Tag: grounded

• Brave

  PROMPT: How are you brave? I felt the pull of this prompt, and even though I didn’t respond to it immediately, the question lingered in my heart. How am I brave? But really, I kind of want to know. So I looked around… Lipstick. I saw my reflection in my mirror and the leftover stain…

  That Scared Little Girl

  January 7, 2023

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• Self-Gaslighting

  Yesterday, I walked to my mailbox, but in a rare moment of spontaneity, I decided to keep walking. The weather was absolutely perfect. It was neither hot nor cold, but rather comforting, making me feel perfectly cozy. As I walked farther down the sidewalk, the sun began to peek through the trees as if to…

  That Scared Little Girl

  December 31, 2022

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  acoa, addiction, adult child of alcoholics, adult children of alcoholics, adult daughter of alcoholic, alcoholic family, alcoholism, gaslighting, grounded, healing, hope, learning, life, mindful, mindfulness, reality, thoughts, trauma