M. Elizabeth Doub LCMHC

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11/04/2025

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Community care, not c0ps.

As our beloved communities are navigating the escalation of state violence, we see ways that we’re coming together to protect and resource one another.

We invite you to check out our updated Crisis Resources, continuing to center collective care and safety.

Please visit our website for resources including:
• Crisis Warmlines and Resources that Avoid the Police
• Responding to Crisis Through Community-Centered Support: Understanding Su***de Hotlines, Peer Support, Anti-Carceral Care

We keep one another safe. Please feel free to share widely and keep them handy too. 🔗

In solidarity for collective liberation and healing. ❤️‍🔥

11/03/2025

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When someone is struggling or grieving, even the smallest tasks can feel impossible. Asking them to “let you know what they need” adds yet another layer of responsibility: one more decision, one more message, one more emotional effort. Most of the time, they don’t even know what they need, let alone be able to ask for it. Real kindness moves without being prompted. It shows up gently, in the quiet ways that say: “you’re not alone and you don’t need to be okay for me to stay.” 💛...

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09/05/2025

🦋 7 Indigenous Teachings That Psychology Missed

🦋 This carousel isn’t about comparison.
It’s a reminder: Indigenous ways of knowing are sacred technologies.

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❤️ The Medicine Wheel
Pan-Indigenous (widely used)
Common among Plains and Woodland Nations, including:
• Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)
• Lakota, Dakota, Nakota (Sioux)
• Cree
• Blackfoot
• Dene
• Cheyenne
Many others

❤️ Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk)
Mi’kmaq Nation (Eastern Canada, Nova Scotia)
Introduced by Elders Albert and Murdena Marshall.
•Now embraced in Indigenous education, health, and research across Turtle Island.

❤️ Lateral Kindness as a Response to Lateral Violence
Pan-Indigenous response to colonial trauma
Particularly emphasized by:
• Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Inuit communities in Canada)
• First Nations Health Authority (British Columbia)
• Aboriginal communities across Australia

❤️ Storytelling as Emotional & Behavioral Teaching
All Indigenous nations
Deeply in oral traditions of:
• Diné (Navajo)
• Tlingit
• Haudenosaunee
• Hopi
• Seminole
• Coast Salish
• Many more

❤️ Relational Accountability
Cree (Nehiyawak)
• Articulated academically by Shawn Wilson, Opaskwayak Cree.
• Concept is rooted in many Indigenous research

❤️ Ceremony as Sacred Technology
Varies by region and tradition
• Sweat Lodge: Lakota, Dakota, Cree, Anishinaabe, and other Plains Nations
• Vision Quest: Lakota and other Plains Nations
• Plant Dieta: Indigenous Amazonian nations such as the Shipibo-Conibo, Asháninka, and Ingano
• Pipe Ceremony: Plains Nations (Lakota, Blackfoot, Cree)

❤️ The Self as Collective
Haudenosaunee, Diné, and others
• Haudenosaunee: Emphasis on the Seventh Generation principle and clan-based identity.
• Diné: Hózhǫ́ a concept of harmony, beauty, and relational existence.
• Many other tribes hold identity above individualism.
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09/02/2025

When the world feels like an unsafe place our neuroception shifts... we become primed to scan for danger and our nervous system locks itself into a state of hyper vigilance, armouring and protection.

And this state.. it disconnects us from things. Things like joy, creativity, sexual flow, glimmers, compassion & connection with others.

Now more than ever, in order to be of service, in order to be mentally healthy, in order to hold space for love and joy - it is important that we create micro moments of safety in our lives.

We can make the mundane magical, we can dose micro moments of joy or ease, and we can do this in ways that are bite-sized so as not to overwhelm ourselves or add to our to-do lists... but so that they stack up on top of one another. Small things become big things.

Which of these moments do you like the look of?

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08/10/2025

If you advocate for everyone, you don’t have to advocate for yourself because EVERYONE includes YOU.

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08/06/2025

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💚 Please share to raise awareness - this part of trauma is so often overlooked
👇Comment below: What’s your experience of this? How does trauma impact you in social situations?
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07/29/2025

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🍓 Trauma bonding occurs when a survivor of abuse develops a complex bond consisting of dependence and loyalty despite abuse and enotional manipulation to their abuser - not a fun word that describes bonding over traumatic experiences.
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🍓 While using ”trauma bonding” to describe bonding over trauma can feel innocent, it can simultaneously make it harder for survivors to understand and talk about their experiences & dilute the meaning of the term.
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🍓 What other terms do you often see misused?
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07/28/2025

What do you think #4 was? 🤔
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07/16/2025

“I don’t remember anything bad happening — so why do I feel so empty, disconnected, or lost?”

That’s the quiet confusion of Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN).
It doesn’t leave obvious scars.
It leaves silence where connection should have been.
It leaves you doubting your feelings, your memories, and sometimes… even your worth.

Because emotional neglect isn’t about what was done to you —
It’s about what was missing.

✨ It’s the warmth that never came.
✨ The questions that were never asked.
✨ The emotions that were never acknowledged.

You were taught to survive without being seen.
To silence your needs.
To question your pain.
To believe your emptiness meant you were the problem.

But the truth is — you were never too much.
You just needed more than they were able or willing to give.

💛 You’re not broken. You were emotionally neglected.
And healing begins the moment you name what you never received.

👇 Tag someone who needs to read this.
Save this post as a gentle reminder.

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07/14/2025

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They don’t just want your silence.
They want your nervous system.

Because when you’re overwhelmed, heartbroken, and burned out…
you’re easier to control.

But you?

You’re not meant to be easy.
You’re meant to be powerful.
Regulated. Rooted. Rebellious.
And protected.

06/19/2025