Understanding the foundations
The article library · Annie Wright, LMFT
Writing about
the life you're living.
You might be here because of a conversation with your mother, a relationship you can't make sense of, or the fact that work is finished and you still can't stop thinking about it. These essays and guides explore relational trauma, family, relationships, and ambition. Start with the part you recognize.
What’s on your mind?
You don’t have to know the clinical term.
Begin with the part of your life you’re trying to understand.
Understanding relational traumaWhat happened. What it still affects.Browse this subjectThe family you came fromParents, boundaries and estrangement.Browse this subjectLove, trust & choosing partnersCloseness, betrayal and repeating patterns.Browse this subjectAmbition & the cost of itLeadership, burnout and identity beyond work.Browse this subjectWhen your body stays on alertStress responses, overwhelm and rest.Browse this subjectMoney, worth & safetyThe emotional life of earning and having.Browse this subject
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Three selected reads on the patterns behind the life you’ve built.
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Partner Selection & Romantic Relationships
Sue Johnson and Emotionally Focused Therapy: An LMFT’s Guide to Attachment Science in Couples Work
Read articleFamily of Origin & Childhood Trauma
Edward Tronick and the Still Face Experiment: What It Reveals About Emotional Neglect, Adult Relationships, and Healing
Read articleEmotional Regulation & Nervous System
Allan Schore and Right-Brain Attachment: What Early Relational Neuroscience Means for Driven Women in Therapy
Read articleRelational Trauma & Attachment
Pete Walker, Complex PTSD, and the Fawn Response: A Clinical Guide for Driven Women Who’ve Been Saying Yes Their Whole Lives
Read articleEmotional Regulation & Nervous System
Bessel van der Kolk: What His Trauma Research Means for Driven Women and the LMFT Work of Healing
Read articleFamily of Origin & Childhood Trauma
The Family Money Story You’re Still Trying to Survive
Read articleNarcissistic & Toxic Relationship Dynamics
Trauma Bonding in Driven Women: Why You Stayed With the Narcissist Even When You Knew Better
Read articleFamily of Origin & Childhood Trauma
Why Your Child’s Neediness Triggers You
Read articleFamily of Origin & Childhood Trauma
The Parentified Daughter Becomes a Mother
Read articleEstrangement
Going No Contact with a Narcissistic Parent
Read articleNarcissistic & Toxic Relationship Dynamics
When You Still Miss the Sociopath
Read articleNarcissistic & Toxic Relationship Dynamics
The Aftermath of Being Deceived
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- Academic Women & Faculty
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- Burnout
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- Childfree Women
- Creative Industry Women
- Dating After Abuse
- Driven Women & Perfectionism
- Emotional Regulation & Nervous System
- Estrangement
- Family Dynamics & Boundaries
- Family Events
- Family of Origin
- Family of Origin & Childhood Trauma
- Financial Abuse
- First-Generation Professional Women
- Founder Health
- Founder Psychology
- Healing Modalities & Therapeutic Process
- Helping Professionals
- High Performance & Trauma Responses
- Holiday Survival
- Identity, Boundaries & Personal Growth
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- LGBTQ+ Professional Women
- Life Transitions & Major Decisions
- Mental Health & Wellness
- Money & Financial Trauma
- Narcissistic & Toxic Relationship Dynamics
- Narcissistic Abuse
- Nervous System & Somatics
- Nonprofit & Philanthropy Leaders
- Parenting After Trauma
- Partner Selection & Romantic Relationships
- Perimenopause
- Personal Growth & Self-Discovery
- Pop Culture & Trauma
- Post-Exit Founders
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Recovery Resources
- Relational Trauma
- Relational Trauma & Attachment
- Relational Trauma & Recovery
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- Trauma Recovery
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