Reflections & insights
The Truth Is — a journal
Honest writing on leadership, healing, resilience, and the courage it takes to grow — with intention and with heart.
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Week 1: The Performer Mask
What if one of the first lessons you learned wasn’t who you were, but who you needed to be? Many of us grow up…
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Week 5: Rewriting Your Story
Welcome to my newest followers. This is week 5 of a 5 week series on Adoption Trauma. I urge you to look through weeks…
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Week 4: Guilt is the Price of a New Pattern
Last week, we talked about the “O” in F.O.G.: obligation. The responsibilities many of us carry that were never ours to begin with. The…
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Week 3: Obligation is Not the Same as Love
The Truth Is: Obligation Is Not the Same as Love Last week, we talked about fear. The ways fear can keep us silent, keep…
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Week 2: Fear Keeps Us Small
The Truth Is: Fear Keeps Us Small Last week, we talked about what happens when gratitude becomes a cage. The ways we learn to…
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Week 1: When Gratitude Becomes a Cage
This is my personal story of adoption and healing from its trauma.
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Week 5: Integration
The Truth Is… You Can Choose Differently Now For the past four weeks, we’ve explored how trauma shapes the beliefs, behaviors, and survival patterns…
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Week 4: Self Trust
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐬: 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧One of the quietest losses trauma leaves behind is trust in ourselves. Not trust in…