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Why It’s Important to Make Space for Emotional Pain

07.11.2018

Healing from Abuse, Overcoming Hardship and Trauma

Trauma creates emotional pain. It’s an unfortunate part of being a survivor of abuse, but it is a reality we face and something that’s healthy to acknowledge. When we reject emotional pain, we deepen its hold on us. It stops being processed and healed—which means we will never feel liberated from it. The pain grows in intensity beneath the surface, trying to get our attention. Naturally, working through that pain is the best path towards recovery....

Powerful Benefits of Mindfulness for Survivors of Abuse

31.10.2018

Coping Strategies, Healing from Abuse, Stress Management

There are incredible benefits of mindfulness for us survivors of abuse. It can help us heal from trauma, see the world in a more positive way, and tolerate the stress of recovery better. Plus so so much more. But, there are certain types of mindfulness that help…and others that can hurt. It’s important that any survivor venturing into this field knows what to look for—and that’s why I created this video! Good mindfulness practices should help...

How to Feel Safe in the World After Abuse

24.10.2018

Healing from Abuse, Overcoming Hardship and Trauma

Abuse strips us of the ability to feel safe in this world. We were shown the darkest sides of humanity, often at the hands of someone that we trusted. They told us, through their actions, that the world is not often a kind place. This is the toughest part of surviving abuse. To have our view of the world be marked with the constant thought of “I’m not safe here.” And, when we’re constantly on...

You’ll Transform Your Life When You Make an Impact

10.10.2018

Empowerment, Joy, Life Purpose

It doesn’t matter that you’re just one person. You are a powerful person and you can make an impact in the world. When you do this, you’ll be lighting up your own life too. Abuse is a difficult hand to be dealt. It leaves us with a lot of painful emotions, memories, and impacts, meaning that it’s tough to live a fulfilling and joyous life. But tough doesn’t mean impossible. When you choose to make...

Codependent Relationships: How to Avoid, Heal, and Prevent Them

03.10.2018

Empowerment, Relationships

Codependency has become a dirty word. It casts shame on a person, leaving them with the stigma of being “needy” or “draining” or “burdensome.” Being codependent, or being in a codependent relationship, does not make anyone a bad person. It’s true that codependency can be dysfunctional, but that doesn’t make the people in the relationship bad. Yet, if you find yourself being codependent, it can do a lot of harm to your life. It can push...

How to Make Letting Go of Someone (Like an Abuser) Easier

26.9.2018

Healing from Abuse, Living Fully, Overcoming Hardship and Trauma, Relationships

Letting go of someone means no longer feeling like they control your life. It means not spending every day wishing you could go back to them or believing what they did to you will limit your future forevermore. Letting go of someone, especially an abuser, is about more than just walking away. You have to start to separate from their lingering control of your life. This makes it easier to handle them no longer being...

Find Safe and Compassionate Love After Abuse

19.9.2018

Healing from Abuse, Relationships

“Love after abuse.” It’s something every survivor wants and yet it also feels the farthest out of reach. How will someone come to love us with this ‘baggage?’ How do we build a relationship with someone who is actually good for us? These question are painful because, truthfully, these are blocking our way towards love. There will be people who will discard us as survivors. (As immoral and icky as that is.) Others may treat...

The Most Healing Perspective on Life After Trauma

05.9.2018

Empowerment, Healing from Abuse

Do you wish there was a way to look back on your past with love? To have a perspective on life where you could acknowledge the trauma you faced, but also see your strength? It would allow you to no longer feel burdened by your trauma, without overlooking the real impact it had too. You’d be able to feel empowered in your potential to create a better future—rising from the ashes of your past like...

Forgiving Yourself, No Matter the Mistakes You Make

29.8.2018

Healing from Abuse, Self Love

Are you tired of hating yourself every time you make a mistake? It’s exhausting to feel worthless and hear self-deprecating thoughts. You don’t deserve it—you deserve to be forgiving yourself always and forever. Mistakes happen to every single human being. You’re trying your best, but sometimes you don’t have the insights or energy to do something perfectly. And that sometimes leads to a slip up. It’s rational to feel a bit bad about this. Guilt, honestly,...

The 8 Growth Mindsets You Need to Thrive After Abuse

22.8.2018

Breaking Down Stigma, Dreams and Goals, Empowerment, Overcoming Hardship and Trauma

“Switch to a growth mindset.” That’s a popular thing you hear in the personal development field, isn’t it? At it’s core, the concept is beautiful. It challenges us to keep improving ourselves and our lives, in turn transforming the world around us. But for us survivors of abuse, it’s a more nuanced idea. Most “growth mindsets” are about no longer feeling emotional pain, or deciding to feel abundant and in love with life. And that’s super invalidating....

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