About This Blog

This blog brings together psychological knowledge and lived experience. In the psychoeducational articles, I share insights into emotions, relationships, the body and nervous system, complex trauma, and inner processes of healing and growth.

Notes to Grow is a collection of personal essays about my own life - about how I meet life as it unfolds, what it touches within me, and how I learn, grow, and heal through it. These essays are especially close to my heart because it takes courage to show myself with such openness and honesty. Through them, I also hope to invite you to find your own way of showing who you are.

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Take what inspires you - and let go of the rest.

Healing the Mother Within – A Personal Journey through Shame, Trauma, and Transformation
Notes to Grow Lisa Krause Notes to Grow Lisa Krause

Healing the Mother Within – A Personal Journey through Shame, Trauma, and Transformation

What happens when we suddenly recognize ourselves in the behavior of our parents?
This is a personal essay about intergenerational cycles of pain, emotional patterns, the illusion of helplessness — and the strength we find in honest self-encounter.

When my best friend said to me, “Lisa, it’s okay to feel miserable — but if you don’t take action, it won’t get better,” it hit me straight in the heart.
I realized I was caught in the very same pattern I had been blaming my mother for all these years.

This piece explores that cycle: pain, withdrawal, overwhelm, overdrive, breakdown — and back again.
And how we can begin to interrupt it.

By recognizing our deepest beliefs. By accepting what was. And by taking small steps — out of victimhood and into responsibility, compassion, and dignity.

In the end, it’s not about being rescued.
It’s about learning to acknowledge ourselves.

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… you only need to love yourself — all of you.
Every year, I choose one word. Not as a goal — but as a way of meeting life. Last year, my word was play. It taught me to playfully set boundaries, be patient, and see hardships not as the ending of my world. This year, I’m choosing gra
A gentle reminder for the Christmas season: You don’t have to explain yourself. You don’t have to push through discomfort. You don’t have to stay longer than feels right. Your nervous system is your compass. Leaving early is allowe
POV: Maybe depression doesn’t come to destroy you. Maybe it comes to destroy who you thought you had to be. ⸻ Perspektive: Vielleicht kommt die Depression nicht, um dich zu zerstören. Vielleicht kommt sie, um das zu zerstören, was d
1 year — Pepino. When we rescued three dogs back-to-back from the streets, we said: no more. My disease makes walking harder every day — I need more help, not more responsibility. But then Pepino was hit by a car. Right in front of my ey
Healing isn’t something you force. It happens when you stop running from yourself. When you get quiet and still enough to listen. When you meet your discomfort with presence, not judgment. Healing is a byproduct of being intimate with yourself
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