Amazing Grace
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 a result of learned distorted…
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In healthy, healing, loving family systems…
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. How I remember my mother…
She would never say it, but…
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 deserved love, nurturing, acceptance, protection and…
Dear Maggie
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 like to hear, what might…
July 4
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 either dismissal, (like as if…
YOU ARE THE ONLY PROBLEM!!!
I am working to change learned & damaging behaviors and reactions for which I am always apologizing. The work part means healing my wounds, which requires intentional examination, understanding them(with…
Things Learned
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, experiences, and feelings…AND not in…
Blind Spots- We All Have Them
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 motivators and sources of attraction…
Circling The Drain
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 the time) my needs or…
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