Third of a Lifetime

Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors is a weekly Friday feature. My selections are entirely subjective, and I know it will never be possible to include every great resource tweeted. But I can try! I’ve personally read all tweeted links, and believe them to be of great value.

Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for content found on any other website. Stay safe, and don’t follow links if you believe you might be triggered by them. Also, I will not be re-checking links from older Best Tweets posts, and if the site’s archived URL is different from the one I’ve provided here, you may need to do a search on their site.

Please add your candidates for Best Tweets For Trauma Survivors in the comments.

Standalone Tweets

@Tamavista “Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.” ~ Leo Tolstoy

@rcinstitute “TruthfulTuesday: you are not the sum of the stories you tell about yourself; you are more real than this.”

@KinderEric “Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.” ~ William Shakespeare

@karenkmmonroy “Judgment (including of self) is a false directional mechanism — it always gets you lost.”

@empowermentguru “Compassion allows you to build courage, and courage allows you to be more compassionate.”

@SMARTBuddhist “Getting ‘pissed off’ can show passion and be a strength. Knowing what to be pissed about, and how to be constructive about it, is a virtue.”

@RiaSmithDesigns “Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” ~ Chinese proverb (via Maria_bg)

@SabineBraun “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

@karenkmmonroy “Sometimes life can feel hard, but it’s your belief in hard that makes the hard harder.”

@PixelProject “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” ~ Helen Keller

@abusesurvivors “Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.”

@DrJennifer “Bravery is being truthful with your feelings and being with life as it is in every moment.”

@BeautyofWisdom “Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” ~ Carl Jung

@Tamavista “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.” ~ Carl Rogers

@rcinstitute “FreedomFriday: mental rigidity is a greater prison than any jail.”

@ImpassionedCat “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon

@JPBarlow “The most exhausting thing you can do is to be inauthentic.” ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Linked Tweets

@psychcentral Finding Hope: ‘The Instillation of Hope’ in Therapy and in Life

@hyblis Is Online Psychotherapy Right for You? 5 Points to Consider (Via @therapy4help @ssanquist)

@akvet Understanding and Coping with PTSD (PDF) (via NAMI)
[Prepared by Veterans Healthcare Administration, National Center for PTSD]
[SEO: Focus is on veterans, but much of this information pertains to anyone with PTSD. Includes additional links, and a checklist of questions to ask your doctor. Excellent resource!]

@2morrowknight 42 Practical Ways To Improve Yourself (Via @LeyMarieCel and Lifehack.org)
[SEO: Intriguing ways not just to improve yourself, but many of these suggestions can be used to break out of a rut or the doldrums.]

@STRAY_DOGGY Service Dogs to Help with Psychiatric Disabilities?
[SEO: The range of what a service dog can be taught is fascinating. One example, for people with anxiety or PTSD, a dog can lick the person's face to help bring him into the present, bring the TV remote to provide a distraction, or in an anxiety-provoking social setting can, by a discreet hand gesture, whine or do other behavior which gives the person a graceful "out", to leave the room or move away from the group of people or person making him feel anxious.]

@goodthingZ 10 Things to Let Go of Today: Letting Go Is Not the Same as Giving Up

@BeyondMeds The busy mind on meditation: minimal training in meditation can lessen the perception of pain

@drcmblake On Dealing with Fear: Stop Judging Yourself and Be (Via Tiny Buddha Blog)
[SEO: Great post on dealing with fear, from spiders to possibly falling back into a depression pit. "We can challenge and overcome our fears if we’re willing to take power away from them. They aren’t as powerful as we think they are."]

@zebraspolkadots A Journey… “Big Fat Borderline” (may be triggering)
[SEO: An essay about how the mental health system, with its stereotypes, labels people to their detriment. Don't allow a label to define your essence and your self-worth.]

@DrKathleenYoung July Carnival Against Child Abuse
[SEO: The theme for the July Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse is "Independence". A smorgasbord awaits you of blog posts and arts by survivors of child abuse, and by therapists who work with them.]

