Category: trauma
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The Ghost of My Mother
Article by Brooke Chang, Pathway to Joy and Healing My mother passed away recently providing insights into my relationship with her and other relationships in my life. I had a complicated relationship with my mother. She left me at age one in Taiwan, first with my maternal grandparents then I was shuttled to my paternal…
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Using Your Dreams for Emotional Healing
Article by W. Brooke Chang, Pathway to Joy and Healing Have you ever had a bad dream and wonder what it means? Dreams are our subconscious minds speaking to us, and therapists may help us analyze the meaning of these dreams. However, you can do your own dream analysis by first becoming self-aware of your…
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Fear of Loss
I believe everyone has fears of loss and abandonment, and that is one of my emotional issues. My mother left me when I was one years old, and my father never met me until I was eight. During my formative years (1-6 years old), I experienced abandonment. After my mother and father left Taiwan for…
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Working through Community Trauma
As I enter my my second month of work at a new university, I have been observing signs of community trauma. I believe that every human on earth has unresolved trauma. Trauma can range from experiencing a car accident to the death of a loved one or a divorce to childhood abuse. Most people have…
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Loving Fearlessly
When we live without fear, we are able to love fearlessly. After five years of emotional healing and spiritual work, I finally learned to love fearlessly. My fears of abandonment, being unloveable, and rejection are in my past, and I am living a different life now. Recently, when I went through a box of old…
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In the End
In the end, everything works out for the best. Over four years ago, I was involved in a destructive triangle with two Kundalini active people. As I was abused as a child, this was the dynamic from my childhood. These two individuals were married to others when they became emotionally and energetically involved. The irony…
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Family Karma
This weekend, I spent time with my favorite cousin. She is a schizophrenic who has recovered amazingly well and is living a full and productive life. Our time together was learning about each other, since we have not spent much time together since childhood. This was an important weekend together since it gave us the…
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