Tag: stardust

• A Hundred Miles Tall and a Thousand Miles Deep

  A reflection on grief, the outliers who survive, and what it means to finally know your own name. This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure on my Resources page. “Hell isn’t underground. It’s the world you live in when you’re too afraid to be yourself.” — Marilyn Manson, The Long Hard Road Out…

  Sara McGuire

  June 30, 2026

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  atheist recovery, body memory, childhood emotional neglect, cptsd, cptsd recovery, deconstruction, grief, healing, healing journey, high control religion, inner child healing, leaving religion, life, love, outliers, religious abuse, religious trauma, secular healing, self-identity, shadow work, stardust, survivor, Virginia Giuffre, writing

• Unearthing Stardust

  A reflection on ancient things, a duck, and a grief eleven years unspoken This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure on my Resources page. “We are stardust, we are golden.” — Joni Mitchell Yesterday I was sharpening my small axe when something moved through my hands that didn’t feel like mine alone. As…

  Sara McGuire

  June 25, 2026

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  abuse, acceptance, anxiety, arrival, c-PTSD, complicated grief, death, duck, family, goodbye, grief, grieving, guilt, healing, homestead, inner child, life, loss, love, mental health, nature, self help, stardust, suffering, trauma, unearthing, widowhood, wonder, writing