I’m on a mission to change how we think about life after trauma. 

Every day, our world becomes more uncertain. As wars rage and the climate crisis intensifies, we need to find new ways to live amidst deep uncertainty. I believe that trauma survivors have a lot to teach us about how to live in a world full of chaos. 

Life after Trauma (formerly known as Beyond Survival) is an online home built by survivors, for survivors1. It’s for anyone recovering from trauma, experiencing grief, or living with mental and chronic illness. In short, it’s for anyone seeking new ways to survive, heal, and grow amidst deep uncertainty. 

Here, you’ll find…

• Essays about survival as a creative act

• Down-to-earth, accessible resources for rebuilding your life after trauma

• Interviews about recovery, grief, and healing

• SurvivorStack, a directory of newsletters about trauma & recovery

• My advice column, Ask Clare (you can submit your Qs here!)

• Community chats to share stories, recommendations, and seek support

Recovery is not a passive process of letting time pass and hoping to heal. It requires maintenance, care and attention, and we were never meant to do it alone. I hope the Life after Trauma community will be a resource for you, as you work to heal your pain and reimagine a more whole-hearted life. 

Recovery was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It’s probably the hardest thing I’ll ever do. But I created Life after Trauma because together, we can recover. We can rebuild. And, when we’re ready, we can de-center our trauma and just live. 

Life after Trauma is a social enterprise. 

It is an entrepreneurial project that's rooted in generating a positive social impact, rather than profit. Of course I need to make a living, but my primary mission is to make a difference in survivors' lives. 

For access to my advice column, private community chats, and to support & empower survivors to rebuild their lives, please become a patron of Life after Trauma.

A little more about me: 

I’ve always been a writer. My work has been published widely, and I’m currently revising my first novel. 

I live in Dublin, Ireland with my fiancée, F, and our two cats. F is Italian, I love to cook, and we fell in love through food.

I’m a big believer in ‘Solvitur ambulando’, a Latin phrase which translates to ‘it is solved by walking.’ Whenever I have a problem, I take it on a walk. 

Prior to founding Life after Trauma, I spent 10+ years working in non-profits like UNICEF and Amnesty International. In 2024, I completed a competitive social entrepreneurship accelerator programme. 

Creating this community, I often think of the person I was ten years ago. I felt so alone, as I scrambled to come to terms with my mother’s death and the sexual abuse I’d experienced as a child. Life after Trauma is the resource that would have changed my life if it existed a decade ago. 

To read more about my own experience of grief, childhood sexual violence and complex mental illness, you might like to start with this introductory essay. (Don’t worry, it has a happy ending!)