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Your Courage is Your Strength & Your Strength is Your Courage
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Message to a Survivor
Although times can get tough, one may think they're alone, traumatic events have happened and/arise a few things are for sure: 1) Your Courage is Your Strength & Your Strength is Your Courage 2) One Day at a Time & One Step at a Time 3) Never Give Up on Youself as You are Stronger than you think, know, or may be giving yourself credit for.
Message of Healing
I've been in the healing process for a long while and have learned a lot about myself as well as how I could possibly help others as well. I hope some of my photography continues helping others find their Courage and Strength. Healing comes in all forms and ways; it's up to us as individuals to find what works best for ourselves and for me it's spending time with my daughters and grandchildren, photography, motivational speaking, art, music, dancing, filming/co-directing and producing, acting, volunteering, and sharing with others some of the greatest things God has created and grated us by the many things we do and try.
Throughout my life I've had so many ups and downs with struggles because limited abilities, traumatic events, and self worth. Some struggles and traumatic things are child abuse and neglect, grew up in foster care when I was younger than back with biological parents, bullying, rape, incest, sexual assault and harassment in the workplace, addiction, teenage mom, divorced, homeless 4 times, natural disaster (tornado), discrimination, 2 fire(s), loss of 2 babies, suicide attempt(s), domestic violence w/gun violence, became disabled in my 20s, amongst other things that still break my heart and can make for a day to not always be so great, however, I keep trying no matter what. I have come to enjoy photography more and more as a creative way to express myself while also hoping to continue healing and inspiring others to also find their Courage and Strength to make it through their struggles and healing. I hope I can continue with this for a very long time as it brings me some comfort and peacefulness knowing that I am learning, growing, and living myself while also helping others along my journey in life. Peace and Love Survivor
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Grounding activity
Find a comfortable place to sit. Gently close your eyes and take a couple of deep breaths - in through your nose (count to 3), out through your mouth (count of 3). Now open your eyes and look around you. Name the following out loud:
5 – things you can see (you can look within the room and out of the window)
4 – things you can feel (what is in front of you that you can touch?)
3 – things you can hear
2 – things you can smell
1 – thing you like about yourself.
Take a deep breath to end.
From where you are sitting, look around for things that have a texture or are nice or interesting to look at.
Hold an object in your hand and bring your full focus to it. Look at where shadows fall on parts of it or maybe where there are shapes that form within the object. Feel how heavy or light it is in your hand and what the surface texture feels like under your fingers (This can also be done with a pet if you have one).
Take a deep breath to end.
Ask yourself the following questions and answer them out loud:
1. Where am I?
2. What day of the week is today?
3. What is today’s date?
4. What is the current month?
5. What is the current year?
6. How old am I?
7. What season is it?
Take a deep breath to end.
Put your right hand palm down on your left shoulder. Put your left hand palm down on your right shoulder. Choose a sentence that will strengthen you. For example: “I am powerful.” Say the sentence out loud first and pat your right hand on your left shoulder, then your left hand on your right shoulder.
Alternate the patting. Do ten pats altogether, five on each side, each time repeating your sentences aloud.
Take a deep breath to end.
Cross your arms in front of you and draw them towards your chest. With your right hand, hold your left upper arm. With your left hand, hold your right upper arm. Squeeze gently, and pull your arms inwards. Hold the squeeze for a little while, finding the right amount of squeeze for you in this moment. Hold the tension and release. Then squeeze for a little while again and release. Stay like that for a moment.
Take a deep breath to end.