Can't Shut My Mouth

A traumatized therapist's advice on how to grow grit

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  • I had therapy today and left feeling both drained and restored. My eyes feel tired all day after a session like that and if I don’t shower, I feel the dried tear tightness on my skin all day- like little reminders.   This therapy allows me to uncover the locked-up stuff, put it on the…

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  • If I could only teach one concept to my clients who need support in healing with all the things, it would be the art of truly facing what is happening within them. We have so many layers of protection that keep us “safe” yet small and stuck. If you were in front of me my…

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  • Can’t Shut My Mouth

    I’ve got some stuff to say, and I literally can’t shut my mouth. On 11/25/23 I crashed my mountain bike and my face took the fall. At the moment of impact, I believed I would be permanently disfigured. I vividly remember the terror of not wanting to lift my head off the dirt face my…

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