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Who are lost
Once again I have misunderstood, or failed to appreciate, the spectrum and the effects of being abused. How some lives are beyond difficult to manage and how others never reach a place of peace and wellness. Peace and… Continue reading
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Save Themselves
"Kicking the drug of Certainty…" was a phrase in Gloria Steinem's book "My Life on the Road". If you sit down with the concept of certainty, or perhaps your belief in whatever you are certain about, it shuts down anything… Continue reading
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Able to live.
"I am living my mother's un-lived life" Gloria Steinem While listening to Gloria speak to Oprah…I heard her say these words. I know this to be true. There is a life that is beyond what we set out doing. A… Continue reading
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Free Fall into Being Me!
"After years of suppressing emotions and thoughts about abuse, I was disconnected from the parts of me that made me – Me. Relationships are built through regular communication. Daily journaling has been an excellent way to build a new relationship with… Continue reading
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Their Faith Won’t Let Them.
The strength of Faith and its solid hold it has on someone will stand in the way of reality. What I have come to know, as I dialogue with folks from within the church about victim stories of abuse;… Continue reading
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Peace on Earth to Me!
While listening to a novel, it came to me how I have changed myself twice in my life; Once…to survive sexual abuse, I fled reality and lived an awkward life one step removed from reality; where my mind created… Continue reading
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Not against Us.
Some pages I earmarked from "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert. "But I see it differently. I think perfectionism is just a high-end, haute couture version of fear. I think perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat,… Continue reading
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Toxic Doses of Religion
A young friend sent me the following link… http://www.salon.com/2014/11/01/the_sad_twisted_truth_about_conservative_christianitys_effect_on_the_mind_partner/ A great article on the effects of strict religions. What struck me was this… "A symptom like one of these clearly has a religious component, yet many people instinctively blame… Continue reading
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From Elizabeth Gilbert's book "Big Magic"…. "A Trick" "So, yeah – here's a trick: Stop complaining." "Trust me on this. Trust Werner Herzog on this, too." "There are so many good reasons to stop complaining if you want to live… Continue reading
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Something to be Nostalgic for…
More from Brene Brown's book – "Rising Strong"…under the heading "Rumbling with Nostalgia. "…When, I wiped the nostalgia off my history to uncover the real trauma behind many of those stories, I began to understand why we didn't talk about… Continue reading
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