Tag: family

• Finding Healing After Family Turmoil: A Journey to Self-Recovery

  

  It’s a strange thing, being on the “other side” of survival (other side in quotes because honestly, I am still mostly surviving, not quite thriving) Life often gives you a brief moment of quiet, only to hand you the daunting task of healing. Recently, I received a comment from a reader that resonated deeply with…

  jessicawoodville

  May 21, 2025

  Adverse Childhood Experiences, Survival and Healing

  Adverse Childhood Experiences, childhood trauma, connection, cptsd, effects of trauma, family, family troubles, healing, healing after survival, mental health, ptsd, relationships, resilience, survival, trauma, trauma brain, trauma recovery, trauma talk

• A Journey Not Just of Distance, But of the Heart

  

  Just the other day, as I was finalizing my memoir for publication, I found myself thinking a lot about family—particularly my grandparents. At 40 years old, I feel incredibly fortunate that they are all still alive. It’s a gift I don’t take lightly, especially after recently learning that my unofficial godparents, Alice and Charlie, had…

  jessicawoodville

  February 20, 2025

  Adventures, Personal Essays

  family, healing, life, memoir, memories, survival, travel, writing