James
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Don’t be afraid, of the you inside
Do not be afraid of the you under the skin like a solid orange with a lava interior You are not the labels you gave yourself Someone made you anxious Someone gave you fear Someone gave you shame These are… Continue reading
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Healing: as we slow down
When you are so busy that you feel perpetually chased when your worrying thoughts circle around your head when the future seems dark and uncertain when you are hurt by someone has said Slow down Even for a moment. What… Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 18) Survival Self talk
I was convinced I was adopted. Or at least, thats what I often kept telling myself, when I pondered things as I walked home from school or time in my bedroom. Im nothing like my parents, I think different, I… Continue reading
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Healing is like an iron clad onion
The first layer is the toughest to crack. It took something major for me, it might do for you To admit, finally. To creak open that iron clad exterior That protector. That protective layer. That thing you’ve been using to… Continue reading
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Abusive Mothers: Some Children do ‘ave them
(More than as as society we would want to admit) Culturally we have a problem with admitting and accepting that birth mothers are abusive. Its bad enough trying to go against the myth that they couldn’t be loving, kind and… Continue reading
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Growing though Trauma (personally and collectively)
In my last piece I shared a little about how we love ourselves through healing, what it means to be kind on ourselves, as we do so, forgiving our missteps, not over dwelling on the tiny attempts to try that… Continue reading
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