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Jun.22.2012
We sometimes get together with other people hoping their mood will elevate ours or, at least, soothe, energize, or distract us. In a way, we want to bring leftovers as our contribution to a potluck while hoping we’ll find apple pie to fill our plates. Experience shows us it doesn’t...
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Jun.18.2012
June 18, 2012
We do it so often… and so well. We think understanding why someone abused us diminishes its effect on us. This is a disempowering web for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Though it gives us the comfort of not upsetting other people, excusing our abuser because we understand...
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Jun.14.2012
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Our authentic self •¸.•♥•.¸¸.•*
Some of us are still looking for sunny meadows after a childhood spent in dark forests. Even the best life journeys give us hills to climb and raging rivers to cross. And though we sometimes lose track of it, all of us have our...
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Jun.11.2012
Empowering tears ° 。 ° ˛˚˛ * 。*˚˚ ˛ •˛•˚ *。˚ ˚ ˛
For survivors, the past is a landscape of memories and feelings we want to avoid. Though there are moments of nostalgia scattered through those days, we have to tread lightly so we don’t consciously bump into reminders of our childhood sexual abuse....
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Jun.08.2012
June 8, 2012
Taking another walk along a well-known beach, I was thinking about how it is always different. There’s no doubt one day’s footprints could overlap those I’ve left behind on other walks, but the experience is never the same. It’s the same path, but the energy field has been altered...
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Jun.04.2012
June 4, 2012
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse recently shared the struggle she feels between what her heart and head tell her. She asked if I had that experience.
Absolutely! And leaving this tug and pull behind is surely one of the empowering gifts of healing from our trauma. We discover...
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May.31.2012
May 30, 2012
I’ve walk on ground cover that shrivels when you step on it and then returns to its robust beauty as you step away. It makes me think of personal spirit. This powerful connection to our potential is not inclined to be trampled. It doesn’t accept shame, doubt, worry, or directions...
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May.17.2012
There are many ways to come to a decision. Some of them help us feel connected to others around us. Others celebrate our past. Many bow to the logic of our minds where fears, doubts, and worries try to keep us safe. Remembering everything is energy offers us a chance to weave other choices...
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May.05.2012
May 5, 2012
Holding the blue print of our life purpose and always celebrating what makes us special, our personal spirit speaks to us in many languages. It took me years to hear the messages coming through my body. Even now, I am sometimes challenged to understand what my physical symptoms are...
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Apr.26.2012
April 25, 2012
Personal dreams begin as a collage of wispy feelings, flashing images, and fluttery hope; it all starts before we recognize it’s happening for us. As the delicate layers build, we begin to see a picture of possible plans for our future. That’s when we start planting seeds,...
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