Tag: healing journey
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To the Mother Who Rises Anyway
Mother’s Day letter of empowerment Dear Beautiful Soul, Today is not just a date on the calendar—It’s a sacred pause.A whispered reminder that you are seen. Not just for the meals you’ve cookedOr the tears you’ve wiped,But for the silent sacrifices no one clapped for.For the days you gave more than you had.For the strength…
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I Didn’t Deploy. I Still Deserve to Heal.
Female Veteran Mental Health: The Whisper That Haunts Us There’s this voice in the back of my head that sometimes whispers:You didn’t deploy. So what makes you think you deserve support? It shows up when I’m asking for help. When I open the VA Crisis Line and feel like I don’t belong. When I sit…
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Turning Fire into Warmth: How I Chose Love When Life Handed Me Ashes
Intro: There are moments in life when the world hands you fire. But I learned that turning fire into warmth is possible—and powerful.It doesn’t ask if you’re ready. It doesn’t care if your hands are full.It just drops the flame at your feet and waits to see if you’ll burn with it—or do something else.…
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The Weight of the Mind:Understanding Anxiety and Depression
Understanding Anxiety and Depression Anxiety and depression are two of the most pervasive and misunderstood conditions in modern society. Society often dismisses anxiety and depression as weaknesses, minimizes them as stress, or buries them beneath the weight of stigma. Moreover, it minimizes them as just stress or buries them under the weight of stigma. But…