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Healing Requires Action complex ptsd healing Mar 19, 2024

Hello, hello, hello…good to see you!

Magical Lesson:

Many years ago, I was waiting for a 12-step recovery meeting to start and I was struggling with relapse. I was feeling defeated and wanted to “start again on Monday.” BTW - The addiction is never interested in you starting...

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Sabaticalish addiction advanced bitches complex ptsd conscious living consciously ptsd recovery May 17, 2022

You may have noticed that I am not as active on social media as I used to be – especially on Instagram.  I know some of you worry about me being sick or falling into the depths of despair, so I felt it was important to let you to know what tf is up.  I didn’t want any of you...

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Self-Sabotage and The Psychological Immune System addiction advanced bitches complex ptsd conscious living consciously ptsd recovery Mar 23, 2022

A lot of buttons were pushed when I taught in the CPTSD class about willpower and motivation that self-sabotage is not a thing.  For me, having CPTSD and making no move toward a goal and calling it self-sabotage is like having the flu and calling being unable to get out of bed...

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Advanced Lessons for a Conscious Life addiction recovery advanced bitches complex ptsd conscious living consciously ptsd Feb 23, 2022

I’m missing my therapist after having one odd experience and one meh experience with two different therapists.  So, I sought the comfort of a book of my Dumbledore’s wisdom and I thought I would share a few lessons from the Head Witch herself.

*You’re working on keeping a...

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Begin to See Your Trauma Responses as Advantages complex ptsd fawn response fight response flight response freeze response pete walker ptsd Feb 16, 2022

Advanced Bitches Tenet #4 is “Advanced Bitches learn to wield their trauma responses like lightsabers.”  This means that Advanced Personal Growth Work requires me to, on some level, understand and befriend my trauma responses.  Then, instead of having them control me, I use...

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Make A Truce with Your Inner Saboteur complex ptsd freud ptsd superego trauma Feb 09, 2022

Advanced Bitchifesto tenet number 3 is Advanced Bitches master the art of recognizing and declining the engagement of their Internalized Trauma Voice.  I use the term Internalized Trauma Voice interchangeably with “inner saboteur” and Freud’s concept of the super ego. ...

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Two Easy, but Important Tools for Healing Childhood Trauma childhood trauma complex ptsd trauma responses Feb 02, 2022

Number two on the Advanced Bitchifesto is Advanced Bitches do whatever it takes to heal their childhood trauma.  Now that we have set aside or are working on setting aside our substances, codependency and dysfunctional patterns (Advanced Bitchifesto No. 1), we find that it’s not so...

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