I tried to explain how hurt I was. Just like when we were kids, I was trying to get my mother to hear me. She refused to listen to me. Refused to empathize with me. Here I was, a grown-up woman, and the same thing was happening. No reply. Silence. —My Courage to Tell The […]
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The Scapegoat
One person is chosen to bear the brunt of any psychological discomfort experienced by the family as a whole. —Sarah Swenson, MA, LMHC The scapegoat carries the burdens of the family. Are you the scapegoat in your family? The story is from the Bible in the Old Testament, Leviticus 16. It is a story of […]
You Travel Not Alone
Angels are there. All you have to do is ask. —Laura Corbeth Connecting with Angels I am very grateful that I have had so much support on this journey to of healing. Don Shetterly has become my friend. He was one of the first people to read my book and support me. His blog posts show […]
Dog Rescue
Volunteering to help abused dogs has been one of my biggest accomplishments in my life. —Laura Corbeth Volunteering in dog rescue—Shellie I have been blessed to work in different roles for a rescue organization. It is not about ego for me. It is about seeing neglected and abused animals come into the hands of wonderful […]
Cry | Every Day
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ Eleanor Roosevelt Crying I recently watched Real Time with Bill Maher and Bill’s last guest […]
Being Kind in an Unkind World
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. —Princess Diana Be Kind in an Unkind World On one of the many visits to my lawyer, I brought in some forms that required a lawyer’s stamp and notarization. […]
Do Not Forget to Hope
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. —Desmond Tutu A poem to lift you up! So, for anyone who is struggling, I want to send you a poem. It was written by John McLeod. He was disabled since he was a child. John began writing poetry to help […]
Don’t Minimize Your Abuse
Standing there was my brother with one of my mother’s cooking pots sitting on our picnic table. It was full of water. My brother was standing over the pot with a knife in his hand. His other hand was holding some kind of skin. —My Courage to Tell Why do we self-sabotage? I don’t know […]
Random Acts of Kindness
“I remember hearing a woman talk about her near-death experience. She had been fixated on her looks and had abused her body with diet pills. When she had her experience, she was given a very important message. All the little things she had done over the years – all the random acts of kindness – […]
Dealing with PTSD
When you shut down emotion, you’re also affecting your nervous system. So the repression of emotion, which is the survival strategy, then becomes a source of physiological illness later on. —Gabor Maté, MD Trauma and Triggers As most of you know from following me and my blog, I have been dealing with C-PTSD, anxiety and […]