Insights and Resources for
Healing & Personal Growth
Find insights, resources, and guidance on healing from trauma, overcoming love addiction, and fostering personal growth. Whether you're on a journey of self-discovery or seeking support to improve your emotional well-being, these articles are designed to inspire and empower you on your path to healing.
Suddenly, That Summer
I couldn't have known it at the time, but this was my first memorable shame attack and my earliest recollection of feeling that its not safe to be me...I should be more careful...I can't let my guard down when I'm out there in the world. In other words, I unconsciously absorbed responsibility for what happened and assumed it must have been my fault.
I Love You, I Honestly (Maybe?) Love You
I believed that I loved this man, that I should love him, and wanted so much to feel in love; but what I really craved was the addiction, the intensity, the push/pull that I had experienced in my previous relationship. I wanted to feel hooked-as if I couldn't live without him; because to me, in 1997, that's what loving someone was supposed to feel like.
What’s Love (Addiction) Got To Do With It?
I can't say that I didn't value myself at all, but I definitely valued others and their perspectives—and their perceived perspectives of me—much more.