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Frozen! Thaw from Surrender

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:August 2, 2011
  • Post category:Trauma Effects, PTSD

When you give yourself full permission to feel helpless and frozen, it paradoxically creates space for healing and effective action.

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Many Voices, All Valid

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:July 2, 2011
  • Post category:Self-Trust

Greet all parts of yourself with compassion to feel the validation you seek.

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Create: Walk into Fog

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:June 2, 2011
  • Post category:Healing Tools

When you create, you are making your way across an unknown foggy landscape one decision at a time.

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Deepen Your Roots, Stretch Your Branches

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:May 2, 2011
  • Post category:Find Support

Grow into a shape defined by your history and desires, like a tree becoming more intricately itself every year.

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“Trust Me!” and Other Red Flags

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:April 2, 2011
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

When you pay attention to red flags, you claim your power to choose, help your self-trust heal, and make room in your life for people who treat you with respect.

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Step Away from Double Binds

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:March 2, 2011
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

How to identify and respond effectively to contradictory demands.

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Remember at Your Own Pace

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:February 2, 2011
  • Post category:Trauma Effects, PTSD

Trauma is overwhelming, but healing doesn't have to be.

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100 Percent On Your Own Side

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:January 2, 2011
  • Post category:Find Support

Your Inner Nurturer knows you're doing it right.

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Demand Respect, Not Victim-Blaming

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:December 2, 2010
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

You are already enough. No one deserves abuse for any reason.

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Claim Your Space, Breathe into Your Back

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:November 2, 2010
  • Post category:Body

Shallow chest breathing takes up as little space as possible. Deeper belly breathing pushes out into the world. Back breathing claims the space that is already yours.

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