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“Don’t give them a taste of their own medicine. They already know what it tastes like. Give them a taste of your own medicine. If they lied, let your medicine be honesty. If they played with your emotions, let your medicine be maturity. Don’t be afraid to be yourself, even if it means removing yourself from lives that you want to be in. You are, no doubt, worthy of being valued for who you are. So be who you are.”

Najwa Zebian

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The Phoenix always rises. As let her soul sing her, she let go of lifetimes worth of silenced truth missiles cemented in the deepest caverns of her soul. A voice snubbed out for centuries, for saying too much. For being too much. For standing up too much. Her intuition and exuberance contained and restrained for centuries, but not any more. She could not be locked away, muted or snubbed out no more. Not now. Not ever again. As she let her spirit move her, she danced right through the flames. Resentment, anger and rememberings shaken out with every blazing convulsion, sway and kick. The movement created space for the tears which flowed deeper than all of the lakes with no keys from all the ages. Soothing and cooling the burning that once enveloped her entire being. Her whole body. All of her bodies. All of our bodies. Never forgetting. But still rising one by one, just as she had planned to. Rising from the ashes once again, resuming her place, face to the sun. Standing taller every single time, raised up by all the sisters who came before and will come again. The Phoenix always rises.

Rebecca Campbell

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Remember your name. Do not lose hope - what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. When you come back, return the way you came. Favors will be returned, debts will be repaid. Do not forget your manners. Do not look back.

Neil Gaiman, Instructions

I'm sure I've posted this before, but I don't care - it is literally one of my favourite things ever written.

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I think that one of the most important things to remember when we talk about healing from emotional trauma of any description is that there is no set path… There is no book that holds all the answers… No guarantee that what worked for 10, 20 or 30 other people will work for you… you have to find...

I wrote this sometime in early 2010, when I was happier and healthier... Yet it's still relevant, and the last few days I've had several conversations, where I've found myself thinking these same thoughts. So thought I'd reblog and share...

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Old reflections...

I think that one of the most important things to remember when we talk about healing from emotional trauma of any description is that there is no set path… There is no book that holds all the answers… No guarantee that what worked for 10, 20 or 30 other people will work for you… you have to find what it is that is right for YOU. And doing that itself, is perhaps one of the most empowering steps in recovery… Because by making a choice based solely on your best interests, you take back some of the control that an emotional breakdown makes you feel you’ve lost. And in that process, you will often encounter another ally - intuition. It’s often referred to as a female trait, but I believe it’s something we all carry… and many of us too readily ignore. Deep, deep in your soul, you will almost always know what is right for you… But there’s a lot of noise & static in the world around us, and sometimes it interferes with listening to that inner voice of guidance.

The thing about emotional trauma is that things do not ever return to exactly the way they used to be. But that can be said for everything in life, once a moment is passed it is past, we can never take it back, it can never be any different, and that is true irrespective of whether that moment was happy, sad or indifferent. If looked upon the wrong way, that can be a terrifying thing - I think we all have things in life we’d give anything to go back and change. What you CAN change, is the way you reflect, the way you carry forth elements of your past and the space you allow them to occupy in your present & project into your future.

Some of the most valuable lessons in life are learnt from the most difficult of circumstances. It is that gift of learning that we should try to carry forward. Not that that is an easy task. Ultimately, if we could learn these lessons in a less painful way we’d make that choice time & time again. But in the absence of that choice, the choice you can make is what you carry forward and what you leave behind.

The past never leaves us, it’s always right there behind us and it’s ok - maybe even necessary - to occasionally glance over your shoulder & give a nod to where you’ve been and the mountains you’ve climbed. But you don’t want to always be looking backwards whilst trying to walk forwards; inevitably, you’ll eventually walk into a wall or some other obstacle. Keep one eye on where you are and the other on where you want to be, listen to your intuition and what life has taught you and you have the power to achieve as much as you dare to dream.

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Reflections

Just reading through some things I wrote many years ago... Things I seem to need reminding of right now...

I think that helping others can be one of the most valuable ways that you can also help yourself. We can never perceive ourselves the way others do, yet when you connect with people who have or are sharing a similar experience, you will see reflections of little pieces of yourself in them. Even if it’s not taking place on a conscious level, it often does to some degree filter through. When you relate to someone else & step into their shoes - although you can never truly be in their position - you’re not only trying to look at their experience through their eyes, but you also have the opportunity to glance at yourself from a different perspective. I find music often can provide this same opportunity… To step outside your “self” for a moment; you move past all the clouds & complication in your immediacy and get a glimpse of a clearer view, and that “clearer view” can be invaluable in finding a path forward.

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