@patriciasinglet Forgiveness, Done In Layers, not a one-time thing
[SEO: Forgiveness from the point of view of an incest survivor, but food for thought for anyone struggling with this issue. Discusses what forgiveness is and is not about, and how unresolved anger blocks forgiveness.]

Oh, we have abundance in the Twitter linky goodness account this week! There’s enough beauty, amazement, and amusement to lift my spirits for the weekend. It doesn’t hurt that the weather in Boston is both cooler and drier, for which I am grateful! Enjoy!

@zakaraya “Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.” ~ Homer Simpson

@petapixel Stormy skies (via Boston.com’s Big Picture)
[SEO: A showcase of the last several months' best storm pictures from around the world.]

@jawillie “FOXNewsSlogans …when thinking for yourself gives you migraines.” (via @dustmyblues)

@johnkunkle Porcupine who thinks he is a puppy! (YouTube) (via @ElyssaD)
[SEO: This is too cute! You have to wear work gloves to pet him, but he sure loves it! Does tricks, too!]

@AdviceToWriters “Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.” ~ Jessamyn West

@anothernuday Spiritual Flute: The Beauty of Nature (video)
[SEO: Gorgeous flute, and you probably didn't know that I have a thing for swans. )

@BeyondMeds "Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you." ~ Maori proverb

@Quotes4Writers Procrastination is crack for writers
[SEO: A good article about overcoming writer's block and procrastination. But I mostly just love the title!]

@phaoloo The world’s weirdest shoes (via @Maria_bg)
[SEO: Four shown here, with a link to a larger collection. Yes, they are weird!]

@pourmecoffee All already aboard
[SEO: I love trains, but you couldn't pay me enough to do this.]

@zakaraya “Some people are so negative, that they can walk into a dark room and begin to develop.” ~ Les Brown

@starZship My cat has gotten so flamboyant. Blame it on Gaga…. (via @CausesEffects @ssanquist)

@MaryDeMuth “Some books leave us free and some books make us free.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

@drcmblake A Rainbow Colored Miracle of Nature to Inspire Your Day (via @Minervity @JackiesBuzz @drcesa)

Warning: This post is about flashbacks, and may trigger, although I will not give details of the childhood event involved. Keep yourself safe.

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This last week I was pretty much floored by flashbacks and their aftermath. I lived five relatively crisis-free years without that sucker punch in the gut, or feeling like everything I know about myself is a lie. The crazy making part is that you know the lie is a lie, but you go with it anyway. And it just doesn’t seem possible that this is happening again.

It’s been so long I don’t even recall what the last flashback was about. This one, though, neatly completed a memory fragment, and explained some life-long hysteria with insects. (It sounds almost benign when put so matter-of-factly.) With dissociative issues, there are aspects where you reach a queasy knowing-it’s-not-resolved peace in order to move on, because you may never know or understand them completely. But that particular memory fragment was discussed in agonizing detail in therapy 15 freaking years ago! It was a done issue, as far as I was concerned. C’mon!

I wish I could say that this stuff is “over” when you’ve honestly and completely to the best of your abilities done the work. The most I can say is, this time I reached out to people much sooner, and refused to lose myself in it. That’s evidence of real, lasting progress. As I get my bearings back, I’m realizing I am okay.

Maybe the work’s effort wasn’t to be “done” so much as it was to be better prepared, and more resilient, in the future. I still want it all, though. I want to be “done”, and free of the things that can grip me in fear and make me question my sanity again.

I still think it’s possible.

Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors is a weekly Friday feature. My selections are entirely subjective, and I know it will never be possible to include every great resource tweeted. But I can try! I’ve personally read all tweeted links, and believe them to be of great value.

Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for content found on any other website. Stay safe, and don’t follow links if you believe you might be triggered by them. Also, I will not be re-checking links from older Best Tweets posts, and if the site’s archived URL is different from the one I’ve provided here, you may need to do a search on their site.

