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Claiming Responsibility

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:November 27, 2019
Post category:addiction dirty secrets Humor Mindful Parenting Surviving Narcissistic Abuse Trauma

Even, through my thirties, I had not learned to appropriately respond to harmful behaviors and words. Consistently, my uninformed and humiliating reactions stole the show, contributing greatly to the wreckage…

Thank You for Letting Me Go

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:November 18, 2019
Post category:Acceptance Faith Intimacy Mindful Parenting Self-Love Surviving Narcissistic Abuse

Thanks for letting me go. Nearly 5 decades chasing or running from you--was no way to live and no longer how I understand and do love. Recovery teaches us--- Love is…

Freedom from THE Shame

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:November 12, 2019
Post category:Acceptance Faith Intimacy Mindful Parenting Self-Love Surviving Narcissistic Abuse

Things that once caused me shame: My thin awkward body and brownish (non-white) skinMy name--the one assigned to me at birthMy inability to calm down and focus on what matters…

Because I was Terrified

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:September 21, 2019
Post category:Acceptance addiction dirty secrets Faith Intimacy Mindful Parenting Self-Love Surviving Narcissistic Abuse

I was terrified and ashamed and I did not know what to do, for much of my life. With the only consistent direction: “Be somebody entirely different (think, feel, want,…