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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. —James Baldwin, Remember This House”
― How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
― How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
“I wasn’t bad. I wasn’t damaged. In fact, those habits and behaviors were learned responses that my body used to keep me alive. They were survival mechanisms.”
― How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
― How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
“My mom, a wounded child herself, had never been shown the love she craved deeply. As a result, she was unable to express love to her own children, who she did love deeply.”
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“You have to see yourself to love yourself—and you have to love yourself in order to give yourself what you weren’t able to get from others.”
― How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
― How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
“If parent-figures have not healed or even recognized their unresolved traumas, they cannot consciously navigate their own path in life, let alone act as a trustworthy guide for someone else. It's very common for parent-figures to project their unresolved traumas onto their children.”
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