Ana Serena

grad student in clinical mental health counseling, wife, mother of seven, making it up as I go along

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@buitengebieden Sweet

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@MontonnyHonny Girl, oh yes mam!!!!!

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@MontonnyHonny I love 2 year old humor💜🤣

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@DianeLangberg This has absolutely been my experience with my family of origin.

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@ScienceBiiitch Let me know if you find a good spot and I will join you.💕

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Trauma brings silence because it feels like there are no words to really describe what happened. Many times people need us to sit with them in silence. It is a way of joining with them so they are not alone in their experience of struggling to find words.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

You cannot damage anyone, and even more so a malleable child, and have that damage erased by a few words. Working with the traumatized is a ministry of restraint, of slowing down and of little by little. It is a small taste of our Almighty God becoming flesh on our behalf.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Caregivers, encourage trauma survivors wrestling with overwhelming emotions to do restorative things with safe people in their lives. Going for a walk and making a note of the beauty that is seen, listening to music, doing aerobic exercise can help quiet the mind & rest the body.

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@MontonnyHonny I love this and what an impact you have had on lil Josh. You have been a part of his growth and development as a human. What an honor and a privilege!❤️❤️

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@ScienceBiiitch So proud of you Alana!🥰

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@MontonnyHonny Vampire in training, lol

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@rachy_care @MontonnyHonny Wheezing with you Sheeshal

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

We often seem to want people who have suffered terrible things to just “get over it”. They cannot.  Evil has real impact and does real damage.

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@MontonnyHonny Lil Hans, that is so awkward. Glad that you were only an observer! Yikes😳

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@MontonnyHonny He is an adorable instructor.❤️

[Jane Austen @austendaily]

Remember that, if you are ever so forward and clever yourselves, you should always be modest; for, much as you know already, there is a great deal more for you to learn.

[Ana Serena @serenamdear]

@MontonnyHonny It is the best experience life can offer.

[Jane Austen @austendaily]

A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

[Jane Austen @austendaily]

A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

[Jane Austen @austendaily]

My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.