Tag: healing
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A Metaphor for Phase Three of Trauma Healing
Introducing the ‘Life Binder’ Chat, I have more reflections, but this will be two posts so sorry in advance: So as I established, I realize now I’m solidly in phase three of Judith Herman’s “Trauma & Recovery” model. The clearing. The integration. The reconnection. Well, I’ve been trying to step into that in a few…
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The Reason Paper Birds Exists
“Look for the Helpers” I’ve wanted to post something like this for a while, and likely will again in the future when the film is officially released. These are a few comments left by strangers regarding the film (these were all posted publicly but thought I’d blur out the usernames anyway). I’ve also received a number of…
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Standing In the Clearing: Life After Healing Trauma
A couple months, ago my nieces and I built a little fort in the brush behind my house, or started to, rather. I spent a lot of time in the woods growing up—and still do, though the trail in my neighborhood was ruined by a storm about a year ago. This was one of my…
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My Response to “Was Working on Paper Birds Healing?”
A Million Layers Between Two Roles Early on in the weekend, I was in full Paper Birds mode—emailing my editor, corresponding with Jim, combing through transcripts–and, consequently, it brought up a unique inner tension I’ve encountered a few times while working on this piece. Since it’s sort of an abstract look ‘behind the scenes’, I…
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To be Soft Is To Be Brave
“No one will ever know the violence it took to become this gentle” This was originally posted to the Paper Birds Instagram on July 16th: Some more stream of consciousness since people seem to be connecting with these more than I thought. This will also be a bit of an extension of my post from…
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Reflections on Healing
The Beauty of Still Being Here This was originally posted to the Paper Birds Instagram on July 23rd: This felt very Paper Birds coded. Well, maybe not the film per say, but the journey it was inspired by. It’s such a weirdly beautiful thing to be alive at 24 when I didn’t even think I’d…
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Candid Reflections Prompted by A Chance Encounter
Return of the Nose Piercing This was originally posted to the Paper Birds Instagram on July 2nd: I got my nose pierced today. I went by myself, which felt like a win (was putting it off because I was nervous). While I waited, the girl next to me struck up a conversation. She asked if…
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