Please add your candidates for Best Tweets For Trauma Survivors in the comments.

Standalone Tweets

@CarePathways “Today, if you had a magic wand, what would you wish for? What do you really want? Feel it. See it. Allow it.”

@twitertwotter “It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.”

@empowermentguru “You will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did … sail away from the safe harbor!” ~ Mark Twain

@BeyondMeds ‎”Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ~ Meg Cabot (via @dedangelo)

@psychotherapi “People who successfully navigate change know that every challenging emotion they feel is not going to stop them.”

@zebraspolkadots “When my focus became where I wanted to go vs where I hated being — I arrived at my destination.” ~ zebism

@2morrowknight “Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” ~ Bill Cosby (via @OprahBooklist)

@NoSocialAnxiety “Aspiring to perfection will get in your way” ~ Gillian Riley

@rcinstitute “WisdomWednesday: wisdom is knowing yourself and not judging yourself for who you are, but striving to do better.”

@Tamavista “Treat people as if they were what they should be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.” ~ Goethe

@pinwheelgirl “Conquer your complacency. Show up for yourself. Make the changes you are dreaming about.”

@soulseedz “Set your standard to the highest level of love, generosity, compassion, forgiveness, and acceptance.”

Linked Tweets

Personal and Child Safety Issues

@WomensLaw Man finds ex-wife and children hiding in MO domestic violence shelter through GPS. E-stalking a growing problem
[SEO: Does your phone have a GPS? Does your car? Things to take into very serious consideration if you, or someone you know, are in a domestic violence situation.]

@2morrowknight Keeping Kids Safe Online (via Huffington Post)
[SEO: Lots of good tips here.]

@KissesFromDolce Learn the 7 Steps to protecting children from child sexual abuse (via Darkness2Light.org)

@NDVH Patricia Evans, author of The Verbally Abusive Relationship, has verbal abuse FAQ on her website

@wcsap Obtaining a Protection Order, a survivor’s guidebook through the court process
[SEO: A 71 page .PDF file pertains specifically to Washington state, but includes information that can help you understand the general process, and what the legal terms mean.]

The Rest of the Best

@akvet Excellent paper about the connection between PTSD and other diseases
[SEO: The population studied here is veterans, but anyone subject to PTSD from any cause needs to be aware of the increased risks and incidence of various physical ailments due to the toll of PTSD. The premise is that early treatment of PTSD could avoid much of the subsequent illnesses. Consider the implications of that statement for children traumatized by abuse who don't receive help for PTSD until well into adulthood.]

@HealingPTSD 28 podcasts on military sexual trauma (“MST”) for active duty, veterans, friends and family

@unsuicide Can’t sleep? Video gives free, effective relief with progressive muscle relaxation

@805Therapy Depression vs. Sadness
[SEO: This is an entire Squidoo lens site devoted to various aspects of depression vs. sadness. Lots to explore!]

@arttherapynews Top 50 blogs for learning about medical art therapy
[SEO: This is a great resource! Categories include: general art therapy, blogs that offer art therapy ideas, blogs from organizations, blogs by art therapists, and blogs by those in recovery.]

@goodthingZ 7 Tips for Effective Communication
[SEO: Article pertains to both business and personal communications, but the lessons are pretty much the same. In an age of information overload, how can you be truly heard?]

@SoulHealr Do you forget to breathe when stressed?

@drcmblake How to Find Peace of Mind (in Under 500 Words) (Via Tiny Buddha)
[SEO: Even peace of mind takes practice and patience.]

@StaceyCurnow Connecting With Your Empowered Self (article by @TracyLiebmann)
[SEO: What does your authentic self look like? Simple thought/writing exercises to connect with your authentic self, and to be empowered by it. Don't stress: there is no "right" answer -- other than your own.]

