Journey Counseling, LLC

08/24/2025

08/24/2025

Abusers are so wily and manipulative. There are infinite ways that they can tear down their partner. It is often so difficult to put your finger on exactly what is happening. For me, I kept trying to fix ME to make him happy. That was a losing battle. The more I did, the worse I was treated.
https://carolineabbott.com/2013/08/what-is-emotional-abuse/

08/24/2025

It’s time to stop demonizing folks who need to make the painful decision to distance themselves from family. They aren’t cruel or selfish. They’re hurting and deserve to protect themselves from more hurt.

08/10/2025

Not everyone will understand what you went through.
Not because your pain isn't real-but because some people don't have the capacity to meet you there.
People can only understand you from their own level of
awareness.
And if they haven't done the work to feel their own pain, regulate their nervous system, or hold emotional complexity-they'll dismiss, deny, or downplay yours.
That doesn't mean you need to convince them.
And it definitely doesn't mean you need to keep trying to explain something your body knows to be true.
Part of healing is learning to trust yourself.
Your story. Your truth. Your experience.
To know, deep in your body, "This happened. It mattered.
And I don't need to justify it to anyone.'
You are not here to gather permission slips for your pain.
You are here to move through it.
To honour it in the way that you need.
So, if someone can't meet you with compassion, it's not your job to work hard to get them to understand.
You deserve to be surrounded by people who don't need convincing to honour what you've been through and its impact on you. - .trauma.educator

08/05/2025

Nate Postlethwait

08/05/2025

07/27/2025