Trauma Recovery, Addiction Recovery, Mental Health Recovery
Weston Zink
Rebuilding After Trauma and Addiction: A ...

Rebuilding after trauma and addiction isn't about forgetting where you've been. It's about choosing what comes next. The pain, the losses, the chaos—they’re part of your story. But they aren’t the final chapter. You get to write the rest.

Men's Issues
Weston Zink
Redefining Strength: A New Vision for Men's ...

June is Men’s Mental Health Month, a powerful reminder that strength isn’t about bottling up emotions or white-knuckling your way through pain. The old script—the one where “real men” stay silent, stoic, and emotionally shut down—isn’t working.

Redefining Strength: A New Vision for Men's Mental Health
Weston Zink
Self-Care Isn’t Selfish: Healing After Trauma

If you’ve survived trauma, chances are you’re used to putting others first. Maybe it helped you stay safe. Maybe it was how you made sense of the chaos. But somewhere along the way, you learned that your needs could wait—or worse, didn’t matter.

Self-Care Isn’t Selfish: Healing After Trauma
Trauma Recovery
Weston Zink
How to Know You’re Making Progress in Trauma ...

Trauma recovery doesn’t follow a straight path. Some days, you may feel strong and grounded; other days, you may wonder if you're making any progress at all. But just because healing isn’t always obvious doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

How to Know You’re Making Progress in Trauma Recovery
Weston Zink
Understanding Trauma and Trauma Bonding in ...

Trauma bonding occurs when a person forms an intense emotional connection with someone who is abusive, manipulative, or otherwise harmful. This bond is reinforced through cycles of abuse, periods of kindness, and emotional manipulation, making it difficult for the victim to leave.

Understanding Trauma and Trauma Bonding in Relationships

Mental Health Recovery

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Rebuilding After Trauma and Addiction: A Journey of Healing and Hope

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Rebuilding after trauma and addiction isn't about forgetting where you've been. It's about choosing what comes next. The pain, the losses, the chaos—they’re part of your story. But they aren’t the final chapter. You get to write the rest.

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Understanding Anxiety and the Body’s Response: Key Symptoms and Effective Coping Skills for Managing Anxiety

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Understanding Anxiety and the Body’s Response: Key Symptoms and Effective Coping Skills for Managing Anxiety

Understanding the relationship between the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and anxiety is essential to treatment. The SNS is a part of the autonomic nervous system that activates our body’s "fight or flight" response. For those with trauma histories, this response can become overactivated, even in non-threatening situations, leading to heightened and persistent anxiety.