Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you.Let this darkness be a bell towerand you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength.Move back and forth into the change.What is it like, such intensity of pain?If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine….
Tag: mental illness
Sometimes ‘Bad’ is ‘Good’
Photo Credit: Rebel Recovery A container of mostly water with a couple of sticks of celery fell out of my fridge onto my kitchen floor yesterday. Water pooled on the floor tiles next to the fridge. No one likes unanticipated problems and I griped to myself as I soaked up the spill with some paper…
Your Astonishing Light
Photo credit: Rebel Recovery “I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.” – Hafiz You are not alone on this human journey. Annie.
Even Nature has Boundaries
Photo Credit: Alt National Park & Forest Service.* Thank you to the Facebook page, ‘Ancient Forests and Champion Trees,’ for sharing the image and therefore bringing it to my attention. _________________________ Nature has so much to teach us. I love this visual reminder of the beauty — and absolute necessity — of clear personal boundaries….
Sweet, Blissful Relaxation
Photo credit: Rebel Recovery I’ve enjoyed a routine of vigorous physical activity for two decades but health challenges in the past few years interrupted some of my habits. It’s taken time for me to develop new habits that work for me — sometimes. For the past sixteen mornings in a row I’ve gotten out of…
Know First Who You Are
Know first who you are, then adorn yourself accordingly. Epictetus This is what recovery — in the big way that I define it — is really all about, isn’t it. So important, and yet so much easier said than done. This is my journey. Sending you strength and clarity on your journey to you. xoAnnie…
Alice Miller
Alice Miller was a Swiss psychoanalyst who wrote extensively about the ways in which parents do not respect their own children and the impact of emotional wounds experienced by children on their lives as adults. She should be read widely. Yours in healing. Yours in creating a better tomorrow. Annie
I’m Starting to Listen to Me
Photo credit: Rebel Recovery I stick hearts in my calendar. Childish, sticker hearts. They mean love and that means safety. And beside the hearts, I write, ” I can do it.” I like to think that if I go slowly and if I listen to myself carefully, then maybe I can. **************** Fear was the…
The Purpose of Life: Be Yourself
Photo credit: Rebel Recovery I found my truth on a teabag today….. “The purpose of life is to know yourself and love yourself and trust yourself and be yourself.” Sending you peace and strength on your journey to you. A.
Love is Grounding
Photo: A view from where I’m house sitting in a city. I love the ivy growing on the wall. The house has a lovely feel to it — it’s full of books! Photo credit: Rebel Recovery I’ve been feeling quite dissociated the past couple of days. Out of my head in ways, like all of…
I’m a Published Author!
Photo: The path to the pond. Photo credit: Rebel Recovery. …and you can be too. I’m proud to share that I’ve been published in the online magazine, “Rebelle Society.“ Listening to myself, deeply, and writing my truths helps me heal. Sharing my writing, my truths, helps me heal too — it may mean I am…
Mom’s Dead. Not Sure if Anyone Told You.
Photo credit: Revel Recovery I saw the words in the title of this post captioning a Facebook post for ‘She Recovers‘ recently. The words — the level of mother-child estrangement in them — made me catch my breath. They are the title of an essay written by Rebekah Christofi. And that essay may be the…
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