Leah KostamoBrave Questions for Personal GrowthEntering a new phase of personal growth can feel like stepping into new terrain. The old habitual patterns that kept us stuck give way to...
Leah KostamoBefore the Trauma Work: ResourceEngaging in therapy to heal from past trauma is brave work. Though it can result in a lasting experience of freedom and wholeness, it can...
Leah KostamoGet Unstuck with Expressive WritingExpressive writing is an efficient and effective way to process trauma of all sorts.
Leah KostamoLifespan Integration Therapy - a gentle treatment for traumaLifespan integration (LI) is a newer form of therapy, approximately twenty-five years old, developed by Peggy Pace, a therapist who...
Leah KostamoWalking on the Wild Side: the benefits of nature therapyI step off the northeast corner of our little farm and into a forest. It’s a small patch of trees really; semi-trucks can be heard...
Leah KostamoThe Art of Living (and Dying)My sister sits daily at the bedsides of the dying. She is a hospice chaplain. On a recent visit to a private residence, my sister was...
Leah KostamoSwimwear for Eighty-year-oldsMy mother-in law wears a bikini. She is 80-years-old and decades of gravity have done their work. But she wears a bikini nonetheless,...