healing
How to heal fully and properly.
Healing My Trauma for Myself.
There are two things happening. One, I am traumatized. I have PTSD. Two, I am simply...different. I never thought about having a traditional career. I'm not competitive. I love to write, but my fantasies aren't filled with book deals, and I'd rather self-publish than write endless queries. I also never really had fantasies about married life or children. I always wanted to write and travel...that's it.
By Lisa Martens5 years ago in Motivation
Hope is in the Air
Where does hope come from? My head? My heart? My faulty logic? Some survival strategy? Are the myths, stories, and misconceptions we tell ourselves the source or the suffocation of hope? I am not sure how hope manifests, but I am sure that it becomes infectious, viral, and creative as I observe it. If I just keep my dim eyes open and wait, will hope walk across my path? Or am I charged with some responsibility to seek the hopeful moments, situations, and individuals occupying my small piece of the world? I do a bit of both, chase and wait. When I am active in my pursuit, more hope awaits me and having more hope affirms and confirms the next incident or re-frames the situation from tragic to something better. The world offers us joy, opportunity, challenge, and renewal as and when they are needed. Accepting the gift and accepting responsibility for their stewardship is a powerful and enriching experience. Don't let it slide by without grabbing hold. Hold tight and make the moments last. You will be better, your world would be better, and the future will be better for all of us.
By Bob McInnis5 years ago in Motivation
Starting Over
Disclaimer: The following is a journal and the content is based on the authors perspective and opinion and is not to be taken as fact in regards to current world events (ie. Pandemic). This is merely the authors thoughts and experiences in regards to where the world is at. The comments made should not be taken as fact nor is it to be taken as offensive as we all experience the world differently. It should also be noted that the author has started a blog and some of the writing in this piece is and will be similar to what is written in authors blog.
By T.M. Short5 years ago in Motivation
"I'm Never Drinking Again"
SOMETIMES EXTREMES ARE GOOD For those of us that live in extremes, the hot or cold type of life, the all or nothing way of living, it can be scary to hear the word "never" in any decision that we make. If we're aware that we are trying to work on our extremist ways of thinking, it can feel very... repulsive. And daunting. The word "never" can bring us peace and it can also destroy us. How... fitting for someone who lives in extremes.
By Stefania Bolles5 years ago in Motivation
My Fresh Start
Twenty-twenty ... what a year! Am I right? As 2019 was winding down, as most people do, I was gearing up for 2020. I have battled depression for as long as I can remember, and I was beginning to build myself up to rise above it once and for all. I was searching Pinterest for motivating quotes and images and stuff like that. Then along comes COVID-19. Seriously?
By Cheryl Manon5 years ago in Motivation
Making Mayhem and Memories.
The memories pop into my head so much that it's almost embarrassing. You would think after all these years, that the moment my grandmother told me not to eat a second bowl of ice cream wouldn't pop into my head while I'm washing dishes. But, it does and it happens more often than you would think. Memories that I have from things people have said to me or rejection in my early years. It's strange the way they just stop by. Actually, some of the heavy ones were the driving force of my behaviors in my 20s and probably through my early 30s. I was a bit of a late bloomer. The traumatizing years of teenagerdom, seem to have been insufferable for me. For whatever reason, my psyche held on to every negative thing that had ever been said to me with clenched fists. Maybe I'm just not wired right.
By Dena Danzig5 years ago in Motivation
A Mind of Refuge
This past year has been a year of deep inner work and self-development. At this point in time one year ago, I was having nightly panic attacks, many of them severe, leaving me gasping for breath in a cold sweat spiraling down a mental black hole.
By Dan Pittman5 years ago in Motivation
How I Quit Drinking and Stay Sober
I want to preface this blog post with saying that there is not one definite thing that helped me quit drinking. It was a compilation of so many different things, both good and bad, that led me to saying, "Not another sip, no matter what" on February 2, 2019.
By Stefania Bolles5 years ago in Motivation
Fresh Start
This year to give myself a fresh start, I tried something I have never tried before. Usually, I don’t make resolutions because I believe that if you want to make a change that should start right away. You don’t need to wait for a new year, someday, next Monday, or for something to happen that forces you to make a change.
By Emma Richard5 years ago in Motivation
A New Approach
This year I decided to gather all the jewels I had obtained throughout the years. I took them over to my barn and laid them all out. I sat in a chair in the middle of the area, closed my eyes, and while focusing on my breathing, I forgot everything I ever learned, had been told, or even what thought I knew. It was at that moment that I began to receive messages as if from beyond this realm. A key appeared and with it, a note that read: Take this key and use it wisely for it is the key to your heart open it up and allow the information to flow in and out as the breath does when you inhale and exhale. I had no idea what this was all about but I took the key and put the note in my pocket. As I stepped up to the door of my heart I felt a wave hit me almost immediately. It was and rejuvenating like the sight of a waterfall peaking out from the mountainside.
By Sharaka Miller5 years ago in Motivation
