Tag: emotional healing

• The Shadow I Couldn’t Stand to See

  A reflection on shadow work, the mirror of projection, and a little girl who wasn’t allowed to ask for a glass of water. (This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure on my Resources page.) “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” — Carl Jung The People…

  Sara McGuire

  May 19, 2026

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  abuse, anxiety, c-PTSD, childhood trauma, cptsd, depression, emotional healing, father wounds, healing, healing journey, inner child, journaling, Jungian psychology, life, love, manipulation, mental health, patriarchy, projection, self help, self-awareness, self-worth, shadow integration, shadow work, trauma, writing

• The Man Who Held Me Up.

  A reflection on the first person who ever saw me. (This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure on my Resources page.) “Where no one else looks, love finds a way.” — Unknown A Name I Hadn’t Heard in Thirty Years. I’ve been writing again. Publishing again. Putting the messy, honest, unfinished parts of my…

  Sara McGuire

  May 15, 2026

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  abuse, being seen, c-PTSD, childhood emotional neglect, church, connection, cptsd, depression, emotional healing, family, father figure, father wound, fiction, healing, inner child, life, love, memory, mental health, self help, self-worth, therapy, trauma, validation, writing

• Father Wounds.

  “So much of what we learn about love is taught by people who never really loved us.” – r.h. Sin I watched the movie “The Shack” on Netflix for the second time. I weep when I watch this. The main character, Mac, is in a car accident on his way to possibly confront his young…

  Sara McGuire

  February 5, 2022

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  abuse, anxiety, emotional healing, emotional wounds, father, fear, God, inner child, intimacy, love, lover, marriage, mysogynist, patriarchal, rage, rejection, relationships, sex, slave, therapy, trauma, unavailable men, vulnerability