Pain in the Process of Recovery
“And a woman spoke, saying, ‘Tell us of Pain.’ And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand...
View ArticleCutting Ropes and Sailing Free
I’ve been working my way through a depression over the last few weeks. Maybe “underneath” is a better word… Sometimes the journey to freedom feels easy and the truth is crystal clear. Risks don’t feel...
View ArticleSailing with Desire and Discovering the Roots of Happiness
In “Cutting Ropes and Sailing Free” I described the roots of my recent depression and the process I was going through to break free. I wouldn’t have had the strength to cut ropes unless I let myself...
View ArticleDysfunctional Family ~ First a Child Then a Parent
Freedom just Beyond Jimmy’s post “valued for my ability to work hard” was a big hit and so many could relate to being valued by the work they produced and by the results of their performance. This...
View ArticleRestless, Irritable and Discontent
Living in the struggle, trying to overcome depression and abuse I had a lot of questions like “what is the point? What am I doing here? There must be more to life then this so what is it? What is the...
View ArticleThree Keys to Breaking the Chains and Facing Emotional Pain
Sometimes facing the pain seemed so overwhelming that I didn’t want to get out of bed. I didn’t want to face what I had to face in order to get on with my life. I didn’t want to feel anything. I had...
View ArticleOfficial Notice to Oppressors, Abusers and Perpetrators
run Official Notice to the oppressors, abusers and perpetrators of emotional and psychological abuse; ~ you were wrong about me. You ARE wrong about me. I don’t need YOU to make me better. I am...
View ArticlePsychological and Emotional Abuse; I was Dying my Whole Life
Pondering Freedom I was dying my whole life; I just didn’t know it until I started living. The fog that I grew up with was almost completely transparent. I didn’t know that I didn’t know. I lived in a...
View ArticleEqual Value through the Grid of Truth ~ Then and Now
Peace through Truth by Theodora MacLeod I am an advocate for truth. I am an advocate for the truth that leads to freedom, wholeness and healing. I am an advocate for the truth that leads to healthy...
View ArticleEmerging from Broken ~ The Greatest Adventure is Healing
freedom ~ my grown son T. I was not always who I am today. I was not strong. I was not independent. I was not an individual. I was not often happy. I was not a voice in the darkness and although I...
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