD in Women
For many women, especially those who’ve experienced trauma, these patterns are often chalked up to “being scatterbrained,” “anxious,” or “just overwhelmed.” But what if there’s more going on beneath the surface?
Karen Law
Jul 75 min read


From Caesarean to Confident: Supporting Yourself in Planning a VBAC
A caesarean birth can save lives, and still leave you feeling shaken, disempowered, or unsure about what comes next. Whether your caesarean was planned or an emergency, gentle or traumatic, straightforward or complicated, it may have left a lasting emotional imprint on your body and your confidence.
Karen Law
Jun 303 min read


When Birth Hurts: How Traumatic Birth Affects Parents Long After the Baby Arrives
IWe often hear that “a healthy baby is all that matters.” But for many parents, birth can leave deep emotional and physical wounds that don’t fade once they’re holding their baby in their arms.
Karen Law
Jun 233 min read


Healing Isn’t Linear: What to Expect When You Start Feeling Safe Again
In trauma recovery, we work with the nervous system in layers. Each time we create more capacity for safety, another layer of held experience may surface. This is natural, and often necessary. You might feel frustrated by this process: I thought I’d already dealt with this. But the truth is, you’re meeting it now with more support, more regulation, and more choice than you had before.
Karen Law
Jun 163 min read


Flashbacks, Nightmares, and a Constant State of Alert: Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Response After Birth Trauma
Trauma isn’t always about what happened medically during the birth, It’s about how you felt during the experience. Many women describe feeling ignored, frightened, powerless, or unheard. Sometimes birth trauma is linked to emergency situations or intense physical pain, but sometimes it’s the quieter absence of emotional support that leaves the deepest mark.
Karen Law
Jun 93 min read


Safe Enough to Soften: What Trauma-Informed Massage Offers That Others Don’t
In trauma-informed massage, we’re not trying to “fix” the body. We’re meeting it where it is. With gentleness. With choice. With respect for everything it’s been holding.
Karen Law
Jun 23 min read


Why It’s Not ‘All in Your Head’: The Body’s Role in Trauma Healing
Trauma isn't only about what happened. It’s about how your body responded in the moment and what it had to do to survive
Karen Law
May 263 min read


Healing Is a Journey: The Importance of Ongoing Support and Self-Care
Sustainable self-care isn’t about bubble baths or occasional treats (although those can be lovely too). It’s about weaving practices into your everyday life that help you feel more present, more resourced, and more like yourself.
Karen Law
May 193 min read


Why Wait to Heal? A Different Way Through Birth Trauma
Birth trauma isn’t stored in the logical, thinking part of the brain. It’s held in the nervous system. The body remembers what happened, often long after your mind wants to move on.
Karen Law
May 123 min read


Healing the Inheritance: Understanding and Releasing Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational trauma refers to the way unresolved trauma can be passed from one generation to the next. This can happen through behaviour, emotional patterns, nervous system imprinting, or the stories we do or don’t tell.
Karen Law
May 52 min read


The Sound of Healing: How Music and Touch Calm the Nervous System
Have you ever noticed how music can touch you in a way that words never could?
The human body is wired for vibration. Deep within us, the vagus nerve, a key part of our nervous system, listens and responds to these subtle signals, helping to regulate our sense of safety, connection, and wellbeing.
Karen Law
Apr 284 min read


Touch and Connection: How the Body Remembers What the Mind Forgets
For people who’ve experienced trauma, especially in early life, the body may have learned to expect threat or rejection even in safe situations. This can show up in chronic tension, a lack of ease in being touched, or even an absence of sensation in certain parts of the body.
Karen Law
Apr 213 min read


The Nervous System and Relationships: Healing Attachment Wounds
As humans, we are biologically wired to seek connection, closeness, and safety with others. But for many of us, early experiences of trauma (especially in childhood) can leave imprints that make relationships feel confusing, overwhelming, or unsafe.
Karen Law
Apr 142 min read


Why “Feeling Safe” Is the First Step to Healing Trauma
When we talk about safety in the context of trauma healing, we’re not just talking about physical safety, although that’s crucial.
Karen Law
Apr 73 min read


Mothering Yourself: Reconnecting with Your Inner Child for Deep Healing
When our early experiences didn’t give us the safety, love, or attunement we needed, we often carry those wounds into adulthood.
Karen Law
Mar 314 min read


From Survival to Thriving: Breaking Free from Childhood Trauma Responses
Many of the ways we respond to life as adults are shaped by what we experienced as children. If we grew up in environments that felt...
Karen Law
Mar 243 min read


Soothing Beginnings: Helping Your Baby Feel Safe After a Difficult Birth
The most powerful way to help a baby recover from birth trauma is through gentle, attuned, and responsive care.
Karen Law
Mar 173 min read


Birth Trauma and the Body: Finding Safety After a Difficult Start
When birth is traumatic, it can create deep-rooted patterns that influence how we respond to stress, connect with others, and feel at home
Karen Law
Mar 104 min read


What Is Birth Trauma? Understanding Its Impact on Mind and Body
For many, birth is expected to be a beautiful and transformative experience. But when things don’t go as planned—when birth feels...
Karen Law
Feb 243 min read
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