Tag: personal growth
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The Cost of Change: Leaving, Living, and Letting Go
Surrounded by Boxes Today I write surrounded by boxes full of things that are all attached to memories and events that occurred throughout my boyfriend and I’s lives. It is amazing how many things we can collect, and memories that come flooding back from them. What’s even more amazing is that all these memories attached…
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Setting Boundaries: Why It Feels Wrong—And Why It’s Crucial for Healing
The difficulty of setting boundaries goes beyond the need to please others. It affects people from all walks of life, including those in addiction recovery, those re-entering society after incarceration, and survivors of toxic relationships.
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Snow Globe
Outside of my window the snow is blowing around as if in a snow globe; swirling and swirling, but it never seems to land. It seems as if time outside has stood still though the roads have been plowed and the garbage picked up. The world looks the same, yet entirely different. Inside my small…
Diary of a Flopping Fish 