August 2015
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Totally Herself!
She chose her guest list carefully. She paid attention to the smallest of details, she listened to what brought her peace, and what she loved….what felt happy and fun for her; and when tied all together….it was incredible. It is… Continue reading
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No Decorations Needed!
"The Rescued Soul" by Christina Enevoldsen From Chapter 13 "Embracing My Anger" "I also had a persistent fantasy of stabbing my mother in the face. The recurring image of something so horrific was quite disturbing. I'd never considered doing anything like that; blood… Continue reading
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Give Away Your Power.
more from Chapter 12 – "The Rescued Soul" by Christina Enevoldsen "Owning My Power" "I've realized a little at a time over many years that I am capable of improving my own life in big and small ways. As a… Continue reading
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Blameless Freedom
Chapter 12, "The Rescued Soul" by Christina Enevoldsen "In reality, being a victim is falling under the power of someone or something else. It's a lack of power. The powerlessness might result from being smaller, weaker, younger, slower, less knowledgable,… Continue reading
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Empowered You.
"Rescued Soul" By Christina Enevoldsen "I felt Like Telling was Abusive" "Though I'd already confronted many of those fears and false beliefs about telling, like most things in the healing process, there have been many layers to this. Another layer… Continue reading
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Rejection isn’t about you!
In Chapter 9 – "The Rescued Soul" by Christina Enevoldsen "Taking the First Step in Telling" "What I didn't know when I disclosed my abuse is that it's very common for families to reject rather than support the survivor.… Continue reading
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When you have no choice.
The life of secrets and hiding, is very complex and often misunderstood. It isn't as clear as things being in the light of day. There are mixed messages and hidden agendas and the dark contours leaves you mistrusting, not only… Continue reading
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Ask yourself why..
As I rolled thoughts about secrets around and around, as well as my feelings of being duped, it came to me that there are markers of abuse tagged into the secrets. Or for sure living a double life. It just didn't make sense that I… Continue reading
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Mask Less
In the past few days, I have had conversations….well maybe the past few weeks, about friends with secrets. Or maybe just things we are silent about. Not silent with friends; but expecting friends then to be silent about it. To… Continue reading
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Against the flow.
While kayaking Sunday morning with a friend, we noticed something really strange that went against what we had been taught, "to go with the flow". When we were going with the waves, we had a terrible time steering the kayak,… Continue reading
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