Make Room for Grief
Grief is as individual and as universal as a fingerprint.
Grief is as individual and as universal as a fingerprint.
"Can we talk about what completing treatment and stopping would look like?"
Healing practitioners can provide a calm refuge for overwhelmed survivors by offering a stable container around logistics, emotions, and the relationship.
Helpers remove obstacles and add nourishment and support. They help us become more ourselves, rather than transforming us into someone else.
When the first people to care for us also hurt us, of course it will be difficult to manage relationships with practitioners.
As you repair your boundaries and sense of self, rather than feeling woven together with someone else, you will gradually feel more solid in yourself.
Whether we connect with our parents every day, once a year, or not at all, we can reduce the internal charge we carry toward them.
As your Inner Guardian becomes more integrated into the present, you can offer a more balanced, skillful response to present-time threats.
Every time we turn toward our own experience with warmth, we strengthen our Inner Nurturer.
When we practice non-ableist language, it gives us more room to be imperfect humans, internally and externally.