CPTSD often occurs as a result of being made to feel unsafe because of your identity. Feeling powerless to change who and how I was,…
Ruminating (ok, obsessing) on the concept of grace and how I feel nearly frantic (obvi) that my boys may not learn to value grace, as…
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…
Love Enjoy Need My sons Tattoos Safe Solitude Sweet Greg Tacos Kindness Favorite(my bff) Tiramisu Safe Laughter Animals Books Safe Connection The Beach Yardwork Reading…
Ok, I have no experience within those kind of systems. My lived family expereince falls outside any of the categories of healthy, healing, loving. How…
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,…