✨ The Golden Thread: Reclaiming Self After Trauma & Addiction
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✨ The Golden Thread: Reclaiming Self After Trauma & Addiction
10‑Week Trauma‑Informed Healing Program
Begins September 22 • Tuesdays 7–9 PM • $350
The Golden Thread is a 10‑week trauma‑informed healing program for adults navigating the intertwined experiences of trauma, addiction, emotional overwhelm, and disconnection from self.
This offering is rooted in the understanding that beneath survival patterns, coping strategies, and years of pain, every person carries an intact golden thread — a core of resilience, intuition, dignity, and authentic selfhood that has never been lost.
Rather than asking “What is wrong with you?”, this program gently explores “What happened to you — and what within you remains whole?”
Through embodied practices, compassionate psychoeducation, and meaningful group connection, participants learn to regulate their nervous system, understand their patterns, reclaim identity, and rebuild a sense of purpose and belonging.
This is a space without fixing, without labels, and without shame — a place to rediscover the parts of yourself that have been waiting beneath the layers of survival.
Week 1 — The Golden Thread
Understanding trauma, addiction, and the authentic self that remains intact beneath survival patterns.
Building safety, trust, and group connection.
Week 2 — The Nervous System & Safety
Learning how trauma shapes the body and stress responses.
Introducing grounding and regulation practices.
Week 4 — Emotional Regulation & Self‑Compassion
Building emotional literacy and learning to safely experience and express emotions.
Practicing self‑compassion as a healing tool.
Week 5 — Reconnecting to the Body
Restoring embodied safety through gentle movement, somatic awareness, and sensory grounding.
Week 6 — Relationships, Boundaries & Connection
Exploring attachment, trust, communication, and healthy boundaries.
Rebuilding relational safety.
Week 7 — Identity, Purpose & Meaning
Rediscovering values, strengths, creativity, and personal vision beyond trauma and addiction.
Week 8 — Integration & Relapse Prevention
Creating sustainable recovery through awareness, regulation, and supportive routines.
Week 9 — Reclaiming Voice & Empowerment
Strengthening agency, confidence, and authentic self‑expression.
Week 10 — Reflection, Closure & Moving Forward
Honouring growth, celebrating resilience, and creating a path for continued healing.
Who This Program Is For
Adults who are:
- recovering from addiction or substance use
- living with trauma or chronic emotional overwhelm
- feeling stuck in repetitive patterns
- seeking deeper healing beyond traditional recovery models
- wanting to rebuild identity, purpose, and connection
- longing for a compassionate, embodied, community‑rooted approach
Holistic Modalities & Guest Practitioners
Throughout the 10 weeks, we will weave in several Sanctuary offerings and modalities, including somatic practices, breathwork, grounding, movement‑based healing, reflective exercises, and creative expression.
Participants will also receive support from guest practitioners and healers from the Sanctuary community — each bringing their own wisdom, modality, and lens of care.
These sessions may include:
somatic and nervous system regulation
trauma‑informed movement
mindfulness and grounding practices
expressive arts
breathwork
values and identity exploration
relational healing
spiritual or meaning‑centered practices
This collaborative approach ensures participants experience whole‑person support — body, mind, emotions, purpose, and connection — held by a circle of practitioners who honour the complexity of trauma and recovery.
Program Details
Begins: September 22
Duration: 10 weeks
Schedule: Tuesdays 7–9 PM
Cost: $350
Location: The Golden Thread Sanctuary, Cornwall, Ontario
🌐 www.goldenthreadsanctuary.ca
📧 [email protected]
📞 613‑930‑6939
10‑Week Trauma‑Informed Healing Program
Begins September 22 • Tuesdays 7–9 PM • $350
The Golden Thread is a 10‑week trauma‑informed healing program for adults navigating the intertwined experiences of trauma, addiction, emotional overwhelm, and disconnection from self.
This offering is rooted in the understanding that beneath survival patterns, coping strategies, and years of pain, every person carries an intact golden thread — a core of resilience, intuition, dignity, and authentic selfhood that has never been lost.
Rather than asking “What is wrong with you?”, this program gently explores “What happened to you — and what within you remains whole?”
Through embodied practices, compassionate psychoeducation, and meaningful group connection, participants learn to regulate their nervous system, understand their patterns, reclaim identity, and rebuild a sense of purpose and belonging.
This is a space without fixing, without labels, and without shame — a place to rediscover the parts of yourself that have been waiting beneath the layers of survival.
Week 1 — The Golden Thread
Understanding trauma, addiction, and the authentic self that remains intact beneath survival patterns.
Building safety, trust, and group connection.
Week 2 — The Nervous System & Safety
Learning how trauma shapes the body and stress responses.
Introducing grounding and regulation practices.
Week 4 — Emotional Regulation & Self‑Compassion
Building emotional literacy and learning to safely experience and express emotions.
Practicing self‑compassion as a healing tool.
Week 5 — Reconnecting to the Body
Restoring embodied safety through gentle movement, somatic awareness, and sensory grounding.
Week 6 — Relationships, Boundaries & Connection
Exploring attachment, trust, communication, and healthy boundaries.
Rebuilding relational safety.
Week 7 — Identity, Purpose & Meaning
Rediscovering values, strengths, creativity, and personal vision beyond trauma and addiction.
Week 8 — Integration & Relapse Prevention
Creating sustainable recovery through awareness, regulation, and supportive routines.
Week 9 — Reclaiming Voice & Empowerment
Strengthening agency, confidence, and authentic self‑expression.
Week 10 — Reflection, Closure & Moving Forward
Honouring growth, celebrating resilience, and creating a path for continued healing.
Who This Program Is For
Adults who are:
- recovering from addiction or substance use
- living with trauma or chronic emotional overwhelm
- feeling stuck in repetitive patterns
- seeking deeper healing beyond traditional recovery models
- wanting to rebuild identity, purpose, and connection
- longing for a compassionate, embodied, community‑rooted approach
Holistic Modalities & Guest Practitioners
Throughout the 10 weeks, we will weave in several Sanctuary offerings and modalities, including somatic practices, breathwork, grounding, movement‑based healing, reflective exercises, and creative expression.
Participants will also receive support from guest practitioners and healers from the Sanctuary community — each bringing their own wisdom, modality, and lens of care.
These sessions may include:
somatic and nervous system regulation
trauma‑informed movement
mindfulness and grounding practices
expressive arts
breathwork
values and identity exploration
relational healing
spiritual or meaning‑centered practices
This collaborative approach ensures participants experience whole‑person support — body, mind, emotions, purpose, and connection — held by a circle of practitioners who honour the complexity of trauma and recovery.
Program Details
Begins: September 22
Duration: 10 weeks
Schedule: Tuesdays 7–9 PM
Cost: $350
Location: The Golden Thread Sanctuary, Cornwall, Ontario
🌐 www.goldenthreadsanctuary.ca
📧 [email protected]
📞 613‑930‑6939
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12 Second Street West , Cornwall, ON, Canada, Ontario K6J 1G2
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