Tag: Recovery

Surviving, Not Thriving: When Life Becomes About Getting Through the Day

.Reading time 7 minutes.

We hear it everywhere: “Stay positive.”“Be grateful.”“Focus on growth.”“Manifest abundance.” But for a lot of people, life isn’t about thriving. It’s about surviving. And there’s a big difference. What Survival Mode Really Looks Like Survival mode isn’t dramatic. It’s quiet. Constant. Draining. It looks like: You’re not planning five years ahead. You’re planning how to […]

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Living with Trauma: It’s Not Just in the Past

.Reading time 5 minutes.

We don’t always know when trauma begins — sometimes it’s one moment, one event that changes everything. Other times, it’s drip-fed over years. Not loud. Not dramatic. Just a slow erasing of safety. At the Mark Hewitson Foundation, we work with people who’ve lived through all kinds of trauma — grief, assault, abandonment, illness, violence, […]

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