Pearls of Wisdom

Selective mutism is not shyness, rudeness, or avoidance. It is silence as survival — a nervous system strategy that locks the voice when speaking feels unsafe. For some, the words are there, oceans of them, but the throat closes and nothing comes out. This blog explores selective mutism through lived experience, poetry, and trauma-informed healing, with gentle prompts for reflection and reconnection.

For trauma survivors, “doing life” can feel impossibly hard. Everyday tasks are weighed down by fear, self-doubt, and old survival patterns like people-pleasing, time blindness, and self-abandonment. This blog explores why life feels so difficult after trauma, how suppressed feelings and shaky boundaries make recovery daunting, and why compassion is the first step. You are not too much. You are not broken. You are becoming.