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Like many of you, I have looked at the devastating effects of severe trauma and had to ask “Do I let the dark swallow me whole and destroy me or do I hold on to the light and find a way to move forward?” Build on the Light is about how to find and own the good in our lives in spite of the trauma we've endured. We can find light and hope and ultimately thrive in the life that is uniquely our own.
~Tammy René
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Why Can’t I Cry? Exploring Emotional Barriers
The inability to accept or fully feel and express any intense emotion can lead to depression, burying us deeper in the trauma we’re trying to escape. The truth is, keeping emotion boxed up makes us weaker, more vulnerable, and more at the mercy of the past. Not feeling does not equal being strong.
Reclaiming Your Light: Rediscovering Your Passion
Reclaiming your light is often about rediscovering your passion for life. In this video, guest, Myra Marangi shares how her passion for dance saved her life.
Finding Strength Through Belief in Jesus Christ
Choosing to believe even in our darkest moments—especially in our darkest moments—can keep us from drowning in the storms of despair.
Hope Beyond Diagnosis: Redefining Your Future
Do our challenges with mental illness determine our destination? The answer is often as complex as the diagnosis. But in short, the answer is no. Mental illness does not have to determine our destination. We have the ability to choose the direction our life will take. Life experiences can alter how we get to our destination, but we can choose where we end up.
Share The Hope
Miracles in the Dark: How a Childhood Cult and Abuse Survivor Reclaimed the Light is a compelling and raw story of overcoming the trauma of childhood abuse and finding hope and healing. Regardless of the heartache we are called to go through, all of us can find light and hope and ultimately thrive in the life that is uniquely our own. ~Tammy René
