healing journey
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When we stopped caring for the soil, we taught people to stop caring for their bodies. This blog explores the deep connection between depleted land and depleted health — and how tending the earth around us, without chemicals or perfection, can quietly restore both soil and self.
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A poem about what we carry after the war is over — the parts of ourselves we hide, protect, and keep alive beneath the scars.
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This poem explores the difference between people who live on the surface of their own lives and those willing to dig deeper into truth, discomfort, and self-discovery. Using earthy, visceral metaphors of soil, worms, hooks, and the hidden work beneath the surface, it reflects on courage, avoidance, and the raw honesty required to grow. A…
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This short poem explores the “fawn response,” a trauma instinct often rooted in childhood CPTSD. Told through the metaphor of a newborn fawn, it reflects the fear, abandonment, and survival coping patterns many people carry into adulthood without realizing it. This piece is for anyone who’s ever felt small, unsafe, or shaped by circumstances they…
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In a culture that glorifies toughness, empathy can feel like a flaw. Tenderness as Rebellion explores why sensitivity is actually an evolved strength — and how small acts of compassion challenge emotional numbness.
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In a world where our identities are quietly sculpted by every relationship we hold, it’s easy to lose ourselves in the slow erosion of unmet emotional needs. This piece explores what it means to feel like the “common denominator,” to question your worth, and to reclaim authorship over your inner architecture. •• “The Sculptor +
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A tender, honest poem about invisibility, emotional neglect, and learning to love with loose stitches. For anyone who’s ever felt “not enough,” “Sutures” offers recognition—and relief. ••• “Loose Sutures/Golden Repair”by Shelly Moore Caron• I wasn’t the homecoming queen, never glamorous, never seen. I was friends with everyone – at least, on my end of the
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