Developmental Trauma Archives - Heal Write Now for Trauma Survivors & Adults Abused as Children https://healwritenow.com Writing & Inspiration to Heal Trauma Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:16:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.5 Guided Imagery Gift https://healwritenow.com/guided-imagery-gift/ https://healwritenow.com/guided-imagery-gift/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2020 21:18:15 +0000 https://healwritenow.com/?p=5053 Healing the helpers.

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/guided-imagery-gift/feed/ 0 Miss Diagnosed: Patient 3155175 https://healwritenow.com/miss-diagnosed-patient-3155175%ef%bb%bf/ https://healwritenow.com/miss-diagnosed-patient-3155175%ef%bb%bf/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:26:34 +0000 https://healwritenow.com/?p=5024 It’s ovarian cancer awareness month. I didn’t always know that, but I know it now.  I have cancer.  Ovarian. Advanced.  I have advanced ovarian cancer.  It’s hard to put those words together. It’s been two weeks and five days, and that’s only starting to feel real.  What I want is to believe I’m still in […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/miss-diagnosed-patient-3155175%ef%bb%bf/feed/ 5 Parenting after ACEs: Small Changes & Huge Differences https://healwritenow.com/how-to-human-differently-small-changes-huge-differences/ https://healwritenow.com/how-to-human-differently-small-changes-huge-differences/#comments Sat, 29 Jun 2019 05:03:39 +0000 https://healwritenow.com/?p=4963 (Part 2 & Part 1) I didn’t know how well a cry could be soothed, warmed, tended. I didn’t know how satisfying it would feel to cuddle, coddle, and cradle my baby girl. She was so tiny, only 10 pounds though ten months, because of living in an orphanage without enough food or love. I […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/when-safety-isnt-the-first-song/feed/ 2 The New Story of My Life…. https://healwritenow.com/the-new-story-of-my-life/ https://healwritenow.com/the-new-story-of-my-life/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:55:58 +0000 https://healwritenow.com/?p=4951 Note: The title of this piece came from a writing prompt given by Donna Jenson during one of her online writing circles in which I’ve been an eager student. I’ve been in a strange and new place where I’ve felt my own voice changing some when it’s always been clear, strong, and singular (even when I’ve […]

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