Empath or Trauma Response
By: Melissa Lee Parent Published on: 11/12/2025A blunt, trauma-informed look at the “empath” label—and how what we call absorbing energy is often actually hypervigilance, people-pleasing, and nervous system survival mode.
Healing & Growth
Death, Trauma Responses, and Patterns
By: Melissa Lee Parent Published on: 11/12/2025This vulnerable post unpacks grieving someone you were never close to, the loss of imagined connection, and how old trauma patterns and childhood wounds rise to the surface.
Healing & Growth
