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Trust Yourself Despite Everyday Gaslighting

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:August 1, 2016
  • Post category:Self-Trust

Imagine a kind friend saying, "I believe you. It’s not you. You’re doing all the right things."

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When I Started

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:July 1, 2016
  • Post category:Acceptance

I stand with fellow victims and survivors and tell you that you do not need fixing.

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The Puzzle Box of Shame

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:June 1, 2016
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

Shame heals in many small steps.

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Heal Around the Edges

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:May 2, 2016
  • Post category:Healing Tools

Trauma heals at the borders between comfortable and uncomfortable.

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The Betrayal of Not Being Heard

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:April 1, 2016
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

We all deserve to have our distress heard and heeded.

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Not Alone with Your ACEs

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:March 1, 2016
  • Post category:Trauma Effects, PTSD

A large majority of people have had Adverse Childhood Experiences, which directly affect our health.

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Worthy of Protection

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:February 1, 2016
  • Post category:Acceptance

We all deserve protection for our needy, vulnerable places as well as recognition of our strengths.

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Weave Your Body Whole

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:January 2, 2016
  • Post category:Healing Tools

Kabbalah helps us weave the bits of ourselves back together.

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The Sacred Work of Showing Up

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:December 2, 2015
  • Post category:Relating

Emotional labor is the detail work of caring, of noticing, of paying attention.

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Patience with Long Endings

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:November 2, 2015
  • Post category:Relating

When we sit patiently with uncertainty, we make room for a new pattern to emerge.

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