healing

How to heal fully and properly.

Faith It Till You Make It
"Faith it till you make it” is my guiding rule for 2021. It’s technically not a new one but a continuation of a growth that helped me get through the past two years.
By Emily J5 years ago in Motivation
Chapters
New year, new me. Turning another page. Bye 2020. I scroll down the timeline on my phone and see the same phrases that graced my phone last year around this time. I wish everyone well, but I see an issue in waiting for January to hit the reset button.
By Rene Harris5 years ago in Motivation
Fresh start, clean slate
With patience and time the reality that exist in our minds can be manifested into something so pure, so beautiful that it feels as though it's just a dream. There have been many instances where I try to mentally land on my feet after daydreaming about my future and the fresh start each new opportunity presents. I currently find myself beat down, worn out and soulfully EXHAUSTED. I've had three deaths in the family, two of which occurred in January alone. Throw in a multitude of other issues and stresses and I'm just about ready to scrape up enough money to take a flight to some uncharted island in the deep Pacific to have a moment of solitude to contemplate my next move.
By Steelo Chris5 years ago in Motivation
Pause and Reflect
“I don’t feel like myself. I don’t think I have for a while.” I wrote in my notes app as I prepared for a discussion with my family doctor on August 24th, 2020.
By A. Gibb5 years ago in Motivation
Sober-Curious
New Year's Eve started out with a boutique Pinot Noir, a lovely cheese board, and the optimism implied in finally saying goodbye to both Donald Trump and the year 2020. It ended in a big, stupid, boozy, screaming fight. The next morning, Husband said, "Well, here we are again, the exact same place we were a year ago."
By Zoey Collins5 years ago in Motivation
So now what?
In 2014 I wrote a list of “New Year’s Resolutions.” I was young then, still am now, so these things, they were silly. But regardless it was a list. A list, which felt like a step in the direction of being better, of accountability, of transformation, or at least the hope of ...
By Ruby Cribby5 years ago in Motivation
Vindictive Vindication
The problem with being a vindictive asshole is that you get type-cast as a vindictive asshole in all aspects of your life. A life, which I can say, is all the more worth living with the spice of spite sprinkled overtop. That's the thing though. Like a person who likes raisins, as soon as you out yourself, people expect you want that shit everywhere. It’s not… necessarily true?
By Meagan Roe5 years ago in Motivation
The Way Ahead
To move forward one has to look at their past. How many times have you heard something like that? I bet I’ve watched or read something along those lines about 5 or 10 different times if I really think about it. But, if an idea is present in so many different forms of media then there must be a thread of truth in there, right?
By Bianca Bravo5 years ago in Motivation
This Year, I Dance
THIS YEAR I DANCE I was 23 when my husband died. They say you lose a part of yourself with everyone, because each person brings out something different. With him I lost my adult self. We were 18 when we met, 20 when we married, and everything I knew about living without my parents included him. Ten months after he died my mental health spiraled, and I checked myself into a mental health behavioral center. The most liberating day was when I honest with myself. I had a journal, and I did start vomit writing my feelings and thoughts. “I HATE MYSELF” I wrote and continued with all the things I hated about me. That was 4 years ago and today I realized that my self-image was developed into my adult self. The hole left behind contained more than I could, at that time, comprehend.
By Edna Alexis5 years ago in Motivation
Cold & Alone
The blood dripped down to my boots and the cold started to sink in, as I lay in it's icy embrace I thought to myself; "This can't be it, I have to survive, I have to make it home to my beautiful Amber and sweet little Gracie." I crawled in the dirt field grasping at the dead earth, a voice echoed in my ears like the sound of faint wind chimes, "Reigns I got you brother stay with me now. You're gonna make it home to your wife and little girl." I look up with my glazing heavy eyes to a silhouette of my brother in arms but his face... was... not him. Eyes as black as night peered into my soul and the feeling of emptiness surrounded me as I fought to fill my lungs with air, claws and a foggy darkness pulled me through the blood soaked dirt. As I struggle helplessly trying to break free, I see Amber in the distance and she slowly turns her back on me taking my daughter with her. I cried out for Gracie as she disappeared into the fog and darkness.
By Adrianna L Melton5 years ago in Motivation
What I've Learned:
The Internet is a vast medium of excitement and wonder. Vast /vast/: Adjective; of very great extent or quantity; immense. Where do I even begin?
By Mighty Beggar Media5 years ago in Motivation
War Cry
Beginning of 2020 As I lie on the cold cement floor of a chapel, I stare intently at the ceiling as if it were the vast night sky, and I had just located a planet in another galaxy. I have finally come to a decision.
By annabelle drawdy5 years ago in Motivation