It’s been a monstrously hot, humid week, and I mostly want to take a nap. But first, here are the items I scooped up from my tweet stream that amazed, amused, and dazzled me. Distractions can be good! Kind of short, but savory — enjoy!

@liza “It is too hot outside to do anything more vigorous than immediately burst into flames.”

@MetaVisions “Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” ~ Pablo Casals

@anothernuday Beautiful and Relaxing Piano Melody by Mark Salona

@DavidWeedmark “He who laughs last, didn’t get it.” (via @ssanquist @paoloterni)

@unmarketing “I would enjoy the morning better if it occurred in the afternoon.”

@MishiPhoto National Geographic Photos of the Month- WOW!
[SEO: Colorful slideshow of underwater caverns in the Bahamas.]

@MetaVisions “The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” ~ Eden Phillpots

Special Request: If you find value in this blog showcase, please add the Dissociation Blog Showcase link to your blogroll so others can find it. Thanks!

We have amazing writers amongst us who give insight and hope to anyone struggling with dissociation, or to their loved ones. It’s a brain trust, and I treasure it. When I find new blogs, I update the Dissociation Blog Showcase (DBS) on Sunday evenings. Tonight I’ve added the following four new blogs:

Dawn Awakening

Dissociation in Detail

My Hidden Faces

REASONS YOU SHOULDN’T FUCK KIDS — **Note**: If the word offends you, don’t read this blog. But know that she uses it purposefully, and you are missing something special.

Please use the DBS link above to access these blogs, and check out the entire directory of (currently) 162 dissociation-related blogs!

As always, be careful and safe. Many of these blogs do not provide trigger warnings, nor are they obligated to do so.

I need your help! If you, or someone you know, experiences dissociation and blog about it, write to me with the URL at

sarah.e.olsonATgmailDOTcom

I review each blog before adding it to the Showcase. Thanks so much for the feedback and well-wishes for this project!

Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors is a weekly Friday feature. My selections are entirely subjective, and I know it will never be possible to include every great resource tweeted. But I can try! I’ve personally read all tweeted links, and believe them to be of great value.

Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for content found on any other website. Stay safe, and don’t follow links if you believe you might be triggered by them. Also, I will not be re-checking links from older Best Tweets posts, and if the site’s archived URL is different from the one I’ve provided here, you may need to do a search on their site.

Please add your candidates for Best Tweets For Trauma Survivors in the comments.

Standalone Tweets

@soulseedz “The last of the human freedoms is to choose your attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose your own way.” ~ Victor Frankl

@LynnRose “Experience is NOT what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.” ~ Aldous Huxley (via @naturcounselor @Fighting_Soul)

@Tamavista “All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.” ~ Thurber

@reginaldcuffee “Until you release your fears, they will always keep you in your comfort zone.”

@AlignYourEnergy “The fastest way to get to a new-and-improved situation is to make peace with your current situation. ~ Abraham

@TheDailyLove “You will thrive when the authentic you is stronger than your fear!”

@AncientProverbs “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” ~ Aristotle

@CarePathways “The last thing you want to do now is steal any more life from yourself by not living in this moment this hour this day.”

@LZeefe “The powerful forces of love, care, and compassion can change the world. Be a part of the chain. Let your voice be heard and be pro-active.”

@earthservant “I choose and accept powerful intention, new determination, enthusiasm, and creativity in the flow of grace with effortless ease.”

@soulseedz “Say to yourself: I give myself permission to be all, do all, see all, and love all, that the gift of life has to offer.”

@Tamavista “Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.” ~ Santayana

@CarePathways “In life there are people who will lift you up and people who will want you to fail; be with the people who lift you up.”

@Billy_Cox “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. What the world needs is people who have come alive.”

@karenkmmonroy “Try to notice the correlation between what you resist and how it persists. Amazing huh?”

@quotemeal “The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.” ~ Edward R. Murrow

Linked Tweets

@PalCheck What to do if you know someone who is suicidal
[SEO: Good basic information that you should keep handy. It could save a life.]

