"Open your heart and drink in the glorious day" ~ Heather Havrilesky #affirmlifedaily #youarenotalone #healingjourney #IAmHealthy #IAmHealing #MyBodyIsStrong #MyBodyIsCapable #MyLifeisMyOwn #IAmEnough #IAmWorthy #GodisGood #GodisMerciful #GodIs #ButGod #GyeNyame #ILoveYou #GodLovesUs💜💚 (at Gentilly, New Orleans) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cels43XuC7y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I love y’all. I believe in y’all. Your stories are complex and worthy of being shared and heard, first and foremost by you. ✨ [Image description: white writing on black background with white and yellow floral edging that says: One day I will teach more people how to tell their stories, stories of harm, stories of healing, stories of surviving it all, stories of laughter and joy. We deserve more beautiful stories, more telling of them, more sitting with them, more loving our own stories fully. End image description.] ✨ #storytelling #shareyourstory #yourstorymatters #storyteller #learningtolisten #listeningtostories #listentolove #storytellers #goodstories #writingcommunity #journalingcommunity #tellyourstory #tellyourtruth #healingthroughstorytelling #narrativetherapy #traumarecovery #traumacare #iamhealing #iamwhole #healingincommunity #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #newstories #healingstories #thegoodstoriesproject #spreadlove #sharethelove #storytellerscafe #lifestory #tellyourselfthetruth https://www.instagram.com/p/CY7UIM9ProI/?utm_medium=tumblr

Healing trauma is serious business. It requires serious attention to play, creativity, joy. I’m intentionally attending to those things because they help cultivate peace in my life, and hopefully this inspires others to do the same. You don’t have to share it, but goodness I love when people do. And to my #therapist friends, it’s okay to still be healing as you help others heal. #youAREcreative ✨ #art #iamhealing #icreate #healingmyself #healingothers #traumacare #traumarecovery #traumahealing #creativity #youarehealing #healing #youareenough #peace #trauma #traumasurvivor #traumatherapy #traumatherapist #arttherapy #arttherapyheals #therapists #therapistsofinstagram #artwork #personalart #inspireothers #notanartist #creative #cultivatejoy #watercolor https://www.instagram.com/p/CLS0_JIlO6h/?igshid=1q6yb30kwex9s

I t’s late, but ooh, do I ever want you to know some things. The healing you’re hoping for is attainable. It’s a long road, hard-fought victories of setting new boundaries, hard-won peace as you peel away the layers of pretense you thought protected you. I applaud you. Keep going. It’s uncomfortable. Keep going. You’ll need to rest, so rest, and then…Keep going. ✨ [Image description white writing on black background with white floral edging that says: I want you to know, sometimes Healing is lonely. Growth hurts like hell. Saying no feels wrong. Setting boundaries feels bad. I want you to know this so you don’t betray yourself, so when the going gets tough, you’ll still choose you. End image description.] ✨ #keepgoing #youarehealing #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #healingtrauma #healingfromtrauma #childhoodtrauma #traumarecovery #youcanheal #youarenotalone #youareenough #youreenough #youareworthit #youareworthy #youaregoodenough #braveenough #strongenough #boundaries #setboundaries #chooseyou #growth #healing #thehealingcollective #healingcollective #thehealingcollectiveal #dontstop #restdontquit #youdeserveit #youdeserve https://www.instagram.com/p/CjZi7-fObJL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

...and the story begins... 🎉🎉🎉 I'm celebrating 🎉🎉🎉 ❎ 6 months ago I spent 2.5 hours in a hospital receiving my bi-monthly IV dose of a non-working heavy medication for my #ibd chronic illness ❎ 6 months ago I was coping with my ongoing fatigue every day, hardly being able to move around and fulfill my basic daily rutine ❎ 6 months ago my mental heath was compromised; I was fearful, sad, anxious, depressed and vulnerable 🤎 What a difference 6 months make! 🤎 🌟 Now, I am managing my symptomps WITHOUT any conventional medicine for 6-months!! 🌟 Now, I am able to swim non-stop for 2.5 hours in a pool and achieve my goal distance of 5.2 km!! 🌟 Now, I am happy, balanced, calm and hopeful!! And this is just the beginning of my healing journey....but what an amazing result already, on such a short period of time!! ❤️ Do what you love ❤️ ❤️ Love what you do ❤️ That's it. That's all the secret. The rest will happen and fill in the gaps. I've been transforming lives for those who choose me as their guide. 🙏 I'm one of my clients and I experience magical improvements every single day.🤗 ...the story continues, as I have a lot more to share and give 🤗 ...you can heal too!💫🌟 Let's heal together, peacefully 🌷 #ibdwarrior #ulcerativecolitis #colitis #iamhealing #lifeisgood #cacao #cocoa #cacaoceremony #ceremonialcacao #chocolate #chocolatesubstitute #coffeesubstitute (at Dublin, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfMxDaRMHWa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I wish what we feel and what we know were more congruent. I wish healing was only ever comfortable. But you are worth the discomfort healing takes. There are days you will feel the brokenness like you feel the breeze, and there are days the warmth of the sun will rival the wind, the warmth of friendships, the warmth of solid beliefs that you are okay and will be just fine. Feelings come and go. Write this down and repeat it all you need to. “I am healing. I am whole. Both are true.” ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with dandelion puff edging over a blue sky background. Writing says, you are not broken because you feel the sting of brokenness. Some things sting, but you are no less whole. End image description.] ✨ #feelingscomeandgo #iamhealing #iamwhole #youarehealing #youarewhole #traumarecovery #traumacare #traumahealing #healingtrauma #ptsdtherapy #traumatherapy #traumatherapist #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #youcanheal #youcanhealyourlife #youareworthy #youareworthit #youreworthit #youreworthy #journalingcommunity #writingcommunity #youarenotbroken #therapy #recovery #healing #whole #youareok #traumasurvivor #healingjourney https://www.instagram.com/p/CaP0tL1lz7L/?utm_medium=tumblr

Working on tender things. “…pain will either change or end.”-Audre Lorde ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with cactus plant around the edges. Writing says, When it comes to our traumas, there’s a fear that reengaging with it will destroy us, and it won’t. It won’t. Debbie Millman end image description.] thank you, @debbiemillman ✨ #traumarecovery #traumacare #youwillsurvivethis #youwillsurvive #iamhealing #iamwhole #youarehealing #youarewhole #traumahealing #healingtrauma #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveal #healingquotes https://www.instagram.com/p/CZuKFaZFUhy/?utm_medium=tumblr