I created this blog to discover(through reflection an sharing) and reclaim all of parts of myself which had been erased– or failed to develop as…
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Ok, I have no experience within those kind of systems. My lived family experience falls well outside any of the categories of healthy, healing, loving.…
My inability to authentically love and be good and loyal to you was proof only of the work I needed to do on myself. YOU…
My homework from therapy was to write a letter to myself of what I would want my mother to say to me, what I would…
In my family of origin and then later my mirror image marriage, assertive direct voicing of my own need, preference, or boundary was met with…
I am working to change learned & damaging behaviors and reactions for which I am always apologizing. The work part means healing my wounds, which…
So it seems like juuuuusssst maybe the key to living a peaceful and meaningful existence- is in learning how to recover from difficult people, events,…
I cannot change my past, but I can allow myself to be changed by it. In recovery, self-reflection and growth, for me, have each become…
The message was consistent, from my family of origin and in my marriage–that my experiences, needs, desires, concerns were invalid, inadmissible, troublesome. When (99.9% of…