healing
How to heal fully and properly.
Healing Isn't Easy
A lot has happened since I first publicly opened up about the over 10 years of domestic abuse I lived through from age 9 to 19. The biggest change is the fact that I left on a round-trip from Sacramento to Ammon, Idaho on May 3rd, where I'll be staying with my close friends, Izzy and Sarah D.P., and their parents until August 8th.
By Audrey Ella Garland6 years ago in Motivation
I Can't Breathe In The Milk Isle
His shirt is sitting on a pile of boxes, which is on top of another pile of blankets. It has been with me for months, since he and I went to a red light party in Brooklyn, back when that was a thing you could do, before over 1,500 people were dead in our state alone, back before this month, which honestly feels like a year. He tells me he is in the hospital; he is the second person I know to have it, and he could die. I picture his body, the times when we have gone out to eat, and he had eaten piles of pancakes, a whole Chili’s sampler by himself. I’m not skinny, but he is different. It never bothered me, until this moment, where my too vivid writers mind can picture him, his short black hair, his face underneath an oxygen mask, the blue too thin blanket over his too big body. And it makes me sick to my core.
By kaleigh nye6 years ago in Motivation
The Time I Needed
My boyfriend took this picture of me at the Naples Botanical Gardens about a month before the stay-at-home orders began being issued. We had both been busy working, so this was the first chance we had found to do something fun together. We spent the whole day walking through the gardens feeling happy and a sense of freedom as the weight of the daily grind slowly lifted off our shoulders. No one was wearing a mask and gloves. No one was concerned about staying six feet away from each other. Everyone was walking around just enjoying the sunshine and the beautiful flowers blooming all around us. I think back to that day and it still makes me smile, when I remember how amazing it had been to enjoy being alive again.
By R.D King6 years ago in Motivation
You Exist And You're Heard
I'd like to say thank you to someone special, who's struggles and hard work goes unrecognized a lot of the time. They stay up at night, drowning in thoughts of the past, hurtful memories from a painful once was. Still they wake, making it through yet another day for yet another paycheck. Working day to day and struggling with such heavy personal issues can be such a hard and draining cycle. Working hard day in day out to make money to pay for the simple things in life just to get by, but not having time to mentally and physically heal not just from work, but also their own personal life. No matter who they tell though, still they feel alone at the end of the day, because the reality is they’ll have to learn themselves to heal and move on. At the end of the day, they're going to have to be the one to drag themself out of that dark hole they're in, because they know they need to. Not just for themself, but for their mother, sister, brother, companions, those who are looking up to them and relying on them. This person is me. This person is my mama. This person is my friend. This person is someone out there, who's probably struggling with heavy burdens too, feeling trapped in the same way, in the same cycle.
By Lauren Ionescu6 years ago in Motivation
The Last two Years
Just recently, I celebrated my two year wedding anniversary. I'm sure since my last post, you all have wondered where I have been and what I have been doing with my life. Let me tell you, the last two years have been quite the rollercoaster ride. And I have to say, personally, I do not like rollercoasters. But, thus is life.
By Alicia Sleyster Schmidt6 years ago in Motivation
Year 2020 Was Suppose To Be The Best.
It was almost midnight on the 31st of December and the new year was just minutes away and I remember how excited my family, friends and I were . In other parts of the world they had already entered the new year. It was not only a new year but also a new decade. 2020 was the year where new possibilities came alive, my friends and I had promised that we would stick to our new year's resolutions. We were grateful that we had reached the double twenty year and would not waste the year with procrastination or what ifs.
By Noma Hope6 years ago in Motivation
As We Are
Inquisitive, I am, amazingly, both a scientist and an artist. Being two things in one, however, is not very easy for me to live up to. Unfortunately, I find myself splitting my time and efforts up into the works of two different kinds of people. When I’m a scientist, I have to defend myself the whole time like I’m getting a Ph.D. When I’m an artist, I have to find symbolism in my own imagination. Such a conflict is quite a mental challenge to me as if bigots are always claiming my name to fame trying to prove that they are the ones really writing and creating, not really me at all ever.
By Stephen Richards6 years ago in Motivation
Bring Back the Peace Sign
I'm shocked by this world and the lack of love that people have for one another. I have always been taught to want Peace on Earth! There are numerous pennies in wells with my wishes for Peace on this Earth. I am not a young girl anymore and after so many years watching this world some has changed so much technology and yet so many of the same issues over and over. Still surprised every time I hear a story like for real how are people still thinking this way? I was taught early on to accept people, E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E. I've read books on psychology one that meant a lot to me was "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell where he clearly and scientifically proves so many subconscious beliefs that must be changed for people to start changing. If we don't ever confront the issues that are holding us back from peace this world will never change.
By Kristin McGuire6 years ago in Motivation
A Call for Unity : Guided Meditation
I’m not here to tell anyone how they should feel or should react to what’s going on. As a spiritual teacher I often feel the weight of collective grief so strongly. And when I'm not sure how to help - it's disheartening.
By Sierra Vandervort 6 years ago in Motivation