@KateAnthony Therapy Tales — a cartoon about avoiding eye contact.
[SEO: See the whole series at that link! And you can follow the artist on Twitter -- @TherapyTales]

@Beyond Meds “You Can’t Heal What You Don’t Feel — a FAVE piece written by Nicole Urdang.”

@drcmblake Desire What You Have and Feel More Satisfied in Life (Via @zen_habits)

@psychcentral If you read this, you might see yourself in here. Which perfectionist are you?

@rcinstitute Sharing your secrets with strangers or those who don’t care violates your own boundaries.
[SEO: An encore for this article about establishing healthy boundaries. It's vital to healing that you set healthy boundaries in your life.]

@BeyondMeds “Radical acceptance — a bit of commentary and some resources. New post inspired by @zebraspolkadots’ post Accepting Peace.”

@zebraspolkadots A Journey… Paying Homage To The Past
[SEO: In this follow-up post to "Accepting Peace" (linked directly above this entry), @zebraspolkadots describes her realization that denying what occurred in the past to try to keep its pain at bay serves merely to keep one stuck in an unhappy present.]

@goodthingZ 50 Ways to Start Fresh (in many areas of life)

@realwarriors Cool new app seeks to help those struggling with PTSD
[SEO: It's free, available for iPhone and Android, and designed for veterans and their families. Some enterprising person should approach the developer about modifying it for non-military PTSD sufferers. Okay, I sent them an email. ]

@goodthingZ Stretch Your Way Into Stress Relief with These 10 Stretches
[SEO: Includes how-to pictures of each stress relief stretch.]

@HealMyPTSD Popular PTSD questions
[SEO: Excellent basic PTSD FAQ. While veterans have high visibility with respect to PTSD issues, trauma derives from many causes and results in myriad outcomes. The answers to these questions are framed in such a way to reflect that.]

@anothernuday 5 Smart and Effective Steps to Beat Stress

@KarenLPhillips Relax and listen to the sea…. (via @ssanquist)
[SEO: This is rather hypnotic. Besides relaxation, I had it on in background when writing, and it helped to keep extraneous sounds from intruding on my thought processes. Excellent!]

This is my weekly compilation of favorite stuff I scooped from my Twitter stream. Amusing, inspirational, beautiful, whimsical. I love this stuff! Enjoy!

@LZeefe “I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time.” ~ Carl Jung

@ROBLOVE146 “The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.” ~ Billie Holiday

@writingtwit “Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.” ~ Ray Bradbury

@jack “Look! @Alyssa_Milano and her followers funded the construction of 18 (!) clean water wells, this one in Ethiopia.” (video)

@zakaraya “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” ~ John Berger

@Quotes4Writers “It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.” ~ Edna St Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950) US Poet

@pianomaths “Sometimes just taking things back to basics and grabbing a teddy bear, lovely music and stopping everything is the way forward.”

@sdesic 43 Of The World’s Most Stunning Lighthouses (via @Maria_bg)

@quotesource “Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it’s addressed to someone else.” ~ Ivern Ball

@LZeefe “Old age ain’t no place for sissies.” ~ Bette Davis

@awollenberg Story of the day: shy tortoise finds love with plastic mate (via @MindInFlux)

@NewMindMirror “Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.” ~ Vladimir Nabokov

Special Request: If you find value in this blog showcase, please add the Dissociation Blog Showcase link to your blogroll so others can find it. Thanks!

We have amazing writers amongst us who give insight and hope to anyone struggling with dissociation, or to their loved ones. It’s a brain trust, and I treasure it. When I find new blogs, I update the Dissociation Blog Showcase (DBS) on Sunday evenings. Tonight I’ve added the following new blog:

A Survivor’s Healing Art

Please use the DBS link above to access this blog, and check out the entire directory of (currently) 158 dissociation-related blogs!

