Spectrum
SPECTRUMBy Jesse B. Donahue 2023©From all the ranges, both ends to the middle, there is a scale that talks of our likes, interests, and nagging peccadillos. Our behavior, our feelings, and, to some, our intense shame at our own life’s realities registers somewhere on...
6 Ways to Let Go of Resentment
Working with clients over the years and in personal situations, I’ve noticed that many people appear to have clean and tidy homes. It’s a different story if you open the cupboards and closets. Then there is the good, old junk room! To me, this is a mirror reflection...
It’s Beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
It is Christmas Eve, and Christians worldwide are celebrating one of the most important holidays of the year – the birth of Christ. It is a season to be jolly and happy. A time to celebrate with family and friends. It is a time for everyone, no matter what their...
Unwind Your Worries: Mastering Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Anxiety and Panic Relief
When I first started my healing journey, I was wound tighter than a 10-day clock…if you know what I mean. My muscles were tight, tight, tight, causing constant headaches. Our bodies tense and tighten to protect us. This makes sense when you consider that the primary...
CPTSD and Long-Term Personality Changes: Navigating Trust and Transformation
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) arises from prolonged exposure to trauma, often in situations where escape feels impossible. Unlike PTSD, which is generally linked to a single traumatic event, CPTSD develops over time in contexts like childhood abuse,...
When Mothers Hate Their Daughters
***TRIGGER WARNING – The following article discusses childhood abuse. I always knew I wasn’t wanted. From as far back as I can remember, my mother told me that she had gotten pregnant with me a month after my brother was born and how she felt about that....
Emotional Overwhelm
“Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm; when we look at each other, we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other...
Numbing Out For the Holidays
***TRIGGER WARNING – The following article discusses suicidal ideation and could be triggering. *** I opened the top of my prescription bottle and looked inside. There were only three little, round pills left. Xanax was more valuable to me than gold. I was...