It happens… and you can heal. 
Empowerment comes with information and self awareness. New choices will take you to your potential.
Your courage will soar when you rely on your intuition.
Healing from childhood sexual abuse is a self help journey and this blog is here to give you insights.
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IT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE ~ CK
~ From Spirit Unbroken: Abby's Story
Abby didn’t hesitate to make another appointment for two days later. In this moment when she felt like a child’s sailboat floating out to sea, an ember of will burned brightly. The women she met with every week seemed to be whispering in her ear, urging her to find her truth. The many conversations she had shared with Dennis since they first met supported her seeking answers. And though Abby couldn’t see it or even feel it, something even stronger had stepped forward. Her spirit.
"The wonder of this book is not in just showing the reader how dissociated trauma memory happens: Jeanne McElvaney has a wealth of research woven through the story as well as personal experience. It’s a resource as much as it is a novel."
Sandra Bacon, therapist
A gentle romance floating on the surface of sexual abuse issues.
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Notes Along the Way... my blogs
You're invited to join me as I write about the things touching my spirit.
Lists of symptoms will never give us the depth of information we need to recognize the people around us who have hidden wounds from childhood sexual abuse. I think about this when I hear survivors describe themselves when they were in school
Friends and family often get into conversations about past events with each person laying claim to what really happened. Although each person experienced the moment from their very personal collection of feelings and through the lens of previous experiences, they assume everyone will remember the same thing.
Survivors of child abuse didn’t explore the landscape of childhood; they hunted for paths that might avoid landmines of harm. Whether they tip-toed with caution or brought their guns of anger, their primary focus was getting through another day. Secrets and survival were the guiding forces. Personal growth was the friend you didn’t bring home.
Though passing time ferried us out of our childhood sexual abuse, many of us continue to feel stuck in the same current. In the river of life, we feel unable to paddle to new possibilities for happiness.
