by Elisabeth | Oct 18, 2013 | Defenders, Freedom Fighters, Inner Children
Everyone has a dark side. Of course, some are darker than others. My dark side is pretty dark. Countless rapes and beatings can turn a heart cold. I have known about my anger for many years. I am comfortable with my anger. I know how to express it safely. ...
by Elisabeth | Oct 8, 2013 | Dissociation, Memory Repression
A couple of weeks ago, my external life took a back seat to my internal life. Although my external life is pretty good these days, my internal life is pretty ugly. It is a series of traumatic experiences with emotions to match. When it is time to pay attention to...
by Elisabeth | Sep 11, 2013 | Defenders, Freedom Fighters
I am not a super model, but some say I’m pretty. I have been called all the words for a woman who meets the generally acceptable societal standards of attractiveness: pretty, beautiful, sexy. I have had male attention. I have dated. I have married. I know that the...
by Elisabeth | Aug 31, 2013 | Freedom Fighters, Parenting
I am a willful person. I have always been willful. I was born that way. Some look at willfulness as a bad thing. Willful people have been described as “type A”, control freaks and hard to be around. Some very willful people have done serious damage to the world...
by Elisabeth | Aug 26, 2013 | Recovery
As I sit here in this beachfront condo and watch the sunrise on the ocean, I can’t help but know that my life is good. So many people don’t know where their next meal is coming from. So many people cannot pay their rent. So many people are trapped in minimum wage...
