Tag: survivor

• 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

• They Burned the Girl Who Wrote

  A reflection on voice, violation, and the girl who refused to stop writing This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through my links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. See my full disclosure on my Resources page. “You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If…

  Sara McGuire

  May 9, 2026

  Uncategorized

  boundaries, childhood abuse, cptsd, cptsd recovery, healing, homesteading and healing, inner child healing, journaling for healing, life, mental health, narcissistic abuse, religious trauma, self-trust, spiritual abuse, survivor, trauma, voice, writing, writing as healing