I really feel my past on days like today. Days in which nothing seems to go right and I get really, really angry at myself for not being able to make them go right. Of course that anger gets misplaced on to anyone who happens to be around at the moment, because I don’t seem to be able to see that I’m angry at myself for no good reason. Some times things just don’t work and it’s not my fault. I know that, but it doesn’t help. I’m still angry at me.
Wow, that turned unto quite a long title, didn’t it? Anyway, this months edition didn’t see the same number of entries that recent editions have, probably owing to the weather getting a bit nicer and people spending a bit more time away from their computers I’d guess. However, don’t let the number fool you, there…
Recently, I was contacted by Nicolette Winn, the founder of the No Longer Silent Movement (http://www.nolomovement.com). The first paragraph of the NoLo Movement’s mission struck a chord with me. Giving a voice to those who previously had thought themselves voiceless, the No Longer Silenced Movement seeks to empower teenage and young adult survivors of child abuse. By…
Given the response to my last post, and the discovery that this month’s blog carnival against child abuse topic is Freedom to Heal, I thought it would be a good time to expound a bit on the idea of taking care of yourself. As the comments point out, survivors often struggling with feeling like they…
As I pondered the theme for this month’s Carnival Against Child Abuse of renewal, or re-birth, I kept coming back to the same thought. Namely, that when we make a turn into a different direction in our lives, whether that be something as simple as giving up smoking, or making the very first steps into…
Pin I was having a conversation a few weeks ago about the way our minds work. In a nutshell, it’s been shown, time and time again, that the human brain is hardwired to find patterns, even when they aren’t there. Basically, when new information is introduced to us, our brain tries to fit it in with…
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