How can I turn my goals into steps and my steps into action? From the I am app: iamaffirmations.app/download

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Living in the present moment can be very difficult at times. Especially when our brains are programmed to protect us and anxiety is present in our lives. Most trauma survivors don't even know what safe relationships feel like. So this has become our default setting #healing

I don’t know who needs to here this but Procrastination isn’t laziness. It’s. A. Trauma. Response.

"Your work is not to figure out what the path is. The path is being revealed to you. You just have to figure out how to be receptive to the information about the path. Can you feel the difference about that ?" AbrahamHicks 🙏 🌎 ❤️ ✅ thesecret-lawofattraction.net/its-done-chill…

If we understand our mind-body-brain is just trying to cope sometimes when we are stuck, we can perhaps STOP gaslighting ourselves into the narrative we are lazy. The shut-down/freeze part wants to feel seen, and needs our compassion. Gentle, Gentle, Gentle

“Remember, most of your stress comes from how you respond, not the way life is. Adjust your attitude. Change the way you see things. Look for the good in all situations. Take the lessons and find new opportunities to grow. Let all the extra stress, worrying, and overthinking go.”

Some days your, my, our, recovery will feel like it's hanging by a thread. And there are lots of things that can snap threads. But our recovery isn't strengthened by focusing on any potential thread-snapping things we can't influence. Serenity; courage; wisdom. All day.

Many of us are constantly looking for evidence that our partner will abandon us or hurt us in some way. Here's why:

Stop gaslighting yourself into the narrative you’re lazy when you’re really burnt-out and exhausted AF from being in survival mode for so long.

Every day...

Words to live by😀

You are allowed to grow at your own pace.

Some of us didn't even expect to be alive right now to be ABLE to add chapters to our story. All of this feels uncertain-- like we're on borrowed time. If you know, you know. Screw it. If you're reading this, your story WASN'T "supposed" to end-- & the plot ISN'T lost yet.

We're NOT gonna find that perfect relationship in which there's NO fear or possibility of being rejected or hurt. Not w/ a therapist, not w/ a lover, not w/ an institution. We gotta create a sense of SELF that can SURVIVE & RECOVER when-- not if-- relationships go wrong.

Years of abuse in a toxic family environment can leave survivors feeling worthless and hopeless. In this blog post, our guest contributor reflects on her life; her struggle with addiction, her diagnosis with CPTSD, and her recovery journey. buff.ly/3ygSogN

The ADHD tendency to need routine but then get painfully bored with routine and need excitement but then get overwhelmed and overstimulated and need routine.