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The Big Bad Wolf

I've never really been shy about my upbringing or the trauma I was exposed to. I've always talked to my kids about it because I needed them to understand that sometimes the way I reacted to things had nothing to do with them. Sometimes it was

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Breaking Through My Chains

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Triggering Each Other

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Writing My Way Out

I left home as a teenager and have always had to find a way to navigate this world alone, working and raising children from a young age. For 23 of those years, I built a career in the corporate world without support, guidance, or a safety net. I did it

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When is it OK to Walk Away

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Thinking Out Loud (6)

Sometimes I think about human behaviour and wonder if we’ve forgotten something as humans. We’ve all heard the phrase: “Be kind because you never know what someone is going through.” It’s a beautiful perspective. But as I get older, I wonder more often than not how many

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Music Is My Medicine (5)

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Music Is My Medicine (4)

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Music Is My Medicine (3)

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Music is My Medicine (2)

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Misunderstood

For the better part of my life, I've always felt misunderstood. People never really understood what I had lived through before they met me. They saw my reactions, my behaviours, my independence, my opinions, my need for space, and they formed conclusions. But they never saw what came

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The Day I Decided to Leave

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After Everything, What Survived?

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Existing Without Permission

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Shutting the Window

After years of silence, I decided to permanently close the window and cut off social media access to the four family members who always made me feel like less than. I kept the window open for too long. Maybe part of me wanted them to have a glimpse every now

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The Weight of Healing

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Thinking Out Loud (5)

When You Think Someone Is on Your Side. You know, I get nervous knowing I’m going to say all this. Because it’s scary to say what you think out loud. It’s one thing to stand up for myself in my private life. It’s another thing to

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That Split Second

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The Other Side

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What if It's Me?

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Abuse of Power (4)

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Abuse of Power (3)

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Abuse of Power (2)

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Abuse of Power (1)

No Harm Done? No harm done. A phrase I’ve heard many times in my life - worded differently, but in the end, meaning the same thing. And now, when I hear those words - or anything like them - my body clenches. I go silent. My nervous system starts to rise into

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Would I Even Go?