As always, be careful and safe. Many of these blogs do not provide trigger warnings, nor are they obligated to do so.

I need your help! If you, or someone you know, experiences dissociation and blog about it, write to me with the URL at

sarah.e.olsonATgmailDOTcom

I review each blog before adding it to the Showcase. Thanks so much for the feedback and well-wishes for this project!

Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors is a weekly Friday feature. My selections are entirely subjective, and I know it will never be possible to include every great resource tweeted. But I can try! I’ve personally read all tweeted links, and believe them to be of great value.

Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for content found on any other website. Stay safe, and don’t follow links if you believe you might be triggered by them. Also, I will not be re-checking links from older Best Tweets posts, and if the site’s archived URL is different from the one I’ve provided here, you may need to do a search on their site.

Please add your candidates for Best Tweets For Trauma Survivors in the comments.

Standalone Tweets

@zakaraya “The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung

@pinwheelgirl “We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre

@BeyondMeds “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” ~ Carl Sagan

@Tamavista “Your conscience is your compass; your reason is your map.” ~ Kitamori

@PinarAkal1 “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~ Arthur Ashe (via @ARoadTaken)

@angelashelton “Replace chaos with contemplation and clarity.”

@Tamavista “Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” ~ William James

@CarePathways “The instant we recognize there’s a design beneath disorder, we’re actually propelling ourselves towards clarity.”

@Zbluemoon “Once you choose hope, anything is possible.” ~ Christopher Reeve (via @drcmblake @ShiCooks)

@pinwheelgirl “Truly the greatest gift you can give is that of your own self-transformation.” ~ Lao Tzu

@windowsot “No matter who we are we all have struggles. No matter who we are they are harder to bear alone.”

@Annalilie “Sometimes the greatest gift that you can give another is just listening to them, being present and completely free of judgement.”

@MindFortune “Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

@Annalilie “Be compassionate with everyone, including those that challenge you, and most especially with yourself.”

@MindfullyChange “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle

@zakaraya “I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.” ~ Sylvia Plath

@Tamavista “Somehow, when we no longer feel in control, we become available to deeper aliveness.” ~ Moss

@WomenOfHistory “Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking.” ~ Marianne Williamson

@Annalilie “Find your voice and speak your truth.”

Linked Tweets

@a_thin_line New face detection technology will automatically tag you in facebook pics. Cool or creepy?
[SEO: Yet another thing to consider with regard to online safety.]

@psychcentral Want to keep depression away? Read this top 10 list.

@kris_burns 10 Things You Really Oughta Know About Chronic Pain (via HealthSkills Weblog)

@brainpicker 5 things you should know about productive sleep (via @the99percent @kris_burns)

@psychcentral Replacing Your Negative Thoughts
[SEO: Thought replacement offered as a tool for managing depression.]

@woundedgenius Trauma and trusting memory — Lighting the Corners of Your Mind
[SEO: Trauma often creates dissociated memories, which results sometimes in not knowing or trusting if a memory is "real" or not. A good discussion of why it is important to own your memories -- and why you don't necessarily have to remember every memory -- in order to move on from them.]

@SiDawson Release Your Crap; Let The Awesome You Shine! (via @FindingMelissa @jdistraction)
[SEO: Step by step on how to release negativity, and feelings that hold you back. Helpful!]

@MindfulBoston The metaphor for burnout is to desperately try to get more water out of a dry container.
[SEO: What burnout is, what it means, how to replenish that dry container. Great article.]

@HopeLCSW The Value of Time With Oneself (via Psychology Today)
[SEO: There's lonely and there's solitude, two distinctly different ways of looking at time spent with oneself.]

@MindfulBoston Self-deception
[SEO: A short article about why we lie to ourselves, and how mindfulness can help to circumvent those lies.]

@Hopefortrauma Who Told You Life Wasn’t Worth The Fight?
[SEO: From someone who once believed that, but now has hope!]