Sparkle Kingdom Warriors

Sparkle Kingdom Warriors We support people to function well in their current reality through therapy support and together find their Concoction of Strategic Techniques (CoST).

www.sparklekingdomwarriors.ca

Sometimes the darkness feels impenetrable. You open your eyes and all you can see is nothing. No way forward. No way bac...
10/29/2025

Sometimes the darkness feels impenetrable. You open your eyes and all you can see is nothing. No way forward. No way back. No place to rest. No hope. No future. A darkness so deep that walking off the edge feels like an inevitability instead of a choice.

I am here to remind you... there's always a choice.

It may be to scream into the void until somebody hears you. It may be to reach out your hand and assess your surroundings. Maybe what feels like the cliff's edge is actually a really, really well light deprived closet.

You are valuable. You are loved. You are worth the effort it takes to heal and the strength it takes to keep choosing to live. You have purpose.

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist
Author of "The Adaptable Warrior"

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Disclaimer: Today's post is for informational purposes and not intended as a replacement for professional help. If you are struggling, please consider seeking services from a licensed therapist in your area. (I am an option for Ontario residents.)

Remember in school when they told you to make an educated guess when you felt entirely unsure of any acquired knowledge ...
10/27/2025

Remember in school when they told you to make an educated guess when you felt entirely unsure of any acquired knowledge and yet somehow, sometimes, it worked out?

That is how I felt going into the launch mission for "The Adaptable Warrior". Only this time we called it "strategically winging it"!

The Sparkle Kingdom Warriors team took our collective knowledge, skills, and judgement to get the word out and create a beautiful experience for those we hoped would show up.

And you showed up!! Warriors of all ages and stages and backgrounds filled the space with connection, creativity, support, and hope. You listened to our speeches. You interacted with our mantra colouring sheets. You ate the food. You gifted yourself a copy of the book. You gave hugs and shared pieces of your stories and took pictures. And we all healed a little more as a result.

Thank you for being a part of the beginning. Thank you for choosing to love yourself and honour "The Adaptable Warrior" inside of you.

You are valuable. You are loved. You are worth the effort it takes to heal and the strength it takes to keep choosing to live. You have purpose.

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist
Author of "The Adaptable Warrior"

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Disclaimer: Today's post is for informational purposes and not intended as a replacement for professional help. If you are struggling, please consider seeking services from a licensed therapist in your area. (I am an option for Ontario residents.)

"Potentially life-saving." ~ Book editor"Easy to understand and look at." ~ Veteran with a brain injury"Educational and ...
10/25/2025

"Potentially life-saving." ~ Book editor
"Easy to understand and look at." ~ Veteran with a brain injury
"Educational and skill-building." ~ Occupational Therapist

Today "The Adaptable Warrior" begins its mission of hope, support, and connection. Every word hand picked to be a sparkle of hope dancing in the soul crushing darkness and designed to leave space for calm, rest, and understanding.

See you at the launch party!

You are valuable. You are loved. You are worth the effort it takes to heal and the strength it takes to keep choosing to live. You have purpose.

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist

Does anyone else find their body going further into fight or flight responses when the self-care wheel is presented? In ...
10/22/2025

Does anyone else find their body going further into fight or flight responses when the self-care wheel is presented?

In and of itself...not a bad model...for people who are already stable and thriving.

But, for those of us who have experienced or are currently experiencing a crisis or destabilization of some variety, that centre looks more like a target practice bullseye than a supportive construct. It can have the opposite impact on us than what it was originally designed to have.

When we are going through intense situations and struggling with significant injuries, changes, challenges, we need victories that feel attainable. We need to be able to celebrate ourselves for what we do currently have the capacity to achieve vs being overwhelmed further by expectations that are beyond what our current reality allows.

"The Adaptable Warrior" does just that. It gives us options that we are most likely doing already without too much thought, as well as some options that encourage manageable, intentional care of self for the days when opening our eyes feels like the most massive feat of all time.

We need these moments to honour ourselves and celebrate just as much as we would for a person waking up from a coma and giving an intentional hand squeeze.

You are valuable. You are loved. You are worth the effort it takes to heal and the strength it takes to keep choosing to live. You have purpose.

