Category: Rise Above the Madness

How Childhood Trauma Can Make You Sick

Post author By lauracorbeth
Post date May 2021
Categories In Bullying, Complex PTSD, Rise Above the Madness
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If you don’t know how to say no, your body will say it for you through physical illnesses. —Dr. Gabor Maté The long-term effects of ACES Life experiences in childhood that are lost in time and then further protected by shame and by secrecy and by social taboos against inquiry into certain realms into human […]

You Travel Not Alone

Post author By lauracorbeth
Post date July 2020
Categories In Kindness and Gratitude, Rise Above the Madness

Angels are there. All you have to do is ask. —Laura Corbeth Connecting with Angels I am very grateful that I have had so much support on this journey to of healing. Don Shetterly has become my friend. He was one of the first people to read my book and support me. His blog posts show […]

Dog Rescue

Post author By lauracorbeth
Post date July 2020
Categories In Dogs and Animals, Kindness and Gratitude, Rise Above the Madness

Volunteering to help abused dogs has been one of my biggest accomplishments in my life. —Laura Corbeth Volunteering in dog rescue—Shellie I have been blessed to work in different roles for a rescue organization. It is not about ego for me. It is about seeing neglected and abused animals come into the hands of wonderful […]

Cry | Every Day

Post author By lauracorbeth
Post date July 2020
Categories In Dysfunctional Family, Rise Above the Madness

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ Eleanor Roosevelt Crying I recently watched Real Time with Bill Maher and Bill’s last guest […]

The First Protector

Post author By lauracorbeth
Post date July 2020
Categories In Kindness and Gratitude, Rise Above the Madness

Upon my arrival, the nurse in emergency took my blood pressure. I was immediately admitted and brought into a hospital room. It was chaotic. Doctors were concerned I might have had an aneurysm. They pulled James aside. “If that’s happened, it’s fifty-fifty,” the doctor said. My husband couldn’t believe what he was hearing. I was […]

Become a Warrior

Healing your inner child, the injured child takes courage. We can begin to heal once we validate the child within that awaits our embrace. —Laura Corbeth Truth and Courage Win over Fear “How are you doing today?” True Self asked. “I’m doing okay, I think,” Fear replied. “So, why do you have a problem with […]

Do Not Forget to Hope

Post author By lauracorbeth
Post date July 2020
Categories In Kindness and Gratitude, Rise Above the Madness

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. —Desmond Tutu A poem to lift you up! So, for anyone who is struggling, I want to send you a poem. It was written by John McLeod. He was disabled since he was a child. John began writing poetry to help […]

Don’t Minimize Your Abuse

Post author By lauracorbeth
Post date July 2020
Categories In Complex PTSD, Dysfunctional Family, Rise Above the Madness

Standing there was my brother with one of my mother’s cooking pots sitting on our picnic table. It was full of water. My brother was standing over the pot with a knife in his hand. His other hand was holding some kind of skin. —My Courage to Tell Why do we self-sabotage? Ok, I don’t […]

Random Acts of Kindness

Post author By lauracorbeth
Post date July 2020
Categories In Kindness and Gratitude, Rise Above the Madness

“I remember hearing a woman talk about her near-death experience. She had been fixated on her looks and had abused her body with diet pills. When she had her experience, she was given a very important message. All the little things she had done over the years – all the random acts of kindness – […]

Dealing with PTSD

Post author By lauracorbeth
Post date July 2020
Categories In Complex PTSD, Rise Above the Madness

When you shut down emotion, you’re also affecting your nervous system. So the repression of emotion, which is the survival strategy, then becomes a source of physiological illness later on. —Gabor Maté, MD Trauma and Triggers As most of you know from following me and my blog, I have been dealing with C-PTSD, anxiety and […]