ROOTED BLOG
ROOTED BLOG
What Is Parts Work? Understanding the Inner Parts Behind Anxiety, People-Pleasing, and Self-Sabotage
Parts work is a therapeutic approach based on the belief that we all have different "parts" within us that have taken on protective roles throughout our lives. These parts often have different agendas and can feel like they are working against one another. In reality, they are usually trying to help us in the best way they know how.
Intuition or Anxiety? How Trauma and Hypervigilance Can Blur the Difference
If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re experiencing intuition or anxiety, you’re not alone. Many people with trauma histories, relationship anxiety, hypervigilance, or chronic stress struggle to tell the difference between genuine intuition and nervous system activation. In this article, we explore how trauma, attachment wounds, and anxiety can shape your “gut feelings,” what intuition actually feels like, and how therapies like EMDR, somatic therapy, and parts work/IFS can help you build more trust in your internal experience.
Why You’re So Hard on Yourself and How Self-Compassion Fixes It
We all have an inner critic. We learn early on how to talk to ourselves based on how those around us talk to us and themselves. A lot of us also have a belief that in order for us to succeed we have to be hard on ourselves, we believe that self compassion is indulgence, letting ourselves off the hook, not holding ourselves accountable. In reality the negative voice is actually not helpful at all, it’s incredibly harmful.
Parentification: Hidden Trauma, People Pleasing and Adult Anxiety
Parentification is a form of developmental trauma where children take on emotional or practical caregiving roles too early. This article explores emotional and instrumental parentification, how it affects anxiety, boundaries, relationships, and self-worth in adulthood, and how trauma-focused approaches like EMDR can help heal over-responsibility and survival-based coping patterns.
Emotional Flashbacks: When the Past Is Present
Emotional flashbacks are sudden shifts into past emotional states linked to childhood trauma or complex PTSD. Learn how they show up, what triggers them, and how therapy can help regulate and heal these nervous system responses.
Emotionally Immature Parents: How Emotional Neglect Shapes Adulthood
Growing up with emotionally immature parents can shape how you relate to yourself and others in adulthood. Learn how emotional neglect, attachment wounds, and unmet needs show up—and how healing is possible.
C-PTSD: When Trauma Is a Pattern, Not a Single Event
C-PTSD (complex PTSD) often develops from ongoing relational trauma rather than a single event. Learn how it shows up, what causes it, and how healing is possible.
You’re Not Attracted to Them—You’re Activated: Anxious Attachment vs. Chemistry
What feels like chemistry in early dating may actually be anxious attachment activation. Learn how overthinking, inconsistency, and nervous system responses shape attraction—and how therapy can help you build secure relationships.
What Do You Mean I Have to “Feel My Feelings”?
You’ve probably heard, maybe a thousand times, that you should “feel your feelings.” But what does that actually mean? How do you do it, and why does it matter?
Your Anger Isn’t the Problem — It’s the Portal: Understanding anger, reactivity, and how to actually process what’s underneath the surface
Anger is often misunderstood as something to suppress, but it can be a powerful signal from the nervous system. Learn how anger, unprocessed emotion, and trauma are connected—and how EMDR and somatic therapy can support healing.
Nervous System Regulation: What It Is and How to Calm Your Body When You’re Stressed
Learn what nervous system regulation actually means, why chronic stress keeps your body stuck in fight-or-flight, and 3 simple techniques that can help you calm your nervous system.