Socialization - finding i

Adverse Childhood Experiences and the path towards healing. You are not alone.

I share my trials, my victories, and my stories with you in hopes that if any of you were ever touched by childhood abuse or neglect, as I was, you will see yourselves in my experiences and feel strengthened to voice what you had not been able to before. I hope we can learn together why we respond to life through a particular lens, and that there are ways to climb out of this prison of pain, silence, and shame.

My name is Bess Hilpert

Braving My First Podcast

Deep dive into Finding I, A Journey of Repair… Friends, recently I was brave. For me, very brave. 😊 My husband laughed when my response to his “How’d the podcast session go?” question was, “Well, I probably lost five pounds of water through my sweaty arm pits.” It took a few washings of that cotton… Continue reading Braving My First Podcast

Sing Your Song

Speaking Shame, Singing Pain, Seeing ME… Welcome back, friends. I have been thinking a lot about the power of sharing my story; and noticing the small, yet significant, changes that have taken place in my life over these past fourteen months. As you know, and for those of you who might not, I share my… Continue reading Sing Your Song

Breaking Through

Disconnection and Connection… I have been thinking about how these trauma wounds show up in our lives and can cause an internal multi car pile-up on a foggy day. Last week I wrote: “When we are stuck in a trauma wound that has us reacting to the world or those around us from a hypervigilant… Continue reading Breaking Through