Gratitude

Make living in gratitude your daily attitude. It is not enough to say you are thankful and smile politely you -must- feel, in your spiritual being, the sense of complete gratitude. It is a warm and calm, gracious feeling. In doing this, you can live in appreciation for what you have. Also in doing this,ContinueContinue reading “Gratitude”

Forgiveness

I’ve been healing a literal lifetime of sexual assaults beginning at age 6 up until an incident at the end of 2018–I got determined to heal and be better. I’ve got so many valid reasons to be pissed off and vengeful, I spent a lot of time in that space–and isolated because I didn’t wantContinueContinue reading “Forgiveness”

Advocation

Speaking up for yourself does not come naturally for everyone and for those who’ve experienced trauma, you may have also been conditioned or directly told to stay quiet by your abuser(s). Learning to advocate for your own well-being is a very powerful tool in developing boundaries. Understand that your needs (even your wants) do matter,ContinueContinue reading “Advocation”

Boundaries

I would consider this a pillar in self care. Perhaps I’ll put more thought into that concept and create some visual for another blog post. For now, lets go over some basics of boundaries. Developing boundaries has been a particularly challenging task for me, as I have been told, it’s tough for others too. WhenContinueContinue reading “Boundaries”

The Label Games

“Labels are for soup cans” was said to me during a time in my life where I’d become obsessed by the labels I’d been given, what they meant and what it said about me to be labeled. The somewhat bothersome thing about vocabulary is that words have meaning and we use these labels to helpContinueContinue reading “The Label Games”