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The Art of Becoming changing behaviors courage creativity for healing growing forward hearing triggers understanding resilience Dec 06, 2024

When the brush hits the paper the bristles lead the way.  The colors are picked randomly as they come to me.  Today I sit in my cold studio and open the palette of options.  Watching...

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Living Life By the Drop changing behaviors courage creativity for healing growing forward healing hearing triggers the dance of growth understanding resilience Sep 10, 2024

"No wasted time, we're alive today

Churning up the past, there's no easier way

Time's been between us, a means to an end

God it's good to be here walking together my friend"

Stevie Ray Vaughan


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Keep Calm and Swim On: Resilience Techniques for the Win changing behaviors courage growing forward healing resilience understanding resilience your healing journey Sep 10, 2024

"I visualize to the point that I know exactly what I want to do: dive, glide, stroke, flip, reach the wall, hit the split time to the hundredth, than swim back and forth as many times as I need to...

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Flying Monkeys and My Journey Through a Legacy of Narcissistic abuse. changing behaviors courage growing forward healing hearing triggers scapegoat understanding resilience your healing journey Sep 10, 2024

We have entered rainy season at the lake. Today is day six of rain and swarms of fish flies creating a loud buzz in the dark skies. It feels like a scene from a horror movie when walking out to the...

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When Yoda Speaks: Overcoming Barriers to Healing changing behaviors courage growing forward healing trauma understanding resilience Sep 10, 2024

"Do or do not, there is no try."

Yoda

 

After much internal conflict I took a week off and dug myself a few garden trenches. I placed seed, fertilized lawns and sat outside just listening to...

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The Act of Growing Resilience changing behaviors growing forward healing resilience survivor understanding resilience Sep 10, 2024

"Our ability to grow resilient in the face of adversity

spreads to others and helps them grow resilient as well"

 

I am in my garden today getting ready for the new season of tending, weeding...

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