The Orenda Project Blog
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Spring Newsletter!
Spring has arrived! Our area can have some fickle weather during this time of year, but the splashes of color and sweet scents make up for it. The theme of growth associated with this season renders it a perfect opportunity to talk about post-traumatic growth theory PTG). Orenda’s trauma coaching course is rooted in PTG…
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Embracing the Ghosts of who we could have been: Navigating Trauma and the Lost Versions of Ourselves
Embracing the Ghosts of who we could have been: Navigating Trauma and the Lost Versions of Ourselves In the caverns of our minds dwell the echoes of who we could have been. They’re the faint whispers of alternate lives, the shadow selves that never fully materialized. Trauma can serve as the architects of these phantom versions…
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The Trauma of Pet Loss
I am approaching the one year anniversary of the loss of my beloved dog, Conrad. Anyone who knew me at least knew of Conrad. We called him the heartbeat of the family because he really tied us all together. Conrad was a rescue chihuahua who we found at the Humane Society when he was five months old.…