PTSD - Aging Abundantly

Manifest Me – One Year Later

I began my Manifest Me blog a little over a year ago. It’s hard for me to fathom how far a person can travel on the inner journey in such a short period of time. When going through change and upheaval the passing of time seems interminable. The thing I’ve…

The Power of Our Imagination

A person’s ability to imagine is a potent source of power that every person alive possesses. We may believe that our imagination has been displaced by pain and trauma or that we no longer have access to it, if indeed we had any to start. Or, we may be operating on the assumption…

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THE WOUNDS OF CHILDHOOD

The wounds of childhood run deep. They run broad and wide and are left to fester when the light of understanding, compassion, acknowledgement, and love are nonexistent. In the immediate aftermath of injury, tears may be shed, cries and protests may erupt, but childhood wounds are often covered up with…

The Aftermath of a Childhood of Abuse

A childhood of abuse or neglect sets the stage for an adult who does not know who they are. Healthy boundaries are either a mystery or non-existent, and their behavior often either too rigid or too fluid. When we don’t know who we are, we may unconsciously cling to the…

A Safe Place

, As I began my healing work, I was guided ever so gently toward the discovery of my safe place. Finding this space was not easy, nor was it anything like I expected it to be. I did not expect to go inside of myself and find an anchor, a…

Banish the Darkness

I’ve come to see that when darkness resides in our soul it’s because we dare not look in the corners and crevices that contain our pain. We fear the darkness when we could choose to shine a light to banish it. A self-protective mechanism no doubt. Still…. In recent years, I’ve…