A lot of my struggles are from complicated grief from going no contact with my narcissistic mother and 5 siblings. The decision to go no contact wasn’t done lightly & was the hardest, yet most necessary, thing I’ve ever done in my life. It’s a deeply sad thing to learn that your own mother doesn’t […]
That Gut Feeling. You know that gut feeling you get when you’re about to do something, or say something, and it feels like you should step back? That gut feeling is meant to protect us, it’s our instinct trying to keep us safe. Why do I sometimes still ignore it? I mean, intellectually I get […]
Why do we share our stories? Why do we NEED to share our stories? For me, I think the key is that these stories are sources of pain. We need to tell the stories to work through the pain and process the emotions. If we ignore it, it stays. If we address it, talk about […]
