community
How to Heal When Life Feels Like the Environment That Harmed You
Regaining our sense of agency is another way of saying regaining the sense of power we lost in the environment(s) that harmed us
healing
child-abuse
To Protect Our Children, We First Need to Heal Ourselves
The predatory men I engaged with recognized I was starved for connection. Our support structures need to realize this, too.
community
How to Learn to Trust, Even When You're Afraid
Because the risk of not trusting is greater than the risk of trusting the wrong people
community
Reaching Out for Help When Everything Tells You to Pull Back
Why should I ask? Why should anyone answer? I am coming to this first post still recovering from a pretty bad trigger. My son spoke to me in a way that called to mind many less fortunate interactions with men over the years. I felt criticized and judged as less
adhd
Confessions of a Former Manic Pixie Pick-Me
How my survival response to rejection pitted me against other women
community
The Future of Us: Can We Learn to Connect Like Forest Fungi?
Reclaiming our innate connections to ourselves and each other
adhd
An ADHD Recovering People-Pleaser Negotiates Chores With Her Teens
Learning how to make our own way within community and contribution