Tag: perseverance

Bad Days and Vanity Plates

Posted on August 5, 2017 by MJ

I was having a bad day last week. I didn’t feel well. I couldn’t seem to catch up on anything related to domestic life. My laundry pile looks like Mt. Everest. I seriously need to send up teams and establish base camps. People might…

Category: encouragementTags: developing grit, Never Give Up, perseverance, personal development

Phoenix Rising

Posted on November 20, 2016 by MJ

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I did not do EMDR at my last session. My therapist was correct. My brain caught on very quickly that it was time to “open it up”, so to speak, and every unresolved trauma left came pouring forth with relentless haste. I was none…

Category: encouragement, traumaTags: emotional alchemy, healing from trauma, perseverance, resiliency, trauma and meaning

First Fruits

Posted on August 26, 2015 by MJ

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I have written at length about the dynamics within my marriage that contributed to its dissolution. No one gets married to get divorced. This is, however, the right thing. I was told three years ago by a therapist that our situation was not sustainable,…

Category: divorce, domestic violence, personal developmentTags: children and divorce, divorce, domestic abuse, perseverance, personal development, relationships with daughters, self-repect