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How Can You Prevent Weeds From Taking Over Your Inner Garden?

In 2019, my husband and I closed on our first house, and we inherited a garden-in-progress. My children and I were out in the garden yesterday, and I noticed that other plants were growing just as fast as my vegetables were growing. As a novice gardener, I still have problems discerning weeds from normal plants. […]

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Breaking The Tradition of Learned Responses

Over time, we’ve observed various responses to many situations. Whether it was an angry outburst, crying, the quiet treatment, or throwing something, we internalized many emotions because we thought these emotions were “the right way to act.” Many of us are angry, fearful, resentment, and we don’t know why. Sometimes, when others inquire why we […]

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I Didn’t Know

As a child, I didn’t know: what bullying, manipulation, incestual sexual abuse, and sexual assault meant.  I needed to heal from childhood sexual abuse.  Individuals who experienced childhood sexual abuse were at an increased risk of dropping out of high school and experience anxiety, depression, insomnia, teenage pregnancy, and substance abuse. Being in an abusive […]

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