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EMDR for High Achievers: Why You Can Solve Everything Except Your Own Patterns
Cassandra Minnick 12/9/25 Cassandra Minnick 12/9/25

EMDR for High Achievers: Why You Can Solve Everything Except Your Own Patterns

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Does EMDR Fail? Understanding Why Attachment Trauma Requires a Different Approach
Cassandra Minnick 12/2/25 Cassandra Minnick 12/2/25

Does EMDR Fail? Understanding Why Attachment Trauma Requires a Different Approach

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Navigating the Holidays With EMDR, Attachment Awareness, and Realistic Expectations
Cassandra Minnick 11/25/25 Cassandra Minnick 11/25/25

Navigating the Holidays With EMDR, Attachment Awareness, and Realistic Expectations

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Healing Relational Trauma: A Quick Guide to Attachment, Boundaries, and EMDR
Cassandra Minnick 11/18/25 Cassandra Minnick 11/18/25

Healing Relational Trauma: A Quick Guide to Attachment, Boundaries, and EMDR

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Understanding Triggers: How Chronic Relational Trauma Shows Up in Daily Life
Cassandra Minnick 11/11/25 Cassandra Minnick 11/11/25

Understanding Triggers: How Chronic Relational Trauma Shows Up in Daily Life

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Healing Relational Trauma: Why Setting Boundaries Is So Hard
Cassandra Minnick 11/4/25 Cassandra Minnick 11/4/25

Healing Relational Trauma: Why Setting Boundaries Is So Hard

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How Chronic Relational Trauma Shapes Our Lives - And How EMDR Can Help
Cassandra Minnick 10/28/25 Cassandra Minnick 10/28/25

How Chronic Relational Trauma Shapes Our Lives - And How EMDR Can Help

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Can EMDR Help with Chronic Relational Trauma?
Cassandra Minnick 10/28/25 Cassandra Minnick 10/28/25

Can EMDR Help with Chronic Relational Trauma?

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What’s Your Attachment Style? Understanding How It Shapes Your Relationships
Cassandra Minnick 10/21/25 Cassandra Minnick 10/21/25

What’s Your Attachment Style? Understanding How It Shapes Your Relationships

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Is It Burnout or Trauma? Understanding Relational Trauma at Home and Work
Cassandra Minnick 10/14/25 Cassandra Minnick 10/14/25

Is It Burnout or Trauma? Understanding Relational Trauma at Home and Work

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How Trauma Shows Up at Work: Signs, Burnout, and Healing
Cassandra Minnick 10/7/25 Cassandra Minnick 10/7/25

How Trauma Shows Up at Work: Signs, Burnout, and Healing

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When Therapy Is Short-Term… and When It’s Not
Cassandra Minnick 9/30/25 Cassandra Minnick 9/30/25

When Therapy Is Short-Term… and When It’s Not

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The Hidden Ways Trauma Shows Up in Everyday Life
Cassandra Minnick 9/23/25 Cassandra Minnick 9/23/25

The Hidden Ways Trauma Shows Up in Everyday Life

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Healing Trauma Through EMDR and Chiropractic Care: A Holistic Nervous System Approach
Cassandra Minnick 9/16/25 Cassandra Minnick 9/16/25

Healing Trauma Through EMDR and Chiropractic Care: A Holistic Nervous System Approach

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What You Really Need to Know Before Starting EMDR Therapy
Cassandra Minnick 9/9/25 Cassandra Minnick 9/9/25

What You Really Need to Know Before Starting EMDR Therapy

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More Than the Anger: A Grounding Meditation for Emotional Release
Cassandra Minnick 9/2/25 Cassandra Minnick 9/2/25

More Than the Anger: A Grounding Meditation for Emotional Release

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August Transitions: Mental Health, Back-to-School Stress, and How to Soften the Shift
Cassandra Minnick 8/7/25 Cassandra Minnick 8/7/25

August Transitions: Mental Health, Back-to-School Stress, and How to Soften the Shift

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Is Screen Time for Bad for my Kid?
Cassandra Minnick 3/24/25 Cassandra Minnick 3/24/25

Is Screen Time for Bad for my Kid?

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Can EMDR treat Complex Trauma?
Cassandra Minnick 3/19/25 Cassandra Minnick 3/19/25

Can EMDR treat Complex Trauma?

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What are EMDR Intensives?
Cassandra Minnick 3/5/25 Cassandra Minnick 3/5/25

What are EMDR Intensives?

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High achievers are experts at solving external problemssystems, teams, logistics, strategy. But your nervous system isn’t a spreadsheet you can out-think or out-perform. If you’re showing up in the world as capable, competent, and calm&h
EMDR isn’t supposed to be fast - it’s supposed to be effective. For clients with chronic relational trauma, the “slow” phase isn’t failure… it’s foundation-building. When someone has never experienced safet
The holidays can hold both - the hard pieces and the moments that genuinely carry us through winter. And when you have a history of relational trauma, the season often brings up old patterns before you even realize it. Here are a few grounding remin
Healing relational trauma isn’t about “fixing” yourself - it’s about teaching your nervous system what safety feels like again. Each of these truths is a small map back to that safety. They remind us that the patterns we lear
Have you ever found yourself reacting to something small with big feelings (panic, shame, anger, shutdown) and wondered, “Where did that come from?” You’re not broken. You’re likely brushing up against an old emotional injury
Boundaries aren’t about shutting people out - they’re about staying rooted in what’s safe, true, and yours. When you’ve experienced chronic relational trauma, even gentle boundaries can feel threatening. This episode unpacks
The beliefs we form in childhood don’t stay stuck in the past. They echo into our adult relationships...quietly shaping how we show up, how we respond to conflict, and how much responsibility we carry for other people’s emotions. You mi
Ever wonder why you react that way during conflict? Your nervous system remembers what it learned early on and it’s doing its best to protect you. But protection isn’t the same as connection. Let’s get curious (not critical) about
It’s not just work stress. It’s the late-night emails. The constant tension in your shoulders. The panic when you finally say no. Burnout isn’t just about being busy - it’s about being overwhelmed for way too long. Let&rsqu
Did you know? About 1 in 3 people experience relational trauma in childhood and many carry those patterns into the workplace. This can look like: 🔹 People-pleasing and saying “yes” to everything 🔹 Perfectionism and never feeling &ldquo
Sometimes it’s focused trauma work. Sometimes it’s walking alongside you through ongoing challenges. Either way, therapy is about support that fits your life, not a one-size-fits-all timeline. 🌿 👉 Curious what might be the right fit fo
✨ It’s not your personality - it’s a trauma response. ✨ So many people come into therapy saying: “I’m a people-pleaser.” “I can’t stop overthinking.” “I just have a short temper.” But w

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