A Workout for 2020: Strengthening Your Core Marti Wibbels, MS, LMHC In 2020, are  you planning to go to the gym, find a personal trainer, or workout at home? We all know we need physical exercise, but it’s even more important  to keep fit mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. (When we have a healthy inner core,…

Thistles for Thanksgiving Marti Wibbels, MS, LMHC At Thanksgiving, we usually talk about why we’re grateful and think about the blessings and joys of the past year. Thistles aren’t a typical Thanksgiving topic! So why discuss thistles now? Like trauma, thistles are unwelcome intruders, weeds so tenacious it can take repeated growing seasons to eradicate.…

Don’t Let the “Grinch” of Trauma Rob You of Joy Marti Wibbels, MS, LMHC Like the grinch whose heart was “two sizes too small,” does it seem like you can’t enjoy life at all? From the smells of Thanksgiving to the music of Christmas, trauma memories can yank you from the present to the past…

Five Ways to Cope with Traumatic Stress Marti Wibbels, MS, LMHC   Everyone experiences trauma, so it’s vital to know how to cope when it occurs. It can arrive without warning in what’s known as “Big T” trauma, crashing life with stressors like hurricanes, floods, assault, abuse, a car accident, the loss of a loved…