by Laura Cabanillas | May 31, 2020
Do you feel lately like the days are just melting into one another, and you’re not even certain what month it is, let alone what day it is? Me too. I’m still stuck back in March-something when the world screeched to a halt. Or I’m stuck in a reoccurring episode of the...
by Laura Cabanillas | Jan 29, 2019
Relational wounds have a powerful impact on us. Think about a time when you have been the most deeply hurt in a relationship. It could be a friend, an intimate partner, a child, a parent, a sibling, or even a colleague. What feelings surface when you recall the...
by Laura Cabanillas | Oct 30, 2018
It is no secret in the field of eating disorder treatment that there is a strong correlation between trauma and eating disorders. Some individuals develop an eating disorder as a way to cope with the pain of unresolved trauma, particularly the trauma of abuse. October...
by Laura Cabanillas | Apr 1, 2018
Last year, while traveling in Greece with my husband for our wedding anniversary, we happened upon the little island of Spinalonga, a former leper colony. This tiny island is accessible only by boat, and while from 1903-1957, no one stepped foot on the island aside...
by Laura Cabanillas | Dec 31, 2017
With New Year resolution making mentality in the air, I find myself revisiting some reflections from a few years ago. Letting Go When All You Want To Do Is Hold On, was a post I penned in January, 2014; it received 2,000+ hits. While that may not be much to some of...
by Laura Cabanillas | Sep 22, 2017
When I was in the third grade in Southern California, I rode the bus to school, along with my older brother. For some reason, this kid named Mike decided to start teasing me. I really don’t know why he targeted me, but he decided I was easy prey. Maybe because I...
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