Category: anger

• Peaceful Thoughts

  Notes from a Domestic Violence Trauma Survivor Below is a letter I had addressed to Redemption Hill Church – the church I was attending and an active member of, and which I had turned to when I was violently assaulted by my ex-husband of eight years. (hereafter I will refer to him as ‘the ex’)…

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  April 16, 2023

  abuse, anger, being kind to yourself

  christianity, deception, delusion, emotional abuse, identity, Relationship

• “Home” is when you stop lying to yourself

  I’m a singer-songwriter and the the official title of my debut album is “Home.” (See Footnote 1) It is titled “Home” because making music creates a space for me to feel completely at rest and at home. It’s a place I can escape to and use my imagination to recreate worlds and images and sounds…

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  March 1, 2023

  acceptance, anger, art, art therapy, being kind, being kind to yourself, emotional processing, finding your own voice, Grief, Healing, Imagination, inconvenient truths, Meditation, mindfulness, music, peace, positive self-talk, Psychology, Quiet, self-care, self-knowledge

• The Power of Solitude

  An article on finding your own voice through solitude and reflection

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  January 4, 2023

  abuse, acceptance, anger, Approval, childhood, Childhood trauma, christianity, communication, domestic violence, Family dynamics, Healing, inconvenient truths, mindfulness, Psychology, Quiet, Relationship, self-knowledge, soul

• Who Are You?

  This poem is about my father who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2015. He died within 6 weeks of his diagnosis. After announcing his condition through email, he refused to see anyone for two whole weeks. He was a very independent and proud man who wanted to take care of business before letting people…

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  February 6, 2022

  abuse, acceptance, anger, Approval, childhood, Childhood trauma, communication, Family dynamics, Gender roles, Grief, Healing, inconvenient truths, Love, Marriage, memories, Morality, Relationship, self-knowledge, soul, speaking up, story-telling, Time, vulnerable

  Broken homes, covert abuse, deception, delusion, divorce, emotional abuse, Family, Family of Origin, gaslighting, Grief, identity, Intimacy, Introjection, lies, loneliness, memories, music, narcissism, perception, Psychology, Relationship, sadness, trauma, victim blaming

• Mangoes

  Ripe with aMalfeasanceThat threatensTo engulf meWhole Round, fulland yellowWith that lingeringScentAn inviting sweetnessTo biteInto juicy flesh You’d buy them for meAnd I’d reject them Only to takethem homeReluctantly,If only to stopYou from eatingThemand hurtingYourself Your colonCan’t take itThe two operationsThe growing cancerpushing intoYour peritoneum When you eat mangoesyour intestines get blockedAnd your pain escalates The…

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  December 26, 2021

  acceptance, anger, cancer, communication, dementia, Family, Family dynamics, Healing, Home, life, memories, mindfulness, mother and child relationship, Psychology, Relationship, self-knowledge

• The Soul Would Have No Rainbow, Had The Eyes No Tears

  This Christmas, I am gifting myself the gift of grief. I wrote a song on this particular theme because I’m so sick and tired of all the positive messaging I’m constantly bombarded with. Everywhere… Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn … like… highlight reel allergy much. I’m not a cynic, but can I just get an honest (though…

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  December 26, 2021

  abuse, anger, communication, domestic violence, Grief, Home, inconvenient truths, life, Love, Marriage, mindfulness, music, Relationship, self-knowledge, soul, speaking up

• Grief

  They talk about griefIt comes in stages Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Acceptance But do they talk aboutThe stabbing painIn your heart? Do they mentionHow hard it is to trust again?How fearful you feelOf falling in love Giving your heart away again? Do they talk about the hollownessThat you feel in the depths of your soul? Do…

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  November 14, 2021

  abuse, anger, Childhood trauma, communication, domestic violence, Grief, Healing, life, Love, Quiet, self-knowledge, soul, Time

• Daenerys

  I know now whyshe burned cities downI feel the fireof her dragons breathing downon me The righteous angerthat was never seenheard or feltthat was dismissedby a thousandmenand the lies ofmyths and traditions She grazed it downto the groundand burned everythingsymbolizing thosechains Born in the fireCleansed by her angerShe finds new life in the ashes

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  November 13, 2021

  abuse, anger, Approval, Childhood trauma, Game of Thrones, Gender roles, Home, self-knowledge, soul, Time