“triggers” the brain on trauma: abandonment and healing
Being “triggered” has become a catchy buzzword in our society, one that has taken on several different meanings over time but to some has become an excuse or a justification. It’s honestly a word hijacking and a realization that people today are refusing to embrace the truth and are walking around like a loaded gun?…
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The Love of god: relationship and the garbage dump that relationships can become
God will always seem like a threat to the wounded heart. “If I get you new ones, will you let the old ones go?” The love of my life saw the dried up daisies he had given to me, the ones that I kept as a reminder. He had bought me a bouquet weeks before,…
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the father wound and the casualties of war.
Some of us have been so hard wired to survive that we are absolutely 100% out of touch for what we actually need. We didn’t have parents that were involved or wanted to be. And if they were around, the did more damage than good. We didn’t have a norm in order to measure anything…
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“Applauding each others demise”: an insight into body acceptance, shame and fitness control
The fitness train is always looking for passengers to get on and ride it. Health is one thing. Obsession and addiction is another. From the female standpoint, we have been conditioned to believe that we must have no flaws, no stretch marks, no imperfections. This is not one more blog trying to change minds, these…
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Survivors guilt: wading through the aftermath of suicide loss
“The Lord is close to the broken hearted and to those whose spirits have been crushed.” Psalm 34:18 No scripture has ever landed so hard in my life than this one. I have known the bitter metallic taste on my tongue from the bloody bile of the sickness of a having a crushed soul. In…
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