Tag: therapy
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She Came Back
A reflection on abandonment, the inner child, and what the body knows (This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure on my Resources page.) “My body shrank from being an adult into a child, right there in the pool.” I painted her in February 2025. A little girl, maybe seven or eight years old.…
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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…
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The War I’ve Been Fighting With My Own Body
A reflection on self-acceptance, body shame, and the long road back to myself 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. “We run from what the inner child knows is true, until…
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The Wound Beneath Everything
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Rumi A reflection on finally letting myself feel what I’ve been carrying. I started this morning with coffee, my cat Nacho curled up warm on my lap, and two journaling guides I’ve been meaning to work through. I didn’t know I was about to…
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Exploring Meditation and Self-Forgiveness: Healing Through Imaginative Reflection
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.” – Hellen Keller I slept well last night, and sometimes, it feels like winning the lottery to wake up with energy and feel restored and refreshed. I feel even and quiet, like a calm…
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Hope in a Pill.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” –Albert Einstein I started taking Zoloft. My therapist listened to me describe symptoms of what she said sounded like panic attacks: pounding heart, sweaty palms, shallow breathing, a tightness in my chest, feeling completely out of control and…
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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…
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I Want to Heal.
I want to heal from my traumas and hurts and pains. I want a brighter tomorrow to feel more whole, more MYSELF, and more integrated instead of feeling like a Picasso painting with so many breaks and cracks in my personality and mind. It is painful and difficult as past traumas and memories come up.…
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