Sometimes the pilgrimage gives you dysentery—
Getting sick, like traveling, is a very revealing art
It challenges you to rest,
To encounter your human limitations
And invites you to lean into Divine Grace
To feel it all in full living color,
To let it pass through
Another adventure on the road to wholeness—
Another stop on the road home
I do not call myself a dysregulated survivor of sexual assault, molestation, betrayal, physical abuse or psychological trauma. I won’t even call myself a thriver.
In online EMDR Therapy networking groups, people often post the question, “What EMDR protocol should I use for [insert population or condition]?” I am that
I did not start EMDR as a survivor of RAMCOA (ritual abuse, mind control and organised abuse). Rather, EMDR was an intervention that facilitated the
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Land Acknowledgment: We would like to acknowledge that the land on which the home offices of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness are located has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, specifically people of the Erie Nation.
We honor and respect the diverse Indigenous peoples connected to these territories on which we gather. We encourage each participant of our programs to increase their awareness of the historical and current realities of indigenous peoples in your local community.