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist
Author of "The Adaptable Warrior"

Getting support is NOT weakness. And yet...way too many of us think that it is...for ourselves. We might even spend our ...
10/21/2025

Getting support is NOT weakness.

And yet...way too many of us think that it is...for ourselves.

We might even spend our lives advocating for others to receive support. We might spend our lives encouraging other people to open up about their struggles and emotional hits and get counseling or take the beneficial medication.

And then we look at ourselves and think "I know all this stuff. I support others. So, if I get support that makes me weak". And we become exactly the same as the people we used to attempt to convince that receiving support takes great strength and is the most functional thing they can do.

So how do we shift our mindset and get the support we need?

1. Sometimes the catalyst is a f**ked up situation we find ourselves in as a result of numbing out for so long.

2. Sometimes we have other people in our lives that can see we aren't okay and who heavily advocate for us.

3. Sometimes we recognize it for ourselves and find the motivation to reach out on our own behalf.

It takes immense courage to acknowledge that we aren't as "fine" as we wanted to believe we are. It takes strength to face the impacts of the situations and emotions we pushed down and built up for years.

We're worth it.

We are valuable. We are loved. We are worth the effort it takes to heal and the strength it takes to keep choosing to live. We have purpose.

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist
Author of "The Adaptable Warrior: Attainable Victories for Even the Darkest Days"

"The Adaptable Warrior" would not be what it is without the supremely talented artistry of Jade from Viciously Happy Fro...
10/18/2025

"The Adaptable Warrior" would not be what it is without the supremely talented artistry of Jade from Viciously Happy Frogs. She persistently worked her magic to bring my abstract visions into concrete reality.

Her directive was cover art and twelve internal pieces with the undertone of hope while honouring the intensity of crisis stabilization and recovery. And she absolutely nailed it!!

My favourite part of this collaboration is that Jade is my daughter. Having the opportunity to create beauty and hope and support together is pure magic.

Jade will be at the book launch party NEXT SATURDAY October 25, 2025. RSVP at the link in the comments and come meet the artist behind the cover that inspires people to involuntarily take a deep, relaxing breath when they see it.

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist

As we come off the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I am thankful for people who understand the difference between thrivin...
10/15/2025

As we come off the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I am thankful for people who understand the difference between thriving self-care abilities and crisis self-care requirements and are knowledgeable in supporting others through the process of finding their C.o.S.T. (Concoction of Strategic Techniques) that are attainable for their current reality.

There is something so hopeful and powerful about connecting with someone who is willing to meet you exactly where you are and celebrate the accomplishment of the victories that are within your current capacity level.

“The Adaptable Warrior” is a collection of one hundred strategic techniques designed to be accessible to nearly everyone even when they are at their lowest capacity level. It can be used as a guide as you support others going through lower capacity times or for supporting yourself as a dim bulb of hope brightening in your darkness.

If this feels like something that could be beneficial to you, we would be honoured to have you join us for the official launch on October 25, 2025. Details and the RSVP opt-in can be found at the link in the comments. Come alone or with friends. All are welcome (up to a limited number of seats).

You are valuable. You are loved. You are worth the effort it takes to heal and the strength it takes to keep choosing to live. You have purpose.

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist

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Disclaimer: Today's post is for informational purposes and not intended as a replacement for professional help. If you are struggling, please consider seeking services from a licensed therapist in your area. (I am an option for Ontario residents.)

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10/13/2025

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One of the challenging aspects of facing the reality of someone's physical and/or psychological injuries is understandin...
10/12/2025

One of the challenging aspects of facing the reality of someone's physical and/or psychological injuries is understanding the impacts on their capacity to function. They may have been able to work 12 hour days and work out regularly and manage the home tasks and get their rest and relax time. And now, they may get exhausted just sitting up in bed and taking a small sip of water.

When massive shifts get forced upon us, it understandably is going to take a whole grieving process over an undefined period of time to shift into the headspace of this new reality. The full scope of the repercussions of the injury often do not show up instantly. It takes consistent assessment over time and a willingness to face the facts to grasp and validate the new normal we have been bequeathed.

It is normal to feel incredibly frustrated that they can no longer do what we are used to them doing and behave in the ways we are used to them behaving. It is normal to attempt to push them to function in a thriving space even though they aren't in a thriving space at that time. It's hard to pull back and accept and celebrate the abilities and capacities they have now.

