Tag: emotional abuse

Woman surrounded by flames with the words, “Don’t set yourself on fire to keep others warm.”

When Accountability Flows in Only One Direction

August 12, 2026 No Comments

For more than 40 years, I didn’t really know how to exist inside a relationship unless I was the broken one, bowing in reliance to

A warmly lit room with an open closet, hanging clothes, photographs, books, keepsakes, boxes, and a ceramic mug surrounding a scattered pile of personal belongings. The image includes the quote, "Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know," by Pema Chödrön.

Making Sense of Life Through Patterns

August 5, 2026 No Comments

With all of the therapy, writing, reading, reflection, and somatic work, a lot is coming up for me. Memories. Patterns. Correlations that I had not

The Protected Position

August 4, 2026 No Comments

Something began when I was four years old, and it was reinforced, repeated, normalized, and sustained over the course of decades. The injury wasn’t only

One healthy green tree standing in the middle of a forest of dead trees beneath the quote, “A peak is a moment. A pattern is information.”

The Truth Is in the Pattern

August 2, 2026 No Comments

Sheesh. How many more times will I have to navigate this particular circuit before I have learned everything I can from it? The turth is