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Aug 278 min read

Getting Back Into Inner Healing Work (IFS Therapy)

A week ago I was finally able to get back into doing inner healing work. I was scared because it felt like it has been so long since I...

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Aug 205 min read

Do-It-Yourselfing Slowly

Taking Care of Myself First

Several years ago I came across a Facebook post that makes its rounds almost every year. It is a list of items that people wish they...

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Jul 179 min read

Getting Used to Horse Therapy Again

Yesterday was the third time that I spent time with Rose, my therapy horse. She is brown all over with a big round belly. Last week when...

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Jun 255 min read

A Nightmare I Don't Know How To Wake Up From

If you have been following my story lately you may have heard that I was in the shelter for 7 months...it really took me for a loop...

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Apr 206 min read

My First Dollhouse(s)

Around a year ago in the healing work I was doing I came up with the idea that I wanted to build a dollhouse for the child inside of me...

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Apr 158 min read

Just A Little Bit More Healing...

Last night I was able to release just a little bit more grief and pain from how my abusive employers treated me...it is still such a...

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Apr 128 min read

It Is Not Okay

In February I felt that maybe I'd be out of the shelter by the end of the month. (But that was false)I planned that I would spend March...

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Apr 75 min read

When Did It Start?

Today I was thinking about that question. A few days ago I was asked when the exhaustion started. When I first felt it. I still remember...

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Apr 47 min read

What's The Next Step?

Warning: this is a really raw post. Read at your own risk... Right now I'm angry. Angry with the world. Angry with life. Angry with...

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Dec 7, 20237 min read

Lifting the Burden

This past weekend was horrible. I had things I wanted to do but I didn't get any of it done... Friday I went to work and took a picture...

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Nov 19, 20234 min read

I Am A Wild Child

Jesus, can I come home? I'm so tired. I just want to be free. Free from it all... And I want a hug. A big one. A long one. A comforting one.

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Nov 8, 20232 min read

Christmas Is On My Mind

Something that's been on my mind lately is Christmas...its been several years since I spent any holidays with my family...next month it...

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Oct 24, 20235 min read

A Different End To My Day

Also now that I'm here and getting used to the sights and sounds, I am reminded of the group homes that I've been in in the past.

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Oct 18, 20238 min read

Starving For Connection

Graduating from school at 8th grade, the future looked extremely dark. All I could see was that there would now be no escape from my parents

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Oct 15, 20236 min read

The Latest Thing

And I keep hearing my dad's voice "It's just all in your head!" A phrase I often heard when I wasn't feeling well....

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Oct 10, 202310 min read

Globs of Anger

If anger consisted of gooey globs, I'd be flinging it at quite a number of people right now. And...I guess I wasn't expecting to receive s

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Oct 7, 20232 min read

Two Things

Two things have been coming to mind lately: 1. I have been copying recipes off Pinterest to fill my recipe box with healthy recipes so...

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Oct 3, 202313 min read

Betrayal: Healing Comes By Feeling

Pretty gruesome, isn't it? I don't know what color pain is but I know how it feels. It is heavy. It hurts. Sometimes...

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Sep 26, 20237 min read