Category: speaking up

• Are You Good Enough?

  Struggling with feelings of never being good enough? Read this article to heal yourself

  meowmeowproject

  June 27, 2022

  acceptance, Approval, childhood, Family dynamics, life, Love, Psychology, self-knowledge, speaking up

  abuse, authenticity, conformity, emotional abuse, Family of Origin, hope, identity, Love, perception, Psychology, Relationship, self-affirmation, traps, trauma

• 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…

  meowmeowproject

  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

• Stories

  We live in storiesThe onesWe inhabitIn our heads The ones that weTell to eachOther To give understanding And hope To remind ourselvesThere’s somethingThat connectsUs all That binds usTo the fabric ofLife A purposeThat transcends Our smallHappiness And deep sadness We live in stories Because we can

  meowmeowproject

  January 2, 2022

  acceptance, christianity, communication, Family dynamics, Home, inconvenient truths, Love, memories, mindfulness, Psychology, Relationship, self-knowledge, speaking up, story-telling

• 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…

  meowmeowproject

  December 26, 2021

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

• Praxis

  What does retraumatization and gaslighting in church look like? This is my own account of what I went through as a victim and survivor of domestic violence. I have since left this church.

  meowmeowproject

  December 19, 2021

  abuse, finding your own voice, inconvenient truths, Morality, religion, self-knowledge, speaking up, trauma, vulnerable

  christianity, emotional abuse, Relationship