Healing
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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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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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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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Healing started with me…
I was ok It’ll be ok Ive always survived Ill get through this Another thing to get through Im ok But I wasnt I was hiding I was pretending to say things were ok Whilst parts of me were screaming… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 6) Being taught to say F**k
But its rude to say it Just say it No, it sounds wrong Just say it I can write it down Say it James You mean its ok to Yes, just say it James. It feels uncomfortable, ill get into… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 3) Discovering the real me
As well as the space to discover what was good for me, to see the situation pdf my marriage, and childhood, in a new light, and to get therapy to help me with tools, part of my recovery and healing… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 