W2W

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It takes courage to seek growth, courage to even consider change. It took me nearly 46 years and a cancer diagnosis to take the step you have taken today.

I understand how hard it can be.  All of the "what ifs" I lived with for so long: what if I am just broken? What if this is just the way it is? What if that good life I see other people living just isn't something I get to have?

I kept moving on, making the same choices over and over again, feeling stuck and exhausted and confused: Why am I broken? Why does it have to be this way? Why can't I have a different life? Why do I find myself in the same situations over and over again?

Maybe, I thought, I could change if I had help? But, how do I trust someone not to judge me? How do I sit with myself and look at all of these things, choices, people, actions, decisions and not fall apart? So I just kept going, too overwhelmed to stop.

What I needed was a place where I could feel safe when my only identifiable emotions were anxiety and dread.

If I could feel safe, then maybe I could breathe, and if I could breathe I could exhale everything I was holding in my heart: abuse, trauma, dissociation, dysfunction, obsessions and compulsions and perfectionism. Process addictions, co-dependence, fear and anxiety and cancer and loss and back again.

I have walked a long road and now, after making the same decision you face today, I am no longer afraid of what is ahead.  I am strong enough to look back and help others find their way, and just by being here in this space with me, I know that you are too.

You're not alone.

You don't have to stay where you are. You are welcome here . You are safe.

We can move on together toward the life that is waiting for you on the other side of whatever stands in your way. Your wounds can become wisdom when you allow yourself to exhale.

www.wounds2wisdom.care

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