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When Your Feelings Become Facts: Understanding Psychic Equivalence
When feelings stop being information and start being fact, we've entered psychic equivalence. Here's what that mode is, where it comes from, and how to come back.

Odile McKenzie, LCSW
May 54 min read


Your Brain Isn't Broken: Understanding Neurodivergence + Trauma
Your brain isn't broken—it adapted. If you're neurodivergent (ADHD, autism, high sensitivity) and have experienced trauma, you're dealing with overlapping nervous system responses. This guide explains why ADHD and trauma get confused, how survival mode shows up in daily life, and gives you 5 practical regulation tools. Learn to shift from "what's wrong with me?" to "what is my system trying to do?" Your healing path doesn't have to look normal. Start here.

Odile McKenzie, LCSW
Oct 21, 20254 min read


Understanding Trauma Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn + Tips to Expand Your Window of Tolerance
Learn how the fight, flight, freeze, and fawn trauma responses show up in your body and relationships—and discover body-based tools to expand your window of tolerance. Rooted in the work of Peter Levine and Deb Dana, this blog offers compassionate, culturally aware strategies to help you heal.

Odile McKenzie, LCSW
Jun 17, 20254 min read
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