by Elisabeth | Sep 7, 2016 | Defenders
Lately, I have been inundated with confusion. This is normally a sign that I am considering change. But I am not considering change in my conscious mind. I don’t understand it in my conscious mind. I am not in charge of it. It is something happening on an...
by Elisabeth | May 4, 2016 | Defenders, Parenting
It’s almost Mother’s Day again. It comes every year without fail. I try not to play the “society says we celebrate this today” game, but it is hard when I grew up in an environment where conforming was a life or death situation. And even if I attempted to ignore...
by Elisabeth | Apr 27, 2016 | Defenders, Dissociation, Freedom Fighters, Parenting, Recovery
Happiness Is Not a Choice There are more clichés about being happy than the hairs on my head. Most of them frustrate me. Some of them even trigger me. They may be well-intentioned, but the result of these “happiness” memes and quotes is to invalidate other...
by Elisabeth | Jan 6, 2016 | Memory Repression, Parenting
The Movement I love the conscious parenting movement. Amazing teachers like Janet Lansbury and L.R. Knost changed my perspective with their focus on respecting the child. I have to admit, the concepts came easy to me. I knew deep down inside they were right even...
by Elisabeth | Dec 23, 2015 | Inner Children, Parenting
What I Loved When I was growing up, I used to dream about what my life could be. I used to think about what I would have done if I could have done anything I wanted. Don’t get me wrong, I know that no child gets to do whatever they want. And most kids probably dream...
