Life After Crisis Archives - Heal Write Now for Trauma Survivors & Adults Abused as Children https://healwritenow.com Writing & Inspiration to Heal Trauma Sun, 19 Aug 2018 15:20:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.5 Before the Bloom https://healwritenow.com/4850-2/ https://healwritenow.com/4850-2/#respond Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:46:01 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=4850 Today, my sunflowers are close to exploding open. The yellow is starting to poke through the green. The shape to come is taking form. At this age and stage of my life, it is not only the bloom I admire. I love the seed and the dirt it is planted in. I love the rain […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/4850-2/feed/ 0 After Oprah’s Speech: Questions, Courage & Quotes from Clarissa https://healwritenow.com/sacred-sunday-soul-food-clarissa-pinkola-estes/ https://healwritenow.com/sacred-sunday-soul-food-clarissa-pinkola-estes/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2018 05:07:08 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=4595 We were so moved and energized by Oprah’s speech. Now what? What do we do with all that motion and momentum now that the red carpets and cameras have been rolled up and put away? I started a survivor blog fewer than four years ago because I couldn’t find ANY other person writing, thinking and […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/sacred-sunday-soul-food-clarissa-pinkola-estes/feed/ 2 On the Morning of My Would-Be Wedding Anniversary https://healwritenow.com/on-the-morning-of-my-would-be-wedding-anniversary/ https://healwritenow.com/on-the-morning-of-my-would-be-wedding-anniversary/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:17:10 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=3263 We married ten years into our partnership and were together for nine more. I referred to him as my soul mate for most of my life. Today would be my 15th wedding anniversary. We don’t share a home, a family vision of the future or inside jokes. Today he’s the ex, my daughter’s father, a […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/on-the-morning-of-my-would-be-wedding-anniversary/feed/ 1 The Poetry of Patty Cogen is Breathtakingly Beautiful & Brave https://healwritenow.com/the-poetry-of-patty-cogen-is-breathtakingly-beautiful-brave/ https://healwritenow.com/the-poetry-of-patty-cogen-is-breathtakingly-beautiful-brave/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2015 14:09:45 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=3154 These are the poems from Patty Cogen and her book (seeking a publisher now) – The Flip Side of My Skin. I want to gush endlessly about her talent but for now will give her writing the space it deserves to speak directly to you including her own brief introduction. I must say thank you […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/the-poetry-of-patty-cogen-is-breathtakingly-beautiful-brave/feed/ 2 How We Deal WHEN Shit Gets Real https://healwritenow.com/deal-shit-gets-real/ https://healwritenow.com/deal-shit-gets-real/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:12:45 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=2580 “Should I yell at her when she poops in the house?” I asked the twenty-something with word trainer in white block print on the back of his brown T-shirt. “You want her to give you a signal, right?” I do. “You want to learn to read the signal she gives you, o.k.?” Of course. “You […]

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