Trauma & Recovery Archives - Mitigating Dharma

C page Caution Symptoms List Cheetah House

April 14, 2026

SYMPTOMS: A table of 59 categories of meditation-related experiences that can be distressing or associated with impairment in functioning. This list is based on the Varieties of Contemplative Experience research study,...

March 28, 2026

For truth and justice, truth and reconciliation, truth and restoration, truth and repair, I think the first thing we have to acknowledge is that those things are sequential. You can’t...

C page Centering Survivors Willoughby A person-centered approach respects

March 27, 2026

A person-centered approach respects each meditator’s definitions of well-being and harm, and their personal goals for practice. It’s a central part of a trauma-informed approach, which helps support a sense of...

A page Allies Willoughby At Cheetah House…our work focuses

March 27, 2026

At Cheetah House…[o]ur work focuses on the individual in crisis and the kind of support they need. Importantly, this approach brings in the perspective of the person themselves. Simple questions—such...

E page Educational Menakem I wish we could all begin

March 9, 2026

I wish we could all begin with trust and love for each other. But we can’t. There has been too much damage to too many bodies for too many generations....

R page Trauma Menakem Trauma is anything

March 9, 2026

Trauma is anything the body perceives as too much, too fast, or too soon.”

C page Confidentiality Merchasin If you are a survivor, whether or not

March 7, 2026

[I]f you are a survivor, whether or not you choose to pursue a legal case, sit in your own truth and tell your own story when you are ready. Know...

E page Discourse Peterson In order to address our safety

March 1, 2026

In order to address our safety fully, professionals have to draw from a deeper well to determine the priorities and parameters between us and them. Indeed, within the spirit of...

R page Recognize Peterson

February 27, 2026

Detecting a boundary violation is difficult because it is a process rather than a single event. It grows like a cancer beneath the surface of the relationship’s legitimate purpose and...

A page Sexual Abuse A Langenberg Sexual Violation

February 20, 2026

‘ Sexual Violation’: “to violate means to infringe upon someone, to transgress and can also mean to rupture or to break. Violations can happen with stealth, with manipulation…to anyone who...