Day 31: Becoming Your Own Safe Place
Day 31 Becoming Your Own Safe Place You’ve made it. Not to a finish line—but to a new beginning. For 31 days, you’ve shown up for yourself. You’ve explored truth, releasedshame, taken brave steps, and allowed healing to begin. You’ve looked at your story with honesty—and with hope. Now, as this series closes, the real […]
Day 30: Honouring Your Journey So Far
Day 30 Honouring Your Journey So Far Before anything else—pause. Breathe. Let yourself feel the weight of this moment. You’ve come a long way. Healingisn’t just about where you’re going—it’s about how you got here. You’ve faced pain, doubts, fears, and days when it felt likegiving up would be easier. And yet, here you are. […]
Day 29: When Healing Feels Lonely
Day 29 When Healing Feels Lonely Even when you’re making progress, it can still feel like you’re walking alone. Healing is beautiful but it’s not always Some days, you’ll feel empowered. Other days, you’ll wonder why it feels so quiet, so isolating,even when you’re doing everything “right.” That’s because growth often creates distance: From people […]
Day 28: Why Healing Can Trigger Self-Sabotage – And How to Move Through It
Day 28 Why Healing Can Trigger Self-Sabotage – And How to Move Through It Have you ever felt like you’re finally making progress… and then suddenly, everything falls apart — and you’re the one pulling the plug? You’re not alone. What you’re experiencing is called self-sabotage. What Is Self-Sabotage?Self-sabotage is when you unconsciously block your […]
Day 27: Learning to Receive Goodness Without Guilt
Day 27 Learning to Receive Goodness Without Guilt You are allowed to experience joy, support, love, and rest—without having to earn it. For many women who’ve lived through abuse, receiving something good—kindness, rest, compliments, help—can feel uncomfortable or even unsafe. You may instinctively push it away, believing you don’t deserve it, or fearing it will […]
Day 26: When the Past Feels Present – Understanding Emotional Flashbacks
Day 26 When the Past Feels Present – Understanding Emotional Flashbacks You’re doing your best. You’re safe now. And yet — a sound, a look, a tone, a situation — suddenly floods you with fear, shame, or helplessness. You feel small. Frozen. Like you’re right back there again. This is what’s called an emotional flashback. […]
Day 25: Learning to Take Up Space Again – You Are Not a Burden
Day 25 Learning to Take Up Space Again – You Are Not a Burden For so long, you may have learned to shrink. To keep quiet, to not cause waves, to make yourself “easier” for others to handle. But healing asks something different of you. It invites you to unlearn that silence. To believe this […]
Day 24: When Grief Resurfaces in Unexpected Waves
Day 24 When Grief Resurfaces in Unexpected Waves Sometimes, just when you think you’re finally doing okay, grief sneaks up on you again. It might be triggered by a smell, a song, a memory—or nothing at all. Suddenly, you’re overwhelmed by sadness, anger, confusion, or emptiness, and you wonder, “Why am I back here again?” […]
Day 23: Learning to Feel Safe in Your Own Body Again
Day 23 Learning to Feel Safe in Your Own Body Again After abuse, one of the most tender—and often overlooked—parts of healing is learning how to live in your body again. When your body has spent months or years in survival mode, it adapts. It becomes hypervigilant, always scanning for danger. It learns to expect […]
Day 22: Learning to Trust Yourself Again
Day 22 Learning to Trust Yourself Again One of the deepest wounds left by abuse isn’t just what was done to you—It’s what you began to believe about yourself because of it. Maybe you were told your intuition was wrong. That your feelings were “too much.” That your needs didn’t matter. Maybe over time, you […]