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Vironika Wilde

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Born

Donetsk, Ukraine

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https://www.vironika.org

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Poetry

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Vironika Wilde (pseudonym of Vironika Tugaleva) is a Ukrainian-born, Russian-indigenous poet, spoken word artist, activist, and workshop facilitator. Readers call her raw, honest, and willing to spill tough truths about trauma, society, and the human condition. In 2020, she released her debut poetry book, Love & Gaslight, and spoken word album, Too Much For You. Vironika’s words have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, Bustle, Psych Central, Insight Timer app, Poetry Pause, Stanza, Book Riot, Canthius Magazine, Room Magazine, and poets.ca. When Vironika isn't writing, she loves getting lost, looking at the stars, singing to her kids, and eating pickles (sometimes, all at once). ...more

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“I am sick with
my own self-judgment
masquerading as my assumptions
about other people’s judgments of me.”
― Vironika Wilde, Love and Gaslight

tags: mental-health, philosophy, self-judgment, self-knowledge, self-love, self-sabotage, self-understanding, social-anxiety, social-skills

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“Note to self #1:
Just because you’re always
willing to work harder
doesn’t mean you should.”
― Vironika Wilde, Love and Gaslight

tags: codependent-relationships, hard-work, self-care, self-love, self-respect, self-sabotage, wise-words

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“Just because you’re always
willing to work harder
doesn’t mean you should.”
― Vironika Wilde, Love and Gaslight

tags: boundaries, codependency, codependent-relationships, hard-work, love, relationships, self-love, self-respect, self-sabotage, toxic-relationships

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“I rushed and rushed and
now, here I am,
standing on the edge of
nothing.”
― Vironika Wilde, Love and Gaslight

tags: hustle-culture, overachiever, poem, poetry, rush, rushing, self-awareness, self-reflection

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“Where the poem ends, the poet begins.”
― Vironika Wilde

tags: poem, poems, poet, poetic, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, poets-life

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“Most of your healing journey
will be about unlearning
the patterns of self-protection
that once kept you safe.”
― Vironika Wilde, Love and Gaslight

tags: defense-mechanism, healing-journey, healing-journey-quotes, healing-quotes, poetry, self-awareness, self-protection, trauma, trauma-recovery, unlearning

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“Loneliness is a disease
spread by people who
try to use other people
to cure their loneliness.”
― Vironika Wilde, Love and Gaslight

tags: cure, loneliness, loneliness-quotations, loneliness-quotes, lonely-people, poem, poems, poetry, relationship-quotes, using-people

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“You are full of fear—lucky.
You have so many opportunities
to be brave.”
― Vironika Wilde

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