Overcoming Fear
The Gift: Healing the Child Within
Christmas is a time of gifts. Often, the gifts most needed are for the hurting parts of ourselves—the gift of healing the child within.
The Healing Power of Forgiveness
Ultimately, forgiveness is not about the other person, but about giving up burdens so that we can use our strength to move forward. Choosing forgiveness is choosing freedom.
Reclaim Our True Self—Reclaim Power
Powerlessness. Its lasting effects can be the difficult to overcome. The truth is that the only real way to reclaim our power is to reclaim our true self.
Reclaiming the Good
Reclaiming the good moments in our lives is critical in emotional and spiritual healing. But it is not enough to simply uncover the pieces of light. We have to own them.
Unboxing the Pain
Healing is not only about feeling and acknowledging the pain, but about learning to set ourselves free from its grasp. We don’t have to continue to be victimized by the past. Unboxing the pain helps us learn from the past and look forward to the future. We can find the strength inside us to ultimately thrive in a life that is uniquely our own.
The Power of the Word “Yet”
There is power in using the word, “yet”, when struggling to navigate our healing journey. Yet is the antidote of fear. I don’t know yet, keeps the door open to answers and help. I can’t yet, helps plant the seeds of a better self image. I don’t want to yet, keeps us from succumbing to the storms. The word yet adds power to and awareness of our ability to move forward.
Transforming Trauma
Discovering ways to help others gives us strength to transform trauma’s self-defeating thoughts and actions into motivation for the future.
The Power to Heal
Powerlessness as a victim skews our vision of the world and our role in our own life. Often, we claim responsibility for our abusers’ actions because it eases the sense of absolute powerlessness. Believing we are “bad,” means we can believe we have power to change and stop the abuse. Abusers accuse the victim of being the problem. Somehow it is easier for the victim to accept that lie than the enormity of the truth.
Peace in the Storms
Sometimes life can explode on us, like the hurricane winds ripping through a once peaceful sea. It is difficult to find peace in the storm when pelting rain and blackened skies blind us to the safe port that once guided our journey. However, whatever the traumas we face, the journey is worth continuing.
Freedom in Sharing
There is freedom in sharing our stories, our burdens, and triumphs along the way. With sharing, newfound strength can help us navigate the future.