"Why didn't she just leave?" That is the question most ask when they find out a woman has been suffering battery and abuse. It seems so simple, so obvious and yet any woman that has been abused will tell you that it is anything but simple. I once thought I would never be one of … Continue reading Ａｂｕｓｅ ｉｓ Ｎｏｔ Ｌｏｖｅ
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Shadow Work Is Hard Work
We’ve all been there, we’ve all had a part of us, a part of us tucked away deep within the reach of judgments from others, from forgiveness of ourselves. You know the ones that randomly creep back to your mind, to your heart, to your gut; the ones that wreck havoc on your soul, the … Continue reading Shadow Work Is Hard Work
Tips To Take Back Your Power
Let me be short and sweet here: words matter. Words matter far more than most of us give them credit for. So when I heard these words that changed my pattern of belief, of thinking, it became clear to me that these words were powerful. These words had the ability to alter my perception and … Continue reading Tips To Take Back Your Power
The Beauty In Broken
Ernest Hemingway once said, "we are all broken, thats how the light gets in." And if you stop to really access that statement, it is profoundly deep. In the first interception with the concept of being broken, many will shun away from the concept, many will be in denial, but for those of you who … Continue reading The Beauty In Broken
Nomad Land
Its a very different world, when you live in one in which you seemingly don't have a true north. Most people are born into families, families in which you have a deep sense of belonging if not acceptance and love. Granted not everyone has the privilege to have divine acceptance and perpetuating love from their … Continue reading Nomad Land
The Story Of Life
No one knows where their story is going, nor who the heroes in it are going to be. At anytime, life can surprise you. Life itself can trick us and it can certainly mislead us. It can paint one person a hero when they very well may be the villain. Hero or villain? Villain or … Continue reading The Story Of Life
Gripped by Grief
It is a blessing and a curse to feel things so very deeply, for grief knows no time, grief has no boundaries nor limitations. It comes in waves and it comes by way of its own path. It creeps up on you in the middle of the night, reaffirmed by the silence surrounding you, intensified … Continue reading Gripped by Grief
The Lesson
If you believe like I believe, there is a lesson in all that we do. The question is if you are bold enough to see it. Someone once told me that people don't come in to your life by happenstance, they come because of a reason, a purpose, regardless of how miniscule or profound, how … Continue reading The Lesson
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