Trauma doesn’t just affect what happened to us.It affects how much we can hold — and how much choice we believe we have. That’s capacity.That’s agency.
When capacity is low, people react.When capacity grows, people choose.
This is why ACEs aren’t just something we learn about —they are something many of us have lived through.
Healing doesn’t erase the past.It restores the ability to respond, to choose, and to move forward with intention. ACEs: Lived, Not Learned.