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The Metaphor Continues: Abuser Gets Full Custody
Sigh. I've had to do a lot of coaching myself in the last 48 hours--radical acceptance, circle of control, breathe in...healing means...
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Aug 205 min read
Helplessness to Hopefulness: Connection and Emotional Support
2016 Almost broke me. It triggered wounds I thought I’d healed and moved on from and presented bountiful opportunities for those that...
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spiritsonghcdc
Jun 263 min read
Skull Crusher: That Sounds Fun!
If you knew that a particular rock formation along the river was called "Skull Crusher", would you willingly go over the falls without a...
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spiritsonghcdc
May 94 min read
An Open Letter to the Mom I Used to Be
I see you mama, sitting on those steps while your kids obliviously hang on the rails or sit there not even caring at all that they're...
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spiritsonghcdc
Mar 253 min read
Shitty Kitty: Boundary Queen
We joke in our home that Shitty Kitty rules the roost--she's a little maybe 8- pound black cat with half a tail and a saucy attitude. She...
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Feb 83 min read
On Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs, and Fast Cars
As a teenager in the 80's, I already had a pretty wide range of musical interests that included musicians and bands like Depeche Mode,...
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Jan 303 min read
"He's Nothing."
If you haven't been keeping up with the news, E. Jean Carroll is a name you should know. She accused and successfully proved in a civil...
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Jan 93 min read
The Labyrinth of Healing
Until just the other day, I thought of the healing journey as something linear. It may be 3 steps forward, 12 steps back, a leap and jog,...
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spiritsonghcdc
Oct 9, 20235 min read
Doing Our Best: Lessons From Buster the Wonderpup
I've been pretty quiet in the blogspace lately. Life has been harder than usual lately. I saw a puppy running down the side of the...
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Aug 11, 20233 min read
How Do I Find the Right Divorce Coach?
I feel like every time I open any of my social media feeds lately, I'm seeing more and more ads for seemingly higher profile...
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spiritsonghcdc
Aug 7, 20232 min read
Barbie. Just Go See It Already.
There are plenty of articles out there about the movie and why you should go see it. There are also plenty of opinions out there about...
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spiritsonghcdc
Jul 31, 20234 min read
WWSD? (She'd call them the f* out!)
When Sinead O'Conner dropped her first album in 1987, I was 15. She dropped her second album in 1990--the year I graduated high school. I...
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spiritsonghcdc
May 27, 20232 min read
Tina Tuner: Simply the Best
July 3rd of 1976 I was four years old, the oldest of two, almost three--my little brother was born later that month. I didn't know who...
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May 16, 20234 min read
The Mother's Day Report: (I Didn't Cry!)
Maybe that should be it. I didn't cry. The End. If you're paying attention at all to social media, you know that Mother's Day isn't such...
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spiritsonghcdc
May 5, 20235 min read
Should I Stay or Should I Go (Now)?: Musings From the Rearview
If you happen to be a GenXer like me, you may have sung that title in a nod to the Clash's early 80's hit where they question again and...
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spiritsonghcdc
May 2, 20234 min read
But He Never Hit Me: The Emotional Side of Abuse
I can see the tides beginning to shift as topics like coercive control and emotional abuse gain traction in the national discourse. It's...
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