Recovery:
where the stretched rubber meets the rocky road
confusion
fury
regression
reminders
triggers
movement
inch by inch...
Read moreConsider the Shadow and the Power of Silence
Silence: like Absence…is a presence in itself
Silence can be fear, oppression, a threat, dark power, loneliness, coldness
- anger, brain noise coupled with distraction
- collusion with abuse
- the only way to feel safe
and…
Read moreA Survivor's Dilemma
Today’s world can replicate a survivor's dilemma: be true to what you value—or dissociate, numb out, defer, give in…
You know what it is to get through rough times, or you would not be reading this. And, by now, you know (or at least a part of you knows) that this dilemma is a false dichotomy.
The challenge is to be true to yourself and all you have come through. Choose your battles wisely, but pay attention to the old patterns that do not serve you.
Read moreEven Now...
Those who have not experienced it do not recognize how many times the wound of abuse can be reopened. But even now, with the earth in a calamity of political and violent war and sorrow, there is something amazing going on. Here we are—our entire planet… grappling with awe and despair—how fragile, how beautiful. Each of our lives, all of our histories are summed up in this.
We are certainly greater than the sum of our parts.¹
This is not to paste a soft focus on it. But a reminder.
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