But, facing the current reality is essential for supporting them effectively and building a space in which they (and you) can learn to function well in that current reality.

BTW..."The Adaptable Warrior: Attainable Victories for Even the Darkest Days" is designed to support you in learning how to do just that. It is chocked full of practical, crisis acheivable task options for you to encourage them to do and to cheer with them for when they do it.

Because, just because we want them to do things, doesn't mean they can do those things. But it also doesn't mean there is nothing they can do. As we shift our expectations, it is not either being all in on this new life or only being in blinding grief, it is both figuring out how to accept and encourage them in the now and also grieving the losses.

*You also may not have the same capacity as you did before. It's ok for you to celebrate yourself for achieving these darkest days victories as well.

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist

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Disclaimer: Today's post is for informational purposes and not intended as a replacement for professional help. If you are struggling, please consider seeking services from a licensed therapist in your area. (I am an option for Ontario residents.)

🦋"The Adaptable Warrior" contains 100 activities that can be accomplished from the security of your own home that are d...
10/10/2025

🦋"The Adaptable Warrior" contains 100 activities that can be accomplished from the security of your own home that are designed to be doable in the most challenging of times including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and trauma recovery.

🦋 Each of the 100 activities have 3 benefits and 3 benefit descriptions to support you to choose what may be the most beneficial in that moment.

🦋 "The Adaptable Warrior" is designed to be easy on all the senses and is laid out in a way that allows the reader to take what they have the capacity for in that moment and leave the rest.

🦋 "The Adaptable Warrior" also includes 12 pieces of handdrawn art done by that honour the pain, challenges, and hope of the crisis stabilization, recovery, and healing process. They are designed to admire and/or colour as desired.

Comment from one person with a brain injury:
"It doesn't hurt me to look at it."

What else do you crave to know about the pages behind this beautiful cover (also by Viciously Happy Frogs)? Drop your queries in the comments and I will answer either individually or in a future post!

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist

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Disclaimer: Today's post is for informational purposes and not intended as a replacement for professional help. If you are struggling, please consider seeking services from a licensed therapist in your area. (I am an option for Ontario residents.)

We would be honoured to have you join us to celebrate the official birth of "The Adaptable Warrior: Attainable Victories...
10/09/2025

We would be honoured to have you join us to celebrate the official birth of "The Adaptable Warrior: Attainable Victories for Even the Darkest Days". There will be food!

RSVP by scanning the QR code with a separate device or by going to the link in the first comment. Spots are limited.

See you there!

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Sparkle Kingdom Warriors

10/09/2025

I still had my windows open last night as the first heavy frost touched the ground. And my first thought (after "sh*t! It's cold in here!") was to celebrate that I can finalize the clean out of my garden and feel the peace of a task completed well.

Every aspect of life is made up of cycles. The start and the completion. Some cycles take longer than others. Some we aren't sure if they have the ability to be completed when we are buried in the process of them.

For me, now, there is a sense of relief and accomplishment and pride in a task completed.

The pulling out of the plants that have provided me with nourishment into the winter makes way for cozy hoodies and heated blanket writing sessions while they decompose and create fertilizer for next year's garden.

Choosing life in this season of increased darkness for me looks like:

🦋 Hot cups of tea with a cozy blanket and a good book (cause why waste reading time on writing that makes me cringe).
🦋 Fluffy, full body hoodies and furry slippers.
🦋 Bundling up appropriately for the weather when I go outside.
🦋 Using the command start on my automatic vehicle...a luxury I still often forget I have after living the majority of my life with standard transmissions.
🦋 Chatting with friends.
🦋Watching shows that bring me joy either by the quality or the complete mind disengagement of them.

I could go on and on. But I need to leave some for you to say!! Drop your fall/winter choose life moments in the comments. I challenge you to join me in test running other people's suggestions! We might just discover a new one to add to our toolkits.

You are valuable. You are loved. You are worth the effort it takes to heal and the strength it takes to keep choosing to live. You have purpose.

Cher
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Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist

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Disclaimer: Today's post is for informational purposes and not intended as a replacement for professional help. If you are struggling, please consider seeking services from a licensed therapist in your area. (I am an option for Ontario residents.)

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