Ryan Worthen at The Wellness Collective

06/17/2026

Awesome work by Cradle Cincinnati

06/11/2026

A physical body that has been violated by abuse or assault isn't going to relax all at once— & pressuring it to try is going to simultaneously shut it down & activate every sympathetic nervous system alarm it has.

Learning to relax has to happen .01% at a time for survivors.

06/11/2026

Some people do not begin grieving their childhood until adulthood because childhood survival often looks like “I’m fine.”

You may have spent years telling yourself:

“It wasn’t that bad.”

“At least they provided for me.”

“Other people had it worse.”

“I should be over this by now.”

But emotional wounds do not disappear just because time has passed.

Sometimes healing begins when you finally have enough safety to admit what hurt you.

To name what was missing.

To grieve what you needed but never received.

To understand that your people-pleasing, hyper-independence, anxiety, overthinking, fear of rejection, or difficulty trusting love may not be random.

They may be adaptations from a childhood where you had to survive instead of simply being a child.

There is no shame in realizing the truth later.

There is no deadline for grieving.

And there is no age limit on healing.

If this resonates, I Didn’t Choose to Be Born explores childhood trauma, emotional neglect, dysfunctional family dynamics, parentification, the mother wound, the father wound, and healing the parts of you that had to grow up too soon.

And Chasing Love That Hurts explores how those childhood wounds can later show up as limerence, anxious attachment, emotional fixation, and chasing emotionally unavailable people.

Both books are available through the link in bio.

06/06/2026

Important info. We can’t complain about the issues that those who face barriers experience, yet not give them resources to help them out of the situation.

Hamilton County Veterans' Treatment Court meets weekly to help veterans address legal issues through treatment and accountability rather than traditional prosecution.

Judge Brad Greenberg said regular probationers re-offend at a rate of 30-35%, compared to only 15% for veterans in the treatment court program.

06/04/2026

06/01/2026

Trigger Warning

Training your child to be obedient makes them easier prey for predators. But no one wants to talk about that. We just want obedience because it’s convenient. Because it’s what the school, childcare, swim teacher and the soccer coach all expect. It makes everyone’s job easier… well you know who else’s job it makes easier? Predators. Obedience… at what cost? That’s what I think about… at what cost? There are other ways to parent that don’t focus on obedience as the main goal. One of these methods is Responsive Parenting.

06/01/2026

05/30/2026

Being "anti-medication" is a privilege.