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Bear in Mind Healing

🐻 Jenny 🍄 Patterson 🌙
▪️Registered Social Worker
▪️Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
▪️️Counselling
▪️Trauma Work
▪️Reiki Healing
▪️Tarot Readings
▪️Astrology

03/15/2026

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Honestly… this is a solid mantra 😘

Healing sometimes looks like deep insight, nervous system work, and self-reflection.
And sometimes it looks like deciding you’re no longer available for people, situations, or patterns that leave you feeling drained, disrespected, or small.

Boundaries don’t make you cold.
They make you well.

Feel free to borrow the mantra 😉

#ʜᴇᴀʟɪɴɢᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ❤️

03/03/2026

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The Full Moon in Virgo arrives with a powerful lunar eclipse, and yes, it may appear as a red “Blood Moon.”

Eclipses amplify everything.
Full moons illuminate and Virgo refines.
This energy brings attention to what’s out of alignment in your daily life, your habits, your routines, your boundaries, and your self-care.
Virgo is not about perfection it is about discernment.

You may feel: heightened emotions,
a desire to purge or declutter, an urge to organize your life, fatigue or restlessness, or clarity around what needs to change.

This eclipse can highlight the small patterns that shape your nervous system every day.
What are you tolerating that’s draining you?
What routine needs to shift?
Where can you choose simplicity over chaos?

Eclipses close chapters.
Virgo helps you clean up what remains.

A reminder to be gentle with yourself. You don’t need to overhaul your entire life overnight.
Small adjustments create big healing.

02/22/2026

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Sometimes relationships don't end because you failed.
They end because you learned the lesson.

You loved deeply. You showed patience and understanding. You tried to see the good and hold space for change.

And in the process, you learned the most important truth of all:

Self-love means choosing peace over potential, boundaries over breadcrumbs, and yourself over staying where you are not safe.

Not every connection is meant to last. Some are meant to wake you up.

02/20/2026

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Talk therapy isn't just "venting".

It is a space where your experiences are reflected back to you with clarity, compassion, and understanding.

Therapy can help you:
▫️Understand your patterns
▫️Process unresolved trauma
▫️Strengthen relationships
▫️Build healthier boundaries
▫️Feel less alone
▫️Reconnect with your authentic self

Sometimes healing does not require "fixing", it requires being truly listened to. You don't need to be in crisis to deserve support.
Growth is reason enough.

02/17/2026

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The New Moon in Aquarius arrives with a powerful Solar Eclipse ☀️ a portal of change, awakening, and redirection.

Eclipses don't whisper.
They rearrange.

Aquarius energy is about freedom, authenticity, innovation, and seeing the bigger picture. This moon invites you to release what feels outdated and step toward what feels true.

You might notice:

▫️Sudden clarity
▫️Unexpected opportunities
▫️Shifts in relationships
▫️New perspectives
▫️A desire to break old patterns

Eclipses often highlight what is ready to evolve, even if it feels uncomfortable at first. You don't need to force anything right now. Let awareness come and let the path reveal itself.

Sometimes the most aligned changes are the ones we didn't plan.

02/11/2026

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Lately it feels like a lot of darkness is being revealed, both personally and collectively.

From a trauma-informed perspective, this is how healing begins.

What is denied stays in the shadows. What is acknowledged can finally transform.

Collectively, we are witnessing:
▫️Uncomfortable truths
▫️Broken systems
▫️Long-held secrets
▫️Painful realities

This can feel heavy, but it also signals evolution.
Real healing does not bypass the dark. It moves through it with awareness and courage.

If the world feels intense right now, focus on what you can control:
▪️Your nervous-system
▪️Your boundaries
▪️Your compassion
▪️Your integrity

Healing starts within and ripples outward.

02/09/2026

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There is a lot of solar activity right now, and if you're sensitive to energy, you may be feeling it.

Many empaths and highly sensitive people notice:
▫️Disrupted sleep
▫️Vivid dreams
▫️Headaches or body aches
▫️Emotional waves
▫️Anxiety or restlessness
▫️Fatigue followed by bursts of energy

From an energetic perspective, solar flares are often described as upgrades; bringing what has been buried to the surface.

From a nervous system lens, your body is simply responding to stimulation.

Either way, the remedy is the same: slow down, hydrate, rest, and ground.

02/04/2026

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Grief isn't something you "get over".

It weaves itself into who you become.

Some days it feels heavy and close.
Other days it's quiet, distant, almost peaceful.
And sometimes it arrives unexpectedly, without warning or reason.

There is no correct timeline.
No right way to grieve.
No moment where love disappears.

Grief is love that had nowhere to go.
And learning to carry it, rather than outrun it, is an act of deep courage.

If you're grieving, be kind with yourself.
You are not behind.
You are honoring something that mattered.

02/01/2026

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The Leo Full Moon illuminates themes of identity, expression, worth, and visibility.

For those with trauma histories, being seen hasn't always felt safe.
Love may have felt conditional.
Attention may have come with expectations.
Expression may have required performance.

This Full Moon invites something different:
Visibility without self-abandonment.
Expression without approval-seeking.
Confidence without armor.

You don't need to earn your worth.
You don't need to perform to be loved.
You don't need to dim to stay safe.

Let this lunation illuminate the truth:
Your authenticity is enough.
Your presence is enough.
Your existence is enough. 🦁

01/29/2026

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Sometimes we grieve:
▫️old versions of ourselves
▫️familiar roles
▫️identities that kept us safe
▫️loved ones
▫️relationships we've outgrown
▫️ways of living that no longer fit

Change can feel destabilizing, even when it is aligned.
Your body may resist, even when your soul knows it's time.

You're allowed to feel both:
Hope and fear.
Relief and sadness.
Excitement and uncertainty.

Transformation isn't loud.
Often, it's quiet, tender, and deeply internal.

Let yourself move slowly.
You are not losing yourself, you are becoming more true.

01/26/2026

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Trauma doesn't just live in memory, it lives in the nervous system.

Hypervigilance, shutdown, people-pleasing, emotional numbing, overthinking...
These aren't flaws or failures.
They are intelligent adaptions to environments that didn't feel safe.

Healing isn't about forcing yourself to "move on."
It's about teaching your body that the threat has passed.
That rest is allowed.
That safety can exist now.

Go slowly.
Your nervous system learned these patterns to protect you, and it deserves gentleness as it learns something new.

01/21/2026

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There has been increased solar activity recently, and many people are noticing shifts within themselves - emotionally, energetically, and physically.

Across time, some Indigenous teachings speak of the Northern Lights as a sign of movement, communication, and transition; a reminder that change is always in motion, even when it feels unsettling.

When systems, natural or human, experience heightened activity, there can be a period of adjustment. Sensitivity, fatigue, restlessness, or emotional release are not signs that something is wrong. They can be signs that something is shifting.

Transformation doesn't always arrive softly. Sometimes it arrives as illumination.

If your body is asking for more rest, grounding, or quiet, it's okay to listen. You don't need to rush integration. Light finds its way through in its own time. 🌌